Re: Moving plants?

here in Mississippi,  I cut back my Mums starting in May,  then in June,
and the last pruning in July.   It seems to work for
me.....................this year I have taken the part I cut off and am
trying to root them   "a new venture for me"

Donna in NE Mississippi

Marge Talt wrote:

> Hmmm...if it's really huge and the flopping gets on your nerves, I'd
> give it a girdle of  that low green wire 'fencing' sold in most DIY
> stores and wait to divide it early next spring.  Think it's not gonna
> cool down all that much for you.
>
> If you really want to divide it, go ahead, but you'll have to cut it
> back a good deal which could move bloom time later than usual.  Mums
> generally can do with a good deal of pinching back up until some date
> that I cannot remember - something like end of June or early July?
>
> If you do divide it, you'll have to water it like mad and shade it
> for a while until it recovers...they generally resent division once
> they've put on a lot of growth.  Should divide them in very early
> spring, just as new growth starts and really, should be done annually
> - not that I get around to it - but the old parts get woody and die
> out.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> > From: Lynn Lamb <carolinalambz@earthlink.net>
> > Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:37 PM
> >
> > Hi All,
> >     I am thinking about dividing my crysanthemum 'Hillside Pink'.
> It is
> > huge and is falling apart in the middle.  Will moving it now affect
> the fall
> > bloom?  Our weather is suddenly very hot and am waiting for a
> somewhat
> > cooler day to do this.
> >     Also, my chocolate eupatorium has just a few leaves at the
> moment.  It
> > must be a late starter, since we have had warm weather since March.
> >
> > Lynn Lamb
> > Zone 7b
> > North Carolina
>
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