Chrysanthemums ... a flower bud. The flower stem itself stays relatively short, and has strappy leaves rather than typical mum foliage. Side shoots grow out below this top bud, and somewhat ...

I do it every day,” Eigenbrode said. Some growers pinch out the buds with their fingers; others use a knife. The other task is tricking the chrysanthemum into thinking fall started early.

There's no doubt that the growth rate and the flower density of a young chrysanthemum ... but remove the bud at the top. This encourages energy to go into developing roots, rather than top ...

You see, in order to flower, the chrysanthemum needs to have several weeks of at least nine hours of uninterrupted darkness to set bud. With more light than that, the plant keeps growing and ...