Hi Ricky, sorry to hear about your snow! Since nobody has helped you with your question, I did some research and found this info on Garden Mums on a horticulture website:

"Cuttings of chrysanthemums can be taken in early spring to early summer from plants already established in the garden. This in an inexpensive way to increase the number of plants in your garden or to share with gardening friends. Take cuttings when the new shoots are 3 to 5 inches tall. Use a sharp knife to take a 2- to 3-inch cutting from the end of the shoot. Remove the leaves on the bottom half of the cuttings. Insert the cuttings in a flat or pot containing moist perlite. Insert the cutting into the perlite up to its first leaves. A rooting hormone can be used to speed up root formation, however, roots will form without it.

Keep the perlite moist at all times. Chrysanthemum cuttings will root in 3 to 4 weeks. When the roots are 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, remove the cuttings and plant them into small pots containing fresh potting soil or plant them directly into the garden. Pinch off the top 1/2 inch of the small plant to encourage branching. Continue to pinch all shoots every 2 to 3 weeks until late June. This will produce full, mound-shaped plant. "

I'm not sure, but I think you could use a soilless seed starter mix if you don't have perlite. Perhaps someone could advise further. Also, I find most cuttings do better if you raise the humidity, usually with a plastic dome or even a big plastic food storage bag. Again, not sure if this applies to mums.

Good luck! Hope that helped a bit.

-Gillian

Here is a link that might be useful: Here's the rest of the article if you want to read it

Will you be growing these as perennials?
If so, florist Mums are not hardy in our zone. Look for Morden Mums, they are super hardy for our zones.

Named so because they were developed at the Agriculture Canada research station in Morden, Manitoba.

Sharon

Thank you very much for the advice. I have a lot to learn from you advanced gardeners. Today I learned not to leave seedlings in a south facing window with the window blind down. What will tomorrow bring? LOL! I wasn`t laughing when I discouvered the disaster.

Ricky