Mum Madness!
October 21, 2008 
| Want to make an impact with your mum sales? Make sure at least some of them are big! Gary Mangum of Bell Nursery shared pictures from a bumper crop of mega-sized mums headed for Home Depot. He says 17,000 were grown and shipped through mid-October. |
| Tim Brindley of Stacy’s Greenhouses in York, S.C., captured a customer driving her big mums home from a Home Depot in Memphis. “Our mums are passengers in cars,” he says. “Seat belts everyone! That woman actually bought three mums, drove the two you see home and came back for the other!” |
| Jennifer Kurtz of Kurtz Farms in Cheshire, Conn., sent us pictures of mums in her new Urban Gardener Pumpkin Pot. “I designed the patent-pending Urban Gardener Pumpkin Pots to attract the fall ‘decorators,'” she says. “We are growing 10,000 for Home Depot and independent garden centers throughout New England. Master Tag also is distributing empty pots and tags to wholesalers and retailers who want to drop in mums to the pots, as they fit a standard 8-inch and 10-inch pot. So far, it’s been a hit! In addition to getting the attention of decorators, it is popular with children and those looking for an alternative to the ole’ bushel basket mum!” |
| Yoder’s mum trials were ablaze at Lucas Greenhouses in Monroeville, N.J. “When John Friel sent me this overview picture, I was impressed with the scope of our trials and the uniform shape of the plants,” Yoder’s Christine Kelleher says. “Lucas does a great job growing the trials for us, which include new introductions for 2009 and beyond, alongside commercially available varieties.”
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