Can you replant mums that you buy in a pot to have them come up next year?

Question

If so, when is the best time to plant them. I'm in Ohio.

Answer 1

Yes, you can successfully replant mums that you buy in a pot.

In colder areas, it's best to plant perennial mums early in the season, so they'll form a good root system that can carry them through the winter.
"Flowering mums planted in the fall don’t consistently make it through the winter. The plants don’t have the time (or the inclination, since they are working hard on flowering) to extend their roots beyond the pot-bound root ball into the soil. The fragile roots are damaged by frequent cycles of freezing and thawing over the winter. Without a good root system, the plant dies."
http://www.mums.org/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions.htm

If you have purchased mums this fall, go ahead & plant them, giving them some TLC. I'm from Ohio & have found that using soil that has a lot of organic compost added to it when planting mums in the fall & mulching them with chopped leaves & pine needles really increased their survival rate. When the threat of frost is over in the spring, don't forget to pull back the mulch.

Good Luck! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

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Can you replant mums that you buy in a pot to have them come up next year?
If so, when is the best time to plant them. I'm in Ohio.

Answer 3

If you bought it recently, it is probably a hardy mum, so yes, you can plant it and it will likely come back. I say "likely" because I had 3 definitely hardy mums that I planted last fall and only 1 of the 3 made it through the winter and I am in zone 5, so similar to you. Most mums for sale right now are hardy though, so odds are good it will come back next year :)
Oh, and the sooner you plant it, the better. You want the roots to be well-established if you are going to have teh best chance of it making it through the winter.

Answer 4

Most mums are very hardy but require daily watering and a good rich soil for best results.Once your mum is well established you can cut back on the watering to just a few days a week with once a month fertilizing.

Each year they will need alot of bud pinching to have a large lush plant full of blooms in fall. Pinching the tiny buds encourages the plant to produce more stems but also will leave you with twice the amount to pinch off next time. This to me is the down fall with mums. It can become a chore pinching off all those buds before they bloom. But if you allow them to bloom premature, your mum will be spent before fall.

Answer 5

Yes, you can. Take an old kitchen knife and run it around the sides of the pot to loosen the root ball. While holding one hand against the soil around the base of the plant, turn the plant upside down, and it should slide right out of the pot. Dig a hole just a bit larger than the root ball, and slightly deeper; set the root ball in the center, and fill around it with soil. Water it well (you can use a bit of root stimulator too if you want to), and you should have a nice plant for next fall :-)

Answer 6

When To Plant Mums

Answer 7

You can plant them and keep them in the ground right now, but you will need to winterize them first because mums planted in Autumn do not have enough time to harden off before freeze. Here is an article that explains how to prepare your mums for winter.
http://gardening.about.com/od/maintenance/qt/HardyMums.htm
Good Luck

Answer 8

Plant it now. When you do, take a pair of scissors and cut off all of the green down to about an inch. This puts all of the plants' energy into establishing the root system.
Good luck!

Answer 9

I planted mine right into the ground after I purchased them. You might consider placing a protective covering during the winter. Something like mulch.

Answer 10

Yes.....after the top dies out this winter...it will come back in the spring.