Beginner Gardening: PINK Chrysanthemums??, 1 by britbrighton

britbrighton wrote:
Hmmmm....maybe too much acid? Also, sometimes replanting the mums in different soil changes the chemistry a bit. I have hyndrangeas that were supposed to be a beautiful deep blue BUT when I planted the row, one came up pink and the other blue (with hydrangeas, pink blooms mean alkaline soil, and blue blooms mean acid soil!) Being planted side by side and both of them having two completely different colors emerging was a real shocker. I am still not entirely sure what was going on but the area I planted them was tilled with ash and also a very acid soil so maybe some alkaline got through. Maybe your potting soil or miracid simply did something to the color. I suppose as long as you like the pink, then its all right! I will upload two photos for you of my two Nikko blues and how different they looked.........I actually love the pink too so I might not amend the soil to turn it blue! Hope it helped-Brit