CHRYSANTHEMUM MANUAL 
SHORT DISBUD CULTURE 
Short disbuds are something new in the culture of chrysanthemums. In one square foot of bench area 
you can produce twelve blooms with 18- to 24-inch stems in about twelve weeks. Four crops a year can be 
produced. These short disbuds have the approval of the retail trade because they can be used by the retailer 
in many different ways. Yoder Brothers have been experimenting with short disbud culture for the past year and 
have had many complimentary remarks about them. The disbuds are packed in flat carnation packs with twelve 
blooms per bunch. 
Cuttings are benched directly and spaced 6 x 6 inches, with three stems per plant, or 6 x 4 inches, with 
two stems per plant. During the winter, the closer spacing with two stems per plant may be advisable because 
it is difficult to get three heavy breaks at this season. Apply one to two weeks of long days before soft pinching. 
This culture is very similar to pot plant culture. When planting October | to February |, use two weeks of long 
days. The rest of the year use only one week. After pinching, apply short-day treatment until the buds show color. 
All other cultural factors should be similar to year-around flowering. Remember this is a 60 degree crop. 
However, after color shows, drop the temperature to 55 degrees whenever possible. 
Depending on the distance of planting, sucker the shoots to two or three stems. After buds are fairly large, 
disbud each stem to one flower. 
Many varieties will fit into the short disbud schedule but at present the biggest problem is to determine 
which varieties will perform the best at various seasons of bloom. See chart below for preferred varieties in the 
spring and fall. 
MAY FLOWERING 
WHITE YELLOW BRONZE & RED PINK 
Shasta Blazing Gold Ind. Pink 
NOVEMBER FLOWERING 
WHITE YELLOW BRONZE & RED PINK 
Shasta Yel. Shasta Ivanhoe Pandora 
Mayford Triumph 
Little America Yel. Shasta Amber Bright Bluechip Little America Yel. Ivanhoe Copperhead Dark Norma 
White Norma Yel. Ivanhoe Ivanhoe Criterion White Norma Susanne Miller Br. Pandora Pink L. I. Beauty 
Whitetop Golden Herald Ind. Bronze Portrait L. |. Beauty Harvest Golden The Titan Almega 
Ind. White Harvest Golden Mary Garden Belray Ind. Yellow Red Rolinda Ind. Pink 
Ind. Yellow Ind. White Klondike Amber Bright 
Goldsmith Ind. Bronze 
Highlander Paragon 
Br. Goldsmith 
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Short disbuds spaced 6 x 6 inches produce twelve blooms per square foot. 
