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holiday date. At best, plants to be sold for Mother’s Day 
must be out where the customers can see them thru the week 
before. 
How Many Cuttings Per Pot? 
Note, for. example, under single pinch plants for April- 
May-June blooming, that 4 cuttings are recommended for a 
6 inch pot. Actually, 3 cuttings will make a presentable plant 
in most cases—and 5 will make a fuller looking plant than 
4. Try it out both ways for yourself. Varieties that break 
easily and quickly require fewer cuttings per pot. It really de- 
pends on what your trade calls for. Also, a very nice plant 
can be produced with fewer cuttings in smaller pots—s’s, or 
even 4's, 
One of the best pot Mum growers we have seen grows 
everything right thru the year at 5 cuttings per 6-inch pot— 
regardless. 
If Plants Flower Too Tall 
Most growers aim at a 15 to 18-inch plant. 
Stem length on the finished plant can be shortened by delay- 
ing the final pinch a week—or even two weeks longer than 
the schedule calls for. Let’s take Queen’s Lace on the two- 
pinch schedule for October 1 flowering: The schedule calls 
for final pinch 9 weeks before flowering date. If too tall, 
next season make final pinch 8 weeks before desired flowering 
date. All other dates remain the same. 
The date you start shading controls the date the plants 
flower. If a lot of plants flower a week late this year, simply 
move the entire schedule up one week earlier next year. 
Notes on Pot Mum Culture 
Probably you’ve grown them before; if not, here are some 
suggestions. 
We find either peat or manure added to the soil will 
really make ’em grow. It also cuts down watering. Super- 
phosphate should be added to soil before potting. As plants 
get into active growth, we give them a weekly feeding with 
a not strong, balanced liquid fertilizer. Weekly spraying with 
wettable Parathion (see page 25) will control insects. 
Like any other Mums, pot Mums appreciate a ‘wetting 
down” of foliage on hot afternoons. They like humidity. And 
incidentally, they don’t like to get dry at the roots. Pot Mums 
can be summered over outdoors in frames or in cloth houses; 
but they require such careful watching that it’s almost better 
to have them under glass. 
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About disbudding. As plants set bud, each stem should be 
disbudded to leave only the center bud. Exceptions: a very 
few Pomps grown as a pot plant, such as Gypsy, Sunray and 
Linda Lou. 
Avoid crowding the plants; it makes them tall, spindly, and 
poor. 
Leave 3 sets of leaves as you pinch each time, if possible. 
All pinches should be into soft wood. Often it is possible to 
use the tips you remove for cuttings for later flowerings. But 
don’t get off schedule to economize on a few cuttings—it 
doesn’t pay! 
HARDIES AT POT PLANTS 
For the past several springs, increasing numbers of growers 
have finished a batch of hardy or garden Mums in pots for 
Mother’s Day. They are quickly (90 days) and easily grown, 
make showy and unusual pot plants. They have added sales 
appeal in that, after flowering, they may be planted outdoors 
for another crop of blooms in the fall. 
Here is a simple schedule worked out by William Skou at 
Ohio State: (For May 1 flowering). 
February 8: Plant 5 rooted cuttings in a 5 or 6 inch pot, pinch 
same day and start lighting 5 hours per night. Same light 
intensity as for cut Mums. Minimum temperature through- 
out the crop: 60 degrees. 
March 8: Discontinue lights. Pinch plants again, start regular 
black cloth shading from 5 P.M. to 8 A.M. daily till plants 
are in flower. 
Varieties: (Date after each variety is flowering date if above 
schedule is followed.) 
White: Avalanche, April 28; Calcite, May 7; Christopher 
Columbus, May 7; Classic, May 1; Pepita, May 1; Renown, 
April 28; Silverplate, April 29; White Wonder, May 7. 
Yellow: Bamboo, May 3; Carnival, May 7; Early Gold, April 
28; Early Yellow, May 3; Gold Rush, May 2; Lemonade, 
April 28; September Sunshine, May 3; Witchery, May 3: 
Yellow Christopher Columbus, May 1; Yellow Spoon, May 
1; Yellow Supreme, May 10. 
Pink; Joybringer, May 2; Major Cushion, May 3; September 
Cheer, May 3; Serenade, April 28. 
Apricot: Calico, May 1; Tiffany Rose, April 28; W. P. Snyder, 
April 28. 
Bronze: Carmelita, May 1; Early Bronze, April 28; James 
Stewart, May 1; Mona, May 1. 
Orchid: Jewel, April 28; Spellbound, April 28. 
POT MUMS 
ONE-PINCH SCHEDULE 
Pot 4 Cuttings 
Varieties per 6 inch pot Pinch 
Blazing Gold GCetas | Nov. 11] 
Granite State Oct, 23 Nov. 4 
Queen’s Lace* Oct, 22 Oct, 28 
Yellow Lace* 
Ind. White* 
Dark Ind. Yellow* 
Ind. Pink 
Little America 
Richard’ Mandel Oct? 17 Oct. 28 
Queen of Pinks* 
Bonnaffon DeLuxe* Oct. 10 Oct. 21 
*No-Pinch Indianapolis* Oct. 24 No Pinch 
*Preferred varieties. 
Start 
Lighting Period Shade To Flower 
@ctesil= Novarlel No 
Oct. 23-Nov. 4 No 
Ocime2-Octrz>o No 
) JANUARY 6 _ 
Octal -Octazs No 
Oct. 10-Oct. 21 No 
Octe24-Octa Zs No 
*Really fine! Plant 5-7 cuttings per 6 inch pot; give 4 long days and have salable plants in 9-10 weeks. 
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