Effect of different dates of planting on growth and flowering of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum moriflium Ramatt

An experiment was conducted in the farmers’ fieid to know the best time of planting for chrysanthemum. The piants of April followed by May plantings had optimum vegetative growth. The piants were tall, spreading, sturdy and had more number of branches and more leaf area. The duration of flowering decreased gradually from April (65.67 days) planting to December (13.67 days) planting. However, the plants of April were late to flower (145.20 days after planting, while the planting of December (42.93 days after planting) and November (47.27 days after planting) plantings flowered early. Early planting (April-May) is thus recommended.