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| Last fall I planted some mums. This spring they've been putting out incredible leaf growth, nearly doubling in size, but they are also developing flower buds. Is this normal? My concern is that they're going to bloom this summer rather than the fall. |
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| It's a common occurrence. Just pinch 'em off and keep pinching off until July or so. You can't just pinch the buds however, you also have to pinch the top portion of the stem they're attached to. Cool temps or drastic changes in temps can cause this. Kevin |
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| Thanks, Kev. Makes perfect sense. We've had some unusually cool temperatures in the Atlanta region for the last two weeks, particularly at night. |
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| Pinch, pinch, and then pinch some more until July or so - this will yield full, floriferous mums :0) |
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| They will probably bioom and fall over at about the same time. My mums require several cutting backs to keep under control. Al |
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- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Mon, May 19, 14 at 21:50
| mums bloom in summer... we 'force' them to bloom in fall.. by continually heading them back .. they also tend to stand up with that system.. rather than grow as single stems.. 4 foot tall and fall over ... track down a stem.. and see that at every leaf node.. there is a bud.. teh bottom most being simply a bump ... snip above any bud.. and that and the one below it.. will become active... its the same theory as deadheading ... except we do it before it flowers ... all cutting.. can most likely be rooted.. rather easily.. if you need a couple hundred more ... so you have one stem.. snip.. in 4 week you have two or 3 ... snip all.. and in 4 weeks or so ...you have 3 ... you have 9 .. 4 moire weeks.. 27 .. is my math holding up ... if you can keep track.. and see how many weeks it takes to rebud.. say 6 weeks... then you can target say 10/1 .... and count back 6 weeks... and add a week or two for them to slow down in cool fall ... so ... make you last pinch in waht... mid august???? .. simple as pie... lol .. mmm ...pie.... ken ps: an even simpler method ... but more math .. when it gets to 6 inches.. cut it back to 3... then when it grow 6 more.. to 9 inches.. cut it back to 6 ... etc ... thats how you make those big fuzzy balls of mum.. that dont collapse ..... for being too tall ... now.. where the pie ... |
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