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Is it already too cold for my mums?

I have two mum plants in a big pot on my porch. The last few nights it has been getting down into the forties and my mums are slowly dying. All summer long they were full green, very healthy. Yesterday I went out to water them and noticed some weeds had grown right in the middle (and sort of on top) of the plants. Sadly, I noticed this because the leaves are starting to die. I pulled the weeds but the roots were very thick and deep. I would really like to save these mums if possible because they were my moms last year and she gave them to me as a gift for moving into my first house.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If you have space to plant your mums in the ground I would suggest you do so. The roots will be exposed to much colder temps at an earlier time in pots than in the ground, (where the ground temp will hold the summer's heat longer). If they're hardy mums they will be back next spring. Just be sure, in the spring, to keep pinching or cutting back the tops of each stem until around the 4th of July. This makes the plant much fuller by fall, otherwise, I have found, my plants put all their energy into growing upward and end up with all the stems getting to heavy and falling over causing the plant to be unattractive. Good Luck!

  • 4 years ago

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