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question about indoor Mum
I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. It's full of bright
yellow, daisy like flowers. It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks |
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Jane wrote:
I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks It might not be worth the trouble but you can save non-hardy mums from year to year. You can cut all the flowers off, put it close to a window (southern exposure if you can) and water it. After the weather warms up (about June in your area ) you can set it outside or plant it in the garden and it will bloom again. To get more flowers pinch off the blooms when they first develop until about August. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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, Jane wrote: I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks My father in law was able to grow Mumıs at Lakehurst NJ. USA. SANDY SOIL. I treat them like annuals. Some are forced to bloom and I guess that diminishes vitality. Around here we can go cheap and dig our own local plants. Here is a site that touches on your question. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Perennials-729/Mums-really-hardy.htm Bill R is right on. Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA |
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On 11/8/2008 7:15 AM, Bill R wrote:
Jane wrote: I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks It might not be worth the trouble but you can save non-hardy mums from year to year. You can cut all the flowers off, put it close to a window (southern exposure if you can) and water it. After the weather warms up (about June in your area ) you can set it outside or plant it in the garden and it will bloom again. To get more flowers pinch off the blooms when they first develop until about August. While the plant will indeed appreciate strong INDIRECT light, few plants will survive indoors near a window if they get direct sun. Keep the soil moist but not really wet. Cut back shoots that have flowered. In the spring, set the pot outdoors in part sun. When they reach about 3-4 inches, pinch back all new shoots by an inch until about Independence Day. Then allow the shoots to grow. As flower buds form, remove all except the largest at the ends of the shoots. Mums bloom in response to shortening daylight hours. You may have to leave the plant outdoors until flower buds begin to show color. The common 'mum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) is actually hardy to about 15F. The shasta daisy (C. maximum) is even more hardy, to about 5F. The marguerite (C. frutescens) is less hardy, to only 20F. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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On Nov 8, 11:04*am, Bill wrote:
In article , *Jane wrote: I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. *It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. *It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! * I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks *My *father in law was able to grow Mumıs at Lakehurst *NJ. USA. *SANDY SOIL. *I treat them like annuals. *Some are forced to bloom and I guess that diminishes vitality. *Around here we can go cheap and dig our own local plants. *Here is a site that touches on your question. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Perennials-729/Mums-really-hardy.htm Bill R is right on. * Bill -- Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA Thanks. It gets VERY cold here sometimes so all the mums that I have outside are the "hardy" variety. I don't actually live in the city of Boston, which has a more temperate climate. I live in a suburb where it gets close to zero quite often. |
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On Nov 8, 12:59*pm, "David E. Ross" wrote:
On 11/8/2008 7:15 AM, Bill R wrote: Jane wrote: I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. *It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. *It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! * I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks It might not be worth the trouble but you can save non-hardy mums from year to year. You can cut all the flowers off, put it close to a window (southern exposure if you can) and water it. *After the weather warms up (about June in your area ) you can set it outside or plant it in the garden and it will bloom again. To get more flowers pinch off the blooms when they first develop until about August. While the plant will indeed appreciate strong INDIRECT light, few plants will survive indoors near a window if they get direct sun. *Keep the soil moist but not really wet. *Cut back shoots that have flowered. In the spring, set the pot outdoors in part sun. *When they reach about 3-4 inches, pinch back all new shoots by an inch until about Independence Day. *Then allow the shoots to grow. As flower buds form, remove all except the largest at the ends of the shoots. *Mums bloom in response to shortening daylight hours. *You may have to leave the plant outdoors until flower buds begin to show color. The common 'mum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) is actually hardy to about 15F. *The shasta daisy (C. maximum) is even more hardy, to about 5F. The marguerite (C. frutescens) is less hardy, to only 20F. -- David E. Ross Climate: *California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ Thanks! |
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On Nov 8, 9:43*am, Jane wrote:
I have a beautiful mum plant in my dining room. *It's full of bright yellow, daisy like flowers. *It is not the hardy variety and I live in Boston - cold! * I've had it for about a month and the flowers are starting to fade. When the flowers go do I have to throw it out or can I do something to save it until next year? Thanks If its not hardy, throw it out. |
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