Chrysanthemum Activities

Growing Chrysanthemum For Fun and Profits

Executive Summary about Chrysanthemum Activities by Crisologo Ramasasa

Chrysanthemum is one of the most popular cut flower by most florist and flower arrangers.  Cut flower production is a lucrative business especially for some special occasions such as; weddings, birthdays, church decorative, show cases in big business establishments, malls, offices, residential, and many more.

Chrysanthemum grows best in a well-drained soil with high moisture holding capacity. It should have a pH between 5.8 to 6.8, but the ideal one should be 6.0 to 6.5. The percent organic matter content must be at least 4% or higher.

Chrysanthemum being an open plant grows well in areas with plenty of sunshine but should be cool during the night. They grow well and bear productive flowers in a cool place.

Too much rainfall is not favorable for chrysanthemum because the attack of some pests and diseases is prevalent during this period. But this can be remedied by providing protective structures to the growing plants. If you have the financial capability, constructing a greenhouse is the ideal solution to protect your flowers from serious damage.

Most often chrysanthemum is propagated by stem tip cutting if you're into commercial production.  No more than 5 - 6 flushes of stem tip cuttings should be obtained after which the stock plants are replanted with a new one.

Maintain your plants' sanitation by removing some weeds up to flowering stage. Always keep the soil moist at all times but not too much water accumulation.

By pruning the unnecessary laterals, you're minimizing over-crowding and competition among laterals which will ultimately affect the quality of the flowers.

For spray mums, dis-budding is usually not necessary. However, the removal of the central terminal crown bud usually ensures a more uniform development of the remaining lower buds.

Chrysanthemums in Small Spaces

Executive Summary about Chrysanthemum Activities by Thomas Fyrd

My gardening activities are interesting, I suppose, not only because I have grown some prize-winning chrysanthemums but also because I pack them by the hundreds in a small plot of ground and do it in my spare time. 

A half block from my house was a corner lot, 50 by 100 feet, vacant full of stones and weeds. I got the owner's permission to use it and planted some shrubs and all of my mums there and added to them.  The neighbors liked the mass of color. It became "their" Corner Garden and they protect it with watchful eyes.

This year the borrowed land contains 1,000 plants of 55 varieties of chrysanthemums alone and with some bromeliads. I have shown my mums nearby, and my preparations have not been elaborate. I've simply cut blooms, plunged their stems in deep containers and placed them in a cool, shaded spot to drink up all the water they could overnight. 

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Pruning Orchids

How To Prune Orchids

Executive Summary about Pruning Orchids by Marianne Wong

By October or November, the orchid's blooming season is over. Generally, the flower stalk has atrophied and is yellow or brown. Pruning away the old stalk will help to assure that a new flower stalk will be produced the following year.

When pruning these old leaves and stalks, be sure to use clean pruning shears, and to sterilize them with alcohol before using them on another plant. If the pruning shears are dull, it would be a good idea to use a new razor blade to prune with, but remember to sterilize between plants.

Orchid pups are small plantlets that can form on the orchid. These will eventually grow into full-sized plants that will be clones of the mother plant. The production of these pups can be encouraged by pruning away the flower stalk while it is still green, rather than waiting until it has turned yellow or brown. You must wait until the pups have formed roots of their own before removing them from the parent, but at this point they can be potted up. The same growing medium in which the parent plant is growing should be used for the pups.

Pruning Orchids - A Simple Guide

Execuitve Summary about Pruning Orchids by Sarah Matters

Pruning your orchids once they have started blooming is one of the best ways to promote healthy growth, and as a result, when you take the time to carefully prune your orchid, you will be rewarded with a healthy and thriving orchid.

You're going to get used to seeing the dead growth and of observing the roots at the same time. Keep your pruning to less than half an inch at any given time. There's no way to instantly regrow your orchid, but it's easy to keep trimming small parts.

You're going to run across some dying and dead flower spikes too. This is natural and you should expect it. Gentle care is the best advice.

You could also just remove the end of the blossom stalk. Make sure to keep enough so that it can continue to bloom. If you want to go this way, keep until about 1/4 inch above the node (set apart as a small leafy-like bump in the stalk).

Pruning, as long as you do it correctly, should do no harm to your orchid. 

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Peony Meaning

Breathtaking Peony Wedding Bouquets

Executive Summary about Peony Meaning by Bridget Mora

Is there anything more spectacular in the spring than the sight of lush peonies? Long a favorite of spring brides, peonies make for the most amazing bouquets. 

The most classic peony wedding bouquet is a large round nosegay comprised of pale pink peonies with lush pink garden roses. All the blossoms are so round and full that it is hard to tell where one ends and the next begins, and the effect is absolutely stunning. 

For the ultimate preppy bride, the perfect bridal bouquet would be pink peonies paired with green hydrangeas. If you want to add a third blossom to the bouquet, mix in some of those darling pink and green ranunculus flowers. 

Peonies are also available in an enchanting deep pink hue. A bouquet comprised entirely of the deep pink peonies would be fabulous, or consider combining the lighter pink peonies with the deeply colored ones for a gorgeous multi-tonal arrangement. 

We so often think of peonies as a pink flower, but they also come in a lovely white version. A lush bouquet of white peonies is a gorgeous alternative to the more expected white rose bouquet.

What Do Your Wedding Flowers Mean?

Executive Summary about Peony Meaning by Bonnie Ray

As every flower lover know, flowers have a language all there own. Make sure you know what the flowers mean before you use them as your wedding flowers.

Roses are the most common wedding flower. Red roses of course mean I love you but dark red roses are for mourning. Pink roses mean perfect happiness but yellow roses mean jealousy. Sometimes it's not the color that holds the meaning but the type. A tea rose means I'll always remember you but a dried white rose means I would rather die than lose my virtue. Rosebuds means beauty and youth but roses signify secrecy and silence.

The most popular type of lily being the Calla Lily which means beauty. Most lilies have beautiful meanings. Tulips in general mean the perfect lover, this might be a good one to tuck into the buttonhole on his tux.

Peonies were listed as the number 1 flower used in New York weddings which makes you wonder what they had to hide. Peonies mean shame. Orchids also made it into the top five for New York weddings. Orchids are the Chinese symbol for many children.

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