Our mums are so big I had to buy roaster pans to accommodate the pots. The guy we bought them from said water from the bottom, so that’s why the pans. Mom had deer eat her mums at the old place, so the mums are moved to the porch, behind the rail for watering every night. I am also covering the big hosta pots with row cover.
So I went out around 7:30 to get the mums watered & hostas covered & who is already at the fence, ready for ‘salad’? The big doe who seems to be The Deer hanging around our place. We also have a big oak on that corner of the house loaded with acorns that are now dropping - deer love acorns so that’s likely attracting her as well.
When I told her “What are you doing here? No salad for you tonight!”, she gracefully leaped the fence from a standing position & disappeared into the brushy lot next door. She wasn’t very scared & will probably be back after dark.
Adorable Doe interaction. :) Your new Best Friend and Fren-emy, LOL!
My (Walmart) Mums have been re-potted in 10” terra-cotta colored plastic pots with drainage. Never heard of watering them from the BOTTOM, but that makes total sense if they are still in their black plastic pots.
Will you plant them in a garden bed to over-winter? I’ve never had any luck with Mums over-wintering up here. :(
You talk to your critters the same way I do to the ones around here!
My kids laugh when they hear me scold a wild animal. They remember hearing me scold them!