69. propagation
seeds
• collected from small flowered
varieties
• Collected when blooms are dried
• sown in earthen pots or nursery
beds
• covered with a thin layer of leaf-
mould and soil and watered
• They germinate within 7-10 days
• Seedlings are ready for
transplanting within 40 days
• Seedlings propagation method is
not used normally for routine
cultivation
•
cuttings
• Terminal cuttings of stock
plants are taken in June
• They are transplanted after
rooting in 15cm (6”) pots
during June-end
• These plants are ready for
pinching during July-end or
beginning of September
• When a plant attains 8-10
leaf stage ,first pinching is
done by removing the
terminal portion (with 2-3
leaves)
• Lateral shoots develop from
below the cut
70. Mum cuttings planted in a 6-inch pot. The
cuttings are slanted toward the outside of the
pot at an angle of about 45 degrees.
Typical rooted chrysanthemum cutting
ready for planting in the pot.
101. (A)One stem of a mum plant showing many
buds at tip and along the stem.
(B) The same stem after all buds except the
terminal bud are removed. The removal of the
buds results in larger, single flowers on each
stem
A B
111. Chrysanthemum was
one among the plants
selected by NASA as
the best filterer of
space station’s air—not
only producing oxygen
from CO2, but also
absorbing benzene,
formaldehyde, and
trichloroethylene
112.
113.
114. Harvesting stage
When outer florets fully expand
Flowers open but before shedding of
pollen
Centre of the oldest flower fully open
Open but before the central disc florets
starts to elongate
