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How to Plant Mums in Pots
How to Plant Mums in Pots. Garden chrysanthemums put on their show in fall when most other flowers are entering dormancy. While mums do well as a bedding plant, growing them in containers allows you to place them near entryways or on patios to enjoy the flowers during the crisp autumn days. Mums are perennial flowers that must be properly potted to...
Garden chrysanthemums put on their show in fall when most other flowers are entering dormancy. While mums do well as a bedding plant, growing them in containers allows you to place them near entryways or on patios to enjoy the flowers during the crisp autumn days. Mums are perennial flowers that must be properly potted to ensure they survive to bloom again next year. Good soil and an adequate-sized pot keep your flowers healthy and productive.
Things You'll Need
Gallon pot
Potting soil
Fill a 1-gallon container half full with moistened potting soil. Use a container with at least one drainage hole in the bottom.
Water the soil in the mum's nursery pot. Allow the soil to soak the moisture for five to 10 minutes then lift the mum out of the nursery pot.
Set the mum in the gallon container. Add soil beneath the roots until the portion of the mum where the stems emerge from the roots, called the crown, sits 2-inches beneath the rim of the container.
Fill the container with additional soil until the crown of the mum sits even with the soil surface. Water the soil until the excess moisture drains from the bottom of the pot. Add more soil as needed after the soil settles after watering.
Set the container in an area that receives all-day sunlight. Water when the top inch of soil begins to feel dry.
