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Speaking of, preparing mums for the winter months is vital — again not impossible though! The stems will help protect the crown in the months to come. Come spring time, you are free to remove the mulch. This is also the time to fertilize and start watering again. Since mums are intended to bloom in the summer, you will start to see your mums flop over by the end of July.
In order to prolong the blooms- Pat suggests you pinch off the tops around the head through the summer until July Fourth — that way in a month or so you can enjoy your mums when everyone else is out buying theirs.
Impress your friends, yourself, and heck even us, by taking your mums back to their roots pun intended and taking advantage of their perennial side! Listen to Photo: Allison Lemons. Mums Are Perennials? Tweet Share LinkedIn Email.
Related Articles. October 25, Specials By: Chris Davis. We Have Video! Are you still listening? I'm still listening. Get Daily Updates. But by the following spring, my plants are usually reduced to clumps of dead stems. After checking in with a few mum-growing pros, I realized I was planting my mums too late.
In fact, garden mums are fairly easy to grow , once you know the following common mistakes to avoid. Amy Enfield, a horticulturist for Miracle-Gro, says garden mums should be planted outdoors by late summer or early fall, so the roots have time to form before the soil freezes. Also known as hardy or Belgian mums, garden mums are sold in garden centers and nurseries, and they're perennials in USDA Zones 5 to 9.
But even when they're planted at the right time, they need a few other things, like excellent drainage. Enfield adds, "There's no guarantee they will survive the winter, particularly the further north you live in the U. Florist mums, the kind sold in the houseplant section of your local grocery store, aren't meant to transplant at all, she explains. Cynthia Drumgool, a potted plants and mums manager with Ball Horticultural, says garden mums need full sun or at least partial sun. One exception: in very hot climates, mums benefit from a little shade during the hottest part of the day.
Otherwise, give them plenty of sun for plenty of blooms. In spring, you can give your plants fertilizer with nitrogen when they're starting to grow leaves and branches. But don't fertilize once your mums form flower buds, says Enfield. In the fall, mums will benefit from a high-phosphorus fertilizer that promotes root development. One of the biggest mistakes you can make with fall-planted mums, Enfield says, is failing to water them. However, plants will continue to require water until the ground freezes.
Do the same for potted indoor mums. Deadhead your garden mums in the fall, but leave the rest of the plant alone for as long as possible, Enfield advises. Mums use their leaves to turn sunlight into energy for forming roots. Wait until the following spring to do any additional pruning, or until the stems die back to the ground.
Then, cut the stems down to about an inch or so above the ground before new growth appears. If you don't pinch the growing tips of your garden mums, they'll bloom, but you'll have plants with long stems and fewer flowers. Mums won't thrive in soil that drains poorly and stays too soggy.
That's especially true in cold-winter areas, says Enfield. If you have heavy clay or compacted soil, mix in some good-quality garden soil or compost to loosen it and improve the drainage in your planting site.
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