Mum Flower Heads Fell Over After Blooming?

coville123
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September 16, 20170 found this helpful

Cut the dead blooms as soon as they wilt.

Snip through the stem 3 to 5 inches below the old flower so that the bare stem isn't visible.

Frequent dead-blossom removal encourages the mum to keep flowering longer.

coville123
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September 16, 20170 found this helpful

Mums flowers.

Step 1
Cut the dead blooms as soon as they wilt.

Step 2
Snip through the stem 3 to 5 inches below the old flower so that the bare stem isn't visible.

Step 3
Frequent dead-blossom removal encourages the mum to keep flowering longer.

Eileen H.

September 17, 20170 found this helpful

This is a good time of the year to "dead head" any blooms and cut back even the leaves, you will get new growth showing thru and the plant will heal itself.

cybergrannie
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September 17, 20170 found this helpful

I'm not sure anyone has answered your question as you seem to be saying your mums have recently opened and "overnight" started drooping.

• There are several kinds of mums, even a newer variety called Belgian mum that does not require (and should not be) deadheading.
• You do not say if your mum is planted outside or if it is a potted mum and those factors could make a difference in what is causing your problem.
• Also, you do not say how old your mum is or if it is a newer arrival and if it had buds when purchased. If it is the former and was covered with buds and recently purchased then your problem could be that "growers" use special methods to make their plants bloom (only a blooming mum will sell) and once the atmosphere is changed the mum goes into a sort of "shock" and blooms will wilt. This just means you will have to consider deadheading or cutting back so you will have blooms next year.
• Normally garden chrysanthemums bloom only in fall when nights are long and days are short. (Flower bud development is a response to day length.) The mums you find blooming in spring in garden centers have been grown in a greenhouse, where they get short days to force early bloom.
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• They need to be pinched back about 2 to 3 times in summer to bloom in fall.
• The true blooming season for outdoor mums is mid-August through fall and into winter season (according to what zone you live in) and before first frost.

This may be a good time to do some research on how to care for your mum so it will be full of blooms next.

lonnie1953

September 18, 20170 found this helpful

Thank you for the info.I bought the mum with buds because I wanted to watch it bloom.And that's exactly what happened. But less than a week after it was in full bloom they started falling over.I decided to let it dry out for awhile thinking I may have over watered it.We will see.I'd like to put it in the ground in a couple of weeks and I will cut it back then.

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Again thanks.

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