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Posted: May/23/2006 10:01 PM PST
A friend of mine said that if I keep my mums trimmed to about 4 inches high until July 1, then let them grow, that they won't flower until later in the season, after the other flowers in that area have faded. Is this right? I don't want to trim them and then not get any flowers! |
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Posted: May/23/2006 10:43 PM PST
are you talking about the hardy mums? i pinch mine back until mid-July. otherwise they get long and leggy and flop over. i don't think the pinching affects the bloom time, tho. |
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Posted: May/23/2006 10:56 PM PST
Fozbot, Thanks for the reply. I don't know if they are "hardy mums" or not. They were planted by the previous owners of the house. I didn't trim them last year and they turned out beautifully, but it would be nice to have them bloom a little later if possible. |
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Posted: May/24/2006 12:15 AM PST
Kathy, if they come back year after year they're hardy mums. mine usually bloom in the Fall after everything is pretty much done. maybe the trimming does postpone the bloom time. i've only had them two years. i see you're another Michiganian! Welcome to GG! 
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Posted: May/25/2006 2:10 PM PST
I have mums up the ying yang. I would definately trim them. I never noticed a change in bloom time. Come fall there are mum blooms everywhere at my house. If you have asters, it's along the same line. Asters and Mums should be trimmed to yield a more compact, manageable plant. Compact doesn't even seem like the right word. Mine still get quite tall...but if I don't trim they do topple over with a good rain. They look weedy if I don't trim. I just trim them smack right in the middle of the stalk around the end of June. They'll look odd for about a week and then they recover quite nicely. |
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Posted: May/26/2006 1:25 AM PST
I cut my mums back by a third three times befor the 4th of july and then let them go . I was told to do this so they bloom late in the summer and early fall when you want them for the fall color. I shape them into mounded shapes and by sept they look like the mums you would buy in a nursery for Hollaween and Thanksgiving. Don't cut them to short or you will have tiny plants for the fall swindyi |
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Posted: May/26/2006 11:26 AM PST
I cut my mums back three times, in the middle of June, July, and once again in August. This gives me a later, more compact bloom with a carpet of flowers. |
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Posted: May/26/2006 1:32 PM PST
In all the times I planted hardy mums, never did they come back : ( |
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Posted: May/26/2006 2:39 PM PST
Earl May (one of our best local garden centers) said to 8 inches on May 1, to 10 inches on June 1 and to 12 inches on July 1 and no more after that. |
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Posted: May/26/2006 5:07 PM PST
Guess I've got to do it to mine, i have 3 that came back this yr, 1 i have had for about 3 yrs now |
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