How often do you re-pot your hostas?

last year

I've got a nice specimen of "Halcyon" growing in a large pot, haven't done anything with it in about 5 years, wondering if there is a need to re-pot or can I just leave it alone?

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mxk3 z5b_MI
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last year
Here it is. The leaves are smaller this year, I wonder if it has to do with the fact that I left the pot on the porch all winter with no protection - ? (I normally move the pot inside the barn for the winter but t for whatever reason just didn't this past winter).
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
last year
media wears out .. 5 years is a long time ..

its job is a water management .. and that is what fails.. water is o longer moving thru the pot properly ... perhaps running down the sides.. instead of going down thru the media... and all of a sudden you have a plant in drought in a pot that you know you water ...

then the roots start goring out toward the edges.. and the middle is barren.. or just a gob of dead roots ...

its time to repot ... sorry i cant offer you excuses otherwise ..

ken

ps: you got darn lucky with winter ... when i moved 1650 pots of hosta out here from livonia... i lost about 185 blues .... they sprouted early.. and then did not like being in cold sodden wet spring pots ....
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beesneeds
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I'd repot it at least. 5 years is a goodly amount of time without refreshing the dirt. And by the looks of the leaves, you could probably divide it if you wanted to.
bkay2000
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I had not repotted my Blue Angel for several years as I was lazy. I would move it to a larger pot and put new medium in the bottom and on the sides, but I did not completely repot it. When I finally decided to do it, the center soil/medium was heavy clay.

The "soil" decomposes in time and becomes clay, which is hard to get water into and out of. It's like the end result of a compost pile that is never turned.

bk
djacob Z6a SE WI
last year
I am not a potter except to nurse a plant along, but I would say if your leaves are smaller, that’s an indicator to re-pot.

Show us what you do and what you find…….keep us updated.

debra
mxk3 z5b_MI
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last year
Yea, I figured you guys were going to tell me that. Bah! One more thing to add to the list of things to do.

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