Topic: chrysanthemums

[Twoflower]

how do i save this plants for next year? :) They have been growing on my allotment all summer, i know they don't like the frost but would like to grow them again next year.

[tonybloke]

dig them up, divide and pot on, keep in greenhouse over-winter ;)

[Twoflower]

OK so i need to keep them in compost over the winter, not like a dahlia. Do i kee them dryish?

[Tee Gee]

This might help;

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Chrys%20Sprays/Chrys-Sprays.htm

[tonybloke]

Thanks for posting that, TeeGee, a much more comprehensive answer!!!  ;)

[shirlton]

I have just put all of mine to bed  today, Them and the dahlias. Always put them in sawdust in the non heated greenhouse

[Dadnlad]

Would chrysanths survive in the ground over winter if they are strawed up same as dahlias ?

[saddad]

Not tried it myself, but they are tougher than dahlias. I think the temptation would be just to let the stools grow on in spring and not take cuttings and the "old" plants wouldn't be as good....  :-\

[Twoflower]

Thanks, lifted yesterday and are now in the greenhouse :)

[Dadnlad]

the "old" plants wouldn't be as good

Will they not flower so well next year ?

Thought chrysanths are perennials ?

Was hoping that if they overwintered ok, the plants roots being already established might flower earlier next summer ?  :-\

[saddad]

I don't do it so I don't know... but if they were as good the second year why have we been striking new cuttings from the stools every year?  :-\

[Dadnlad]

We've never grown them before - planted Fothergills spray collection this spring and they've been lovely ;D - just trying to figure out what to do with em now :-\