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Garden Mum Production. Pinch versus No Pinch.
By admin | June 15, 2007
Many growers will direct stick their garden mums but some of us stick our unrooted cuttings into liner trays. This year we used a 50 count ellepot tray for our cuttings. Normally this liner tray would add too much extra cost for a commodity crop like garden mums but we had some extras from the spring so I thought I’d try them out. Mums are very quick rooters and are very easy to propagate but the ellepots make them even easier. We will transplant the liner after 4-5 weeks and put them right outside under natural days. My difficult decision is whether or not to pinch my mums or not. I have seen several trials comparing pinched versus no pinch mums and often the no pinch look better. I thought this blog would be a good place present my trial on the subject. I have always pinched my mums in the past so I’m uncomfortable with the idea of sending our entire crop out without a pinch. It’s kinda scary, so I’m going to pinch the liners that are staying very vegetative in the propagation….
and I will not pinch the ones that are crown-budding and starting to branch…
we’ll see which cultural method works best.
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July 10th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
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