I have a pot mum plant/flowers that is dying, suggestions to save it?

It's getting plenty of direct sun, being watered about once every two days (too much water if watered every day I think)... and it is being kept indoors. It is turning brown and the flowers are dying on it :-(





Any suggestions please... can it be saved?

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersI can't say that overwatering is definitely why the plant is suffering but you are overwatering it. Water lightly once a week. Give the plant some time to dry out. Wait at least a week before you water again. Be sure there are drainage holes in the pot so water isn't standing in the pot suffocating the roots.





I would cut off whatever looks brown and dead. Mums take pruning very nicely so don't be shy. I would expect that here in the next few weeks you will start seeing new leaves on it.
Reply:Change your soil and make sure you get fertilizer for it. Ask someone in a gardening center at Walmart, Walmart, or Lowes. I would water it only once a week.
Reply:check the soil my friend.
Reply:Mums aren't houseplants. Even with the proper care it would be hard to make one live in a normal indoor situation. Sorry sweetie.
Reply:Sounds like way too much water. It's very rare that I have a plant inside my house that needs water more than once a week. And in winter - many go 2 weeks very happily.
Reply:There are two general types of mums, the greenhouse types or the hardy types. If it your mum is hardy, you should have planted outside in your garden if you have one or in a larger pot or bucket if you don't. If it is greenhouse type then you were right in bringing it in. But, as you describe how the plant look, it is too far gone. It is not worth the effort saving. Seems like the roots has dried out or rotted already.
Reply:give it beer hot and flat plants love it
Reply:I would cut the water back till the soil is dry then only water again when dry .Remove dead flowers and if the plant starts comming back to health use fertilizer at half strenghth every other month hope this helps.
Reply:You may find the soil to still be damp or soggy and this can cause root rot, I recently lost a Hibiscus to this and its hard to fix.....but if you need a pot with good drainage and don't want to drill holes, then depending on how big the pot is, have about 1/5 on the bottom be rocks and it will naturally drain to the bottom, away from the roots then make sure to transplant to a bigger pot if it gets larger.Reebok