XP: Arguement with DH about plants

Mrs D~S

I just bought Mums in the plain black containers they sell them in to be transferred into pots.  I also bought decorative pots.  Here is the arguement:[Poll]

kastle

I vote other.  It depends on how long you want these to be around.  If it's just for (one season) color, I'd leave them in the black pots & put them in the pretty ones as-is.

~NB~

Meh... I agree with kastle, but only to an extent. They'll do better if they have more room, even if you only plan on pitching them after Thanksgiving.

So, your husband wants to leave them in the nursery liners? What's that, just laziness?

alliapistor

I think it depends on the size of your decorative pots.  I always find it weird when I can see a pot inside of a pot.

I have very large pots on either side of my doorway that I switch out each season.  I have some potting soil already in them and then I just pull out the old plant and put a new plant in the hole when it is time.  That way I get the look without a lot of work.  For example, right now I'm switching from petunias to mums. 

-auntie-

I always transplant my mums into a bed at the end of their stint in the decorative pots near my front door. They do best of left in the growing container and transplanted from that.

TarHeels&Rebels

I've always thought of mums as throw-away plants (they're good for maybe 6 weeks here, often more like 4), so for the little beauty they display, they're not worth the effort of actually planting them. 

~NB~

TarHeels&Rebels:

I've always thought of mums as throw-away plants (they're good for maybe 6 weeks here, often more like 4), so for the little beauty they display, they're not worth the effort of actually planting them. 

Even in the "deep south"? Many seasonal mums should be perennial for you.