Can anyone help with Mums

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behillman Plantersville, TX(Zone 9a) Apr 26, 2010

I have been pinching my mums, & they keep growing up. They are 2 ft. tall. When do I stop pinching? Should they be blooming soon? It is the end of April

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Doe41 (Audrey) Dyersburg, TN(Zone 7a) Apr 26, 2010

Some mums are just tall! I had some once that were about 18 in. tall, or more. I think all of them are pretty, though. I'd stop pinchiing them, you may be pinching the bud off.

Some don't bloom till fall.

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JulieQ Bella Vista, AR(Zone 6b) Apr 26, 2010

Where do you live? What zone? Hard to believe they are already that tall.

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MiniPonyFarmer Gilmer, TX(Zone 8b) Apr 26, 2010

Some of mine are almost that tall here in zone 8b. I can get 2 big flushes out of mine, the first one in summer and the 2nd in fall. If I don't pinch them much, they will start blooming early....and that's okay with me. These mums are the ones that are typically 18-24" tall when they are in full bloom.

If yours are garden mums, they may be the ones that grow up to 30 plus inches tall. I recently bought some of the tall mums from Bluestone, but they are still small.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Apr 26, 2010

The last shearing should be July 1st for fall blooming mums

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Doe41 (Audrey) Dyersburg, TN(Zone 7a) Apr 27, 2010

I don't have any that are not in a pot, right now. They came back from last year. They're a short mum. I don't have any tall ones now.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Apr 27, 2010

Typically most mums will give you two sets of blooms. One in late May/early June, and if ya cut them back right after blooming, they will bloom again in September/October. (but that may not apply to some of the colder zones. Here my mums are evergreen but "dormant" during the winter)

Here is some info

https://www.kingsmums.com/growinf_info.htm

http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/1901

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