Happy gardening. I hope your mums are thriving!
The next evergreen Chrysanthemum Association meeting will be held on June 11, 2022 at 10 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory. Please note that Zoom meetings have been indefinitely suspended.
This month Erika Harris will demonstrate how to grow Cascades and how to Bonsai Chrysanthemums. Erika’s Cascade and Bonsai presentation is very informative and a new stretch for our club members. So bring your questions to the meeting.
Additionally there is a lot of cultural information to cover this month and a little repetitiveness in the notes below. Please carefully read through the cultural notes and compile your questions
In reviewing the cultural notes, there are several key points to be noted
1) Now is the time to be pinching your plants – bring your questions to the meeting. Heck, bring your plants in question to the meeting! Or you can contact one of our award winning growers.
2) By the end of June your plants should be in their final pots – in the final potting section there is also good information on soil composition.
3) Once in the final pots, fertilizer, pesticide and disease control regimens should be in place
4) Control plant laterals. After you pinch the growing tip from the plant laterals will begin to show up – control them!!
5) Support the plant. Once the plants get about 6 inches tall the main stalk needs support. The laterals you choose to keep must also be supported. We call this staking.
Once again here’s the Neem links
1) What You Need to Know Before Buying Neem Oil for Your Plants
https://www.urbangardeningmom.com/blogs/news/neem-oil
2) Explaining Azadirachtin and Neem
Some Important ECA Calendar Dates:
June 2022 ECA Meeting 6/11/22 at 10: 00 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory
Erika Harris to demonstrate how cascades are trained and how to bonsai mums
July 2022 ECA Meeting 7/9/22 at 10: 00 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory
August 2022 ECA Meeting 8/9/22 at 10:00 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory
September 2022 ECA Meeting 9/10/22 at 10:00 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory
October 2022 ECA Meeting 10/8/22 at 10:00 am at Volunteer Park Conservatory
ECA 2022 75th annual Chrysanthemum show October 28- 30, 2022 at Volunteer Park Conservatory
