How to grow chrysanthemums

1. Maintenance conditions

1. Light: It must be in a full light environment during the growing period. If there is insufficient light, it will grow weak and have a disordered shape.

2. Water: The humidity must be relatively high and the amount of watering must be sufficient. The soil in the pot should not be too dry and cracked.

3. Fertilization: The demand is very high. After the last pinching at the beginning of autumn, apply liquid fertilizer once a week as top dressing.

2. Breeding Methods

Cutting method: From October to November, pick suitable buds from the edge of the chrysanthemum pot for cuttings. Place it in a warm house or greenhouse in the winter of the same year, and take softwood cuttings from the surviving foot buds in April of the following year. Generally, the cuttings should be 10 cm long with 4 to 5 leaves. Remove the two or three leaves at the bottom and plant them in sand or plain soil. After they survive, place them in a pot with a diameter of 10 cm and water them normally.

3. Topping of seedlings

After the newly grafted seedlings resume growth, leave two or three leaves at the bottom for pinching, and wait for the leaf buds on the remaining leaves to sprout and form side branches. Leave two leaves on each side branch and pinch them again, and repeat this process until the Beginning of Autumn of that year. It will continue to grow during the process, and the pot should be replaced in time. It is generally recommended to be larger than 30 cm so that its roots will have sufficient space to grow.