Can I plant mums from the seeds of the blooms on my mums this year to come up next year and grow?

Answer 1

I have not had luck with them, it seems that there is not a lot of pollination happening on the blooms before they all frost here in Minnesota. I HAVE HAD better luck by mulching them and having them come back in the spring. When the mums get to be about a foot tall, pinch each shoot back to about 4 inches high. Then strip some of the leaves off the piece you took off and stick that deep into the soil. Water for a week and the cuttings will root. You can easily fill in a border of mums this way. Pinch the tops 2 or 3 times before summer, and feed with a bloom booster. You will get a good show in the fall, for free. But if you want to seed, marigolds seed readily.

Answer 2

Mums frequently put out runners under the dirt-- and make a new plant. However if the ones you buy die, they are cheaper and faster to buy every year. On the other hand-- mine from last year got enough water and fertilizer-- and I have quite a show-- because the sprinkler is too short-- they blocked my azaleas getting water-- which then died!
OK-- this is the bottom line-- you can take a branch, peg it to the earth and cover the branch with dirt-- keep the tip out of the dirt-- then water it-- it probably will root-- they do easily. After rooting, you just cut the branch going to the "mother" plant. In fact growers take cuttings, root them in much the same way-- and make all those thousands of pots you see for sale in the fall.
So give it a try-- you might find your thumb is green after all!
good luck

Answer 3

Sure you can. As with any seeds, collect them, plunk them in some dirt, potting soil, whatever, place the container in a sunny southern window......

You can also take cuttings of mums, strip lower leaves and plunge them into potting soil. I have not had much luck rooting them in water. Dirt works.

Play, experiment, it's all good

Answer 4

Just cut off a branch ( preferably from inside the plant where it won't be noticed ) and cut off the lower leaves and any flowers or buds and stick it in the ground. Keep it moist and it should take off.

Answer 5

Why would you want to do that? You'll just get more mums. Try planting rhubarb instead. Last year I planted bananas, but I guess the neighbor's cat must've dug them up. Now it's too cold to plant anything. Jeez.

Answer 6

Oh yes.. you can plant from seed but it will take ages for them to grow into plants