New flowers look faded!
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Douglas Hunt on Sep 24, 2013Can you add a photo of what they look like now?Helpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 24, 2013Will do that Douglas Hunt. Will make a very sorry picture! :(Helpful Reply
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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Sep 24, 2013@Jay, pinch one of the flowers off and tap in your hand to see if you have an infestation of thrips or possible some type of borer type bug.Helpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 24, 2013Will try that Donna Dixson. Thankyou. I wondered whether the sun was too much for it and placed it under a shade net but still no luck. Even cut off all the older flowers to see if the new ones would be ok but no..Helpful Reply
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Jeanette on Sep 24, 2013I always cut mine back in July here in TX (upper east) and feed well with fish emulsion. HelpsHelpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 24, 2013Donna,i tapped the flower,nothing there. Think these plants are not meant for tropical climates and the heat must be causing this change. Like my petunias changed with heavy rain!Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Sep 25, 2013Did you buy these already potted and in bloom? It's late October or November in Florida before our temps are really suitable to chrysanthemums, and that could be the case for you as well. They do need full sun.Helpful Reply
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Gwen Mangelson on Sep 25, 2013Mums are a full sun plant and it is either bugs or poor soil- did you fertilize it this year?Helpful Reply
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DeAnna Whisenant-Arnold on Sep 25, 2013Are they close to a pool? I have noticed many plant flowers in vicinity of my pool have a faded look, even ferns turn to a faded green.Helpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 25, 2013So, Douglas Hunt ,you mean the weather must be too hot for them here now? I did buy them potted and starting to flower about a couple of months back. Since my plants are all on the terrace,its very sunny and hot. Actually i was dismayed to see my other mums plants with dried and burnt leaves today. Then ,i realised that they could tolerate being placed in full sun only because we had heavy rains for last few weeks. Rains stopped three days back and they just couldn't take it. Moved them all under my green shadenet and deadheaded a lot of burnt leaves. Wonder if they will be able to bloom once again. Thankyou.Helpful Reply
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Judy on Sep 25, 2013My first thought was sunburn. Mums are an autumn bloomer & some of the big, commercial nurseries force them into bloom early so the flowers can be seen when sold. It may bloom again, later in the year when temperatures cool down.Helpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 25, 2013Yes,even my aster plant, though placed under a shadenet,the new flower looks burnt even before its fully bloomed!:( Guess i bought these plants a little too early for our climate.Helpful Reply
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Jay on Sep 26, 2013Thankyou Douglas Hunt..so kind of you..I had even planted petunias and most of them died with the continuous rain. Now i remember that last year i had started my garden only in November when the climate was just right for all these foreign beauties! Guess,this is how one learns..with experience.:) Will do it right next year!Helpful Reply
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