I joined the local Chrysanthemums society this year, the Old Dominion Chrysanthemum Society. We went to their show last year, seemed an interesting flower.
Bought six. Three “garden mums” – Copper Coin Bronze. and three exhibition types. one Allyson Peace, one Hagomoro, and one Kotoi No Kaori.
06/14/2026
Pinched back all of them. Hopefully did it right. They all look good so far.
I also tried to rooting the disbuds. We’ll see if that works. I doubt it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V9IZ4xRaQI
06/09/2026
Attended the monthly Old Dominion chapter meeting. Many good tips.
See pinching video on National site.
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gardens – middle June and again in mid July (gardens mums). use electric shears
removed buds!
why. less height. more stems. control bloom date. determine type of blooms. crown or terminal). if don’t pinch, get a crown bud. Not necesarly bad.
soft pinch or hard pinch. Hard pinch if you wait too long, then must cut way down.
at most five leaves from the bottom.
need to figure out when to pinch. depends on the cultivar. generally, 1 in june on 1 mid july.
use 20-20-20 for each time
nitrogen –> greeness of leaves. small pale leaves means not enough nitrogen. result in small flowers
phosphorus – root growth. stunted means not enough. flowering delayed.
Potassium – weak stems.
Calcium – reduces acidity. want 6.5 for mums.
05/04/2026
potted all six in 6″ pots.
05/02/2026
Picked them up from the society.