Chrysanthumum pots

I am going to try and grow some chrysanthums this year, could I grow them in pots and if so what size and what type of compost

 

I have some chrysanthemums in about 6" or 8" pots with multi-purpose compost. They are Autumn flowering I plunge them into the middle of the tubs when the Petunias are "going over" to extend the life of the tubs a bit before I have to do something about them!

 

Thank you kristen I have never grown these before so looking forward, I am going to buy the plants from my Van Meuwen catalogue going to try pack of 10 incurving and a pack of 10 sprays for aug-oct flowering, I wasnt sure if I could put these plants in a pot or if they had to direct into the ground, thank you once again

 

Hi Nathan

There are many types of chrysanthemums which you may well see from your lists .
It sounds like you are looking at 'Early flowering ' garden chrysanths. which would normally be grown in the garden plot.. Then Mid season then lates latter two normally grown in pots outside in summer and moved inside as winter approaches..
But no reason you cannot grow in pots if you need to, I would use a 12ins final pot staring them in a 3.5ins pot then a 5ins and finally 12ins pot .I would also personally use a John Innes based compost as it retains moisture better and make the pots heavier as plants will gow quiet tall. Try not to let them dry out and you will need to feed later in the season as nutrients become depleted in the final pot ..

The main reason for the early chrysanths in the garden is because they will have flowered and be finished before winter and you would extend your chrysanth flowering period useing Mids and Lates moved inside in the autumn with little or not heat just protection ..All very rewarding flowers ..

Have fun

Dave

 

Many thanks Dave will look forward to my forth coming trials on chrysanthum growing