Help!! Mums dont look healthy

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Tura Joined: 9/20/2007 Location: California Posts: 37	Posted: Dec/06/2008 4:57 PM PST My perennial mums i planted in late October i had to cut blooms off when they died and since ive done that i haven't had any new buds open and some parts of a few stems look brown? What could be wrong and what should i do to make them healthy? Quote \| Reply \| Report

carolyncat353 Joined: 4/29/2008 Location: Westlake, La Posts: 9803	Posted: Dec/06/2008 5:41 PM PST Tura, What zone are you in? Mums will bloom, and need to be trimmed, go dormant, and then bloom again. At least in my zone (9) they do... it some of the other zones they will only bloom once a year. More info, please. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Tura Joined: 9/20/2007 Location: California Posts: 37	Posted: Dec/06/2008 6:27 PM PST I'm also in zone 9. Quote \| Reply \| Report

carolyncat353 Joined: 4/29/2008 Location: Westlake, La Posts: 9803	Posted: Dec/15/2008 6:27 AM PST The stems wills start to brown and die off, but the plant will come back from the ground. cut the dead stems off. Quote \| Reply \| Report

poeticpeony Joined: 4/04/2006 Location: NE Ohio, deck chuckin' fool Posts: 9437 Moderator	Posted: Dec/28/2008 3:34 PM PST Mine die back to nothing, but I leave a little bit of the stem just so I know where exactly it is in the ground. It sounds like yours are fine so far. Quote \| Reply \| Report