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| I have 30 mums in a row that I planted last fall. Most of them have really grown a lot this summer. However, a few of them are scraggly looking with wilting/drying foliage.
Will someone please tell me what is wrong and how to address this issue? You can copy and paste the links below into a browser in order to view actual pictures of the plants. http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t490/supernnyl/Mum2.jpg http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t490/supernnyl/Mum1.jpg |
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| Did you have a frost after they emerged? It may be frost damage. I'd remove the mulch from around the base of the plant, at any rate, and if you've got mulch covering the bases of any of your other plants, move that aside as well. |
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| These mums never really died back because we had a very mild winter (in Atlanta). By April, all of my mums were fully growing. To my knowledge, we did not have a frost during March, April, or May. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 6, 12 at 8:14
| my first thought was that you did not start the season by pruning them to one or two buds very close to the ground ... in spring.. once buds start swelling.. so you know which are alive ... i would have cut them back ... then.. there seems to be a lot of bare stalks.. and i am wondering if you missed some bug a month or so back ... and since they need to be cutback multiple times during the year.. you might want to go whack them down to about 2 inches.. especially since you have so many ... if it were me.. i would take an end one.. today.. and just cut it back.. and give it a week to see what happens.. if it rebuds vigorously.. in the next week or two.. i would finish the job ... if not.. then report back.. and i will dream up some other remedy.. lol ... also.. was the lawn sprayed with herbicide??? and were there any weird frosts or freezes.. because the under-canopy of dead hanging leaves bothers me ... but if i prune it back.. they will be gone ... ken |
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| Ken...thanks for the info. I've officially cut the scraggly mums down to about two inches. Hopefully they'll come back out. If I recall correctly, my weed man came and sprayed the lawn for weeds about 2 weeks ago (and maybe even put a pesticide on some of the shrubs?). That being said, these random mums have been looking sickly for over a month now. Other mums in this 'hedge of 30' look just fine. Not sure what is up with the sick ones. We'll see if my hack job will result in them coming back out. If not...I'll be asking for more advice. |
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