You can try it. After the mums start to turn brown, cut them back to within 1 inch of the soil. Water and put the pot in a protected area (example: garage, cold frame). Surround the plant with newspapers and place newspapers below the pot.Check your mums once a month or so to see if it's getting dried out and water if so.fter the mums start to turn brown, cut them back to within 1 inch of the soil. Water and put the pot in a protected area (example: garage, cold frame). Surround the plant with newspapers and place newspapers below the pot. Check your mums once a month or so to see if it's getting dried out and water if so.
Typically, recovery will take somewhere between 6 and 18 months, but there is a very wide variation between patients. Some may take less than 6 months, but others may take two years before they can really claim to have returned to normal.
Okay, back to the million dollar question. When the adrenal glands are weakened from one or more of the causes I discussed above, what happens is that it puts the body in a state of catabolism. What this means is that the body begins to break down, which as you can imagine isnât a good thing.