Topic: crhsanths

[allotmentholder]

my wife and me would love to try some crysanths this year any one got any we could root

[saddad]

We have ours stooled in the Greenhouse at the moment but not taking cuttings yet, although they are really going for it!
 ::)

[allotmentholder]

will u have any cuttings spare>?

[saddad]

Won't really know until say March when we want the stools out of the cold greenhouse... some will take and some will rot. If your site has a chrysant man they will often have spares. We pick them up at about 50p a time from the local lottie shop.....
 8)

[cambourne7]

Hi

You can make your own, buy your wife some and enjoy.

I tend to cut the stem above the the swelling in the stem into maybe 6-10 inch bits.

Then pop these with the swell at the top in a vase of water on a window still and they should root at the bottom.

cambourne7

[allotmentholder]

ok thanks

[saddad]

and you would have the advantage of knowing what you are getting! Can you still get big chrysants at Florists all I ever see are sprays...
 ???

[Merry Tiller]

Rarely see dis-bud chrysanths in a florists these days  :'(