Teaching3bears Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I bought a healthy pot of mums about 10 days ago. It rained a lot and then I watered it more and the leaves got droopy. I thought I had overwatered so I left it a few days and it hasn’t rained but the leaves still look droopy, just more dry. The flowers are okay so far. What should I do? I really want them to live a couple of months. They are so pretty. I seem to kill all flower baskets :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Does the pot have drain holes? If so, the water will run out. If the plants are pot bound you’ll need to repot or water every day because there won’t be enough dirt in the pot to hold the water for very long. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said: Does the pot have drain holes? If so, the water will run out. If the plants are pot bound you’ll need to repot or water every day because there won’t be enough dirt in the pot to hold the water for very long. Exactly what I was going to say....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Is it really weird that when I read the title I thought of "moms with saggy bookshelves"?? 8 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, goldberry said: Is it really weird that when I read the title I thought of "moms with saggy bookshelves"?? No. I wondered from the title if it was a euphemism for something. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, goldberry said: Is it really weird that when I read the title I thought of "moms with saggy bookshelves"?? You are not alone! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scholastica Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Just now, medawyn said: You are not alone! Me three!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 6 hours ago, alisoncooks said: No. I wondered from the title if it was a euphemism for something. I was trying to figure out what droopy leaves meant, and then realized she actually meant droopy leaves 😀 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 A stiff cup of tea helps this mum when her leaves are droopy. 9 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I also cannot help re flowers, but thought this was about mothers type mums. ☺️ 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Poor OP! No plant advice, but plenty of people curious about droopy mum leaves. We definitely know what’s important on this board! 2 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I would sort of pull the plant gently up out of the pot a little. If it looks very dry I might stand the whole thing in a container of water for a while. If it looks very root bound I would repot. If it looks absolutely soaked I might add some more drain holes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 17 hours ago, Pen said: I also cannot help re flowers, but thought this was about mothers type mums. ☺️ I did too, and I am in no way British, Canadian, or Australian. I thought it was funny that I went directly to mom mums and not flower mums. Kelly 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaching3bears Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Now, the flowers are dried up and browning. I thought I might have overwatered but I'm seeing it's the opposite problem. I did not have time to replant but there are holes in the plastic pot and it is sitting in a deeper ceramic pot. It will rain again tonight and tomorrow and if that doesn't help I will do what Melissa in Australia suggested and if that doesn't help I will see if I have extra soil. Having a droopy plant is enough to make a mom get droopy leaves! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 9:34 AM, SquirrellyMama said: I did too, and I am in no way British, Canadian, or Australian. I thought it was funny that I went directly to mom mums and not flower mums. Kelly I had to look up the term mum as a flower! I now understand it as short for Chrysanthemums, but common use of mum for the flower might possibly be regional. wHere I’ve lived they’re called Chrysanthemums. My first thought for mum is mother, second would be “mum’s the word”, then I thought maybe it’s like an Egyptian mummy—maybe some SOTW project like mummification of chicken is having troubles, and finally, when I read OP— oh there’s a flower mum! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I read "Mum" as in "Moms" with drooply leaves." 🙂 No help with the Mums though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Pen said: I had to look up the term mum as a flower! I now understand it as short for Chrysanthemums, but common use of mum for the flower might possibly be regional. wHere I’ve lived they’re called Chrysanthemums. My first thought for mum is mother, second would be “mum’s the word”, then I thought maybe it’s like an Egyptian mummy—maybe some SOTW project like mummification of chicken is having troubles, and finally, when I read OP— oh there’s a flower mum! they are called chrysanthemums here as well, but as my DH is Canadian I understand some of the dialect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 9/19/2019 at 10:47 AM, goldberry said: Is it really weird that when I read the title I thought of "moms with saggy bookshelves"?? On 9/19/2019 at 11:03 AM, alisoncooks said: No. I wondered from the title if it was a euphemism for something. My mind went there too! I was quite disappointed to find out we were talking about flowers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 9/19/2019 at 8:47 AM, goldberry said: Is it really weird that when I read the title I thought of "moms with saggy bookshelves"?? Nope. I saw mum and saggy leaves and wondered how TeA was involved here, and where we were going with the leaves euphemism! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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