question for gardeners on Mums

[cook]

Picked up 12 mums sunday that were priced down to 1$ each.Still have green foliage but the flowers are all brown and dried.
I live in NW Missouri and we've had several frosts and freezes already.
Should I clip them back and plant them?Leave them in the garage till spring?Bring'em indoors?

They were potted and sitting outside on a display rack for at least 2 weeks before I bought them,kinda dry.

[crappiequeennc]

Go ahead & plant them, giving them some TLC. I've found that using soil that has a lot of organic compost added to it when planting mums in the fall & mulching them with chopped leaves & pine needles really increased their survival rate. When the threat of frost is over in the spring, don't forget to pull back the mulch.Be sure and trim them back.And cover them with a couple inches of the mulch.

[CrappieHound]

CQ if you were saying trim them back in the Spring that is correct. I would plant them now. That just keeps you from having to remember to water em' throughout the winter. I believe if I remember correctly that you all are zone 5 for plants. It shouldn't be a problem unless the weather turns out unusally colder this year as the famers almanac has expected. Your only problems will come if it stays below freezing for a week or so. A couple of weeks of temps. in the tens will have an effect on a lot of plants.

The Hound

[Slipped Cork]

Go ahead & plant them, giving them some TLC. I've found that using soil that has a lot of organic compost added to it when planting mums in the fall & mulching them with chopped leaves & pine needles really increased their survival rate. When the threat of frost is over in the spring, don't forget to pull back the mulch.Be sure and trim them back.And cover them with a couple inches of the mulch.

How are you doing MS QUEEN?

[cook]

Thanks Guys and Gals!
Got them in the ground yesterday.

[Rowdy]

I have some that are 20 years old, Every year I leave them alone till spring and put on leather gloves and break the dead foilage up as mulch,but new ones should be fine just set out and forget this late.

I use hedge clippers to trim my blooms off till the 4th of July, they will really thicken up .
Good Luck
Rowdy

[crappiequeennc]

How are you doing MS QUEEN?

I'm just taking one day at a time my friend....Thank you for asking..