How to Overwinter Mums | Winterize Save Chrysanthemums
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2024
- Did you know that many mums are perennials and you can enjoy them year after year? In this instructional video, I share tips on how you can successfully over winter mums in pots as well as in the landscape.
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Thanks for this. I’m in SW Connecticut so what you do is pretty much what I will do. I enjoy the contrast of yellow against the deep Burgundy colored mums. I plant them in August (if I need to) and include white, yellow, burgundy, whatever I can get my hands on. I let the plants, which get to 3 feet in diameter, overwinter in the ground, the stems protect the bulbs from getting dug up by chipmunks and squirrels. Never did a lot of fertilizing just a spray of miracle grow when the first buds start popping. Now I need to go around the neighborhood and ask them to give me their potted mums and not to throw them away! Thanks for the info, I enjoy learning about plants!
Do you cut back your mums in the summer or do you just let the mums grow tall? That's awesome! I like your idea about going around and asking people for their mums. I may just need to do that myself! 😊
Thanks for the video. We got mums this fall and just planted them like first week of November and we are hoping they come back but afraid I waited to long. They probably haven’t had a chance to root. Based on your video I’m going to leave them with the going dormant blossom and cut them back in the late spring. Hoping it protect the roots as much as possible. Or Should I dig them up and repot them? (In southern nh)
Zone 5B here in VT. First time it occured to me I might be able to save these beautiful flowers! I brought them in a while ago, before the first freeze, but not before the first frost. I just cut them way back, and now I guess I will put them in my shed. So happy I found your video, now I can save (maybe) my Belgian "Mefisto Purple" mums (according to the tag). Thank you!!
Hi there! Does your shed get freezing temperatures? I just wanted to make sure that your mums will be placed in an area that does not freeze. Also, make sure that they do not dry out but also make sure you do not give them too much water as that may cause rot. Good luck with your mums. It will be so worth the effort! ♥🌷
Yes it does freeze! Going to put them in my unheated closet, and that way I can check the water easier. Thank you for all your help! @@budgetgardeningvita
Anytime! I love VT by the way. Burlington is a beautiful spot to visit in the summertime, 😊
thanks, I have tried, with no luck, in the past to save mums that my wife buys to decorate in the fall. This year I will follow your video and store them in the garage and plant next spring.
@@alburke6132 Key is to only water once per month and just a tiny bit. Over watering will rot the plant. Fingers crossed. I'd love to hear an update next spring. 🙂🌸
I’m in zone 6 and have overwintered in garage and also plant around in landscape around my house and they have turned out beautifully- I only dead head and in spring cut back the dead and the foliage is pretty during summer and then blooms in fall and last so much longer.
Hi Marsha. Do you cut your mums again after spring? If not, do they get tall, leggy & flop over or are they fine? Just curious.
I do cut them back by 1/3 - this seems to be the trick.
Another great informative video. Just in time too. Did not have time to plant my new fall mums early so planning to overwinter in 7a. Also plan to take some cuttings from a beautiful purple mum and see if they can make it till spring. We shall see. Btw your purple mum is gorgeous....also, just collected quite a few impatient seeds thanks to one of your earlier videos 👏👏
Thanks, Steph! ♥Overwintering plants & collecting seeds gives us something to look forward to for the spring! 🌺
I'm in Vermont zone 4B. I've successfully been doing almost exactly what you described that you do with your mums. I do leave them outside in sunny area in front of garage until temps really start to drop. So they do get exposed to freezing temperatures for a short while. Then into the garage, setting up off the cement floor and in an indirect sunlight area. In spring after frosts they go out into the perennial beds.
Hi Brad. Thank you for sharing your experience! How much water do you give your mums while they are in the garage overwintering? I usually just give mine a small drink once per month so that the roots don't dry out but also so that the roots don't rot with too much water. 😊🌸
@@budgetgardeningvita Sounds like we both are spot on with watering. Yea, I give mine just a shot of water probably about once a month. I judge the soil / plant by feel and eye. As the hardcore winter breaks I increase water to keep the soil slightly moist.
when showing mums growing in your garden I noticed some spikes growing, I have some from plants I received and wondered if they can be overwintered or just planted now and they will survive. thanks. I'm in 6A Michigan
Hi there. Great question! In our colder growing zones (5B for me / 6A for you), it's usually advisable to plant mums in the ground as soon as you see them in the garden centers (end of August or early to mid September). Mums take a long time for their roots to establish. Since it's now the end of October, I wouldn't advise planting your mums in the ground. Instead, it's better to overwinter them. Do you have a garage that doesn't freeze? If so, bring the mums in there for the winter. Only water them once a month (very sparingly) as you don't want the roots to rot. In the Spring, you can then cut back the old growth as new growth should be pushing through. At that time, you can also plant your mums in the landscape. Good luck, friend! 🤞🏼😊🌸
What about the spikes?
@alburke6132 Hi there, sorry if I'm not understanding which spikes you're referring to. Are you talking about the dead flower growth on top of the mums after the mums have gone by?
Spikes that are usually grown with geraniums can they be transplanted?
@@budgetgardeningvita how can I send a pic
❤Hello,
Just discovered your channel. Zone 6 here Ohio! I have found 1 online store to purchase mums in the off season and the prices are INSANE ‼️I have tried overwintering several times and never been successful. Research in the past has said the “ hardy mums/garden or true perennial mums have a particular leaf shape. Have you heard of this ❓I successfully planted mums 1 time years ago but eventually their lifespan ended them. Every seller besides big box tells you, yes they are “hardy “ but never volunteer the secrets to maintain them. Do you have ANY online sources you can share that sale good stock mums in the off season? I would GREATLY appreciate that so much ❤! Also, I have a wooded lot like yourself. I am going to attempt to plant all the perennials I bought this year in that strip of lot. I absolutely love ❤️ the curves of yours ‼️ Did you actually dig it out? Any fabric or barrier applied? Does the shredded leaves in fact keep the weeds at bay? Anything you can share on your long wooded bed? I tried to find this content within your many fabulous videos to no avail. Thanks so much for sharing your home and garden journey! I am so overwhelmed about design, as we have so many leaves and trees that also are around my entire lot, directly over current beds that I am so considering using decorative rock instead of mulch in those beds with the exception to my back lot that is very similar to yours. I have maple trees unfortunately and between leaves, branches and helicopters/seedlings from the maples it seems I spend a majority of time on cleanup instead of enjoying my plants.
Hello friend. I'm so glad that you found my channel! 😊 I have only bought my mums from local / big box stores. I always make sure they says "hardy" or "garden" mums on them. The key in colder climates like our zones is to plant them in the ground as soon as you see them in the store (end of August / early September). Keep them well watered and don't cut the top growth off in the late fall / winter as that helps protect the plant. Then come Spring as you see new growth emerging, you can then safely cut the top growth off.
For my flower beds, I have never put down any weed barrier. All garden begs were dug out and over the years I've added homemade compost. The shredded leaves do help suppress the weeds as does mulch. The key with weeds is to get them out before they go to seed. Once you have a small section weeded, mulch it afterwards and then try to stay on top of your weeds.
Good luck, friend. Gardening is a journey but the end result is so satisfying. 💗😊
@@budgetgardeningvita thanks so much for the reply. I also read focus on feeding mums phosphorus for the root development! That and planting early September I feel a little more confident ❤️
I noticed today, Feb 19th, that I have new growth. They are planted in the ground. I'm in Alabama 7B. Should I go ahead and cut off all the dead branches?
That's wonderful news! You should be ok with cutting the dead branches off at this point since you live in a warmer climate than me. 😊🌺