Poinsettia

LadyM. New Member Posts: 23	Poinsettia Nov 27, 2016 20:28:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LadyM. on Nov 27, 2016 20:28:38 GMT Not sure where this should go but if it is the wrong place perhaps the staff may relocate it . Do many people manage to keep Poinsettia's looking good ? I have very little success with them.

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Poinsettia Nov 28, 2016 8:54:59 GMT

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Post by SueA on Nov 28, 2016 8:54:59 GMT

Hi LadyM. , I've moved it to Flowers & Plants for you.

I think in general people treat poinsettias as a throw away annual plant but they will come back year after year if you just give them a bit of a trim after flowering & don't over/under water/leave in a draught. I've got one I've had a couple of years, it looks quite bare & pathetic at the moment but hopefully will spring back to life again soon.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Poinsettia Nov 28, 2016 14:17:07 GMT grindle likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Nov 28, 2016 14:17:07 GMT LadyM. our esther is the one to ask about Poinsettias. just don't tell her I told you.
	I'll get around to it eventually

LadyM. New Member Posts: 23	Poinsettia Nov 28, 2016 20:44:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LadyM. on Nov 28, 2016 20:44:15 GMT Thankyou Sue & to Sweetpea for volunteering Esther .
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Poinsettia Nov 30, 2016 9:04:10 GMT grindle and SueA like this

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Nov 28, 2016 20:44:15 GMT LadyM. said:

Thankyou Sue & to Sweetpea for volunteering Esther .

Hello Ladym

Sweetpea is naughty as he knows I am not keen on Poinsettias after having had to look after hundreds of them at work over the years

I think Sue is right about treating them as an annual plant. To get the colouring back after the first year takes a bit of work by giving them certain amounts of daylight from about September and for me I wouldn't have the patience. If I was going to buy one - which I am not

I would buy a fresh one each year.

I love my greenhouses!

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,930	Poinsettia Nov 30, 2016 20:38:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Nov 30, 2016 20:38:55 GMT sweetpea likes to make sure you never forget your love of poinsettias esther!

LadyM. New Member Posts: 23	Poinsettia Nov 30, 2016 20:58:07 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LadyM. on Nov 30, 2016 20:58:07 GMT Kinda guessed there was an if lol . No I'm not buying one will get a Cyclamen instead .

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Poinsettia Dec 1, 2016 11:49:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Dec 1, 2016 11:49:27 GMT You could always get a Euphorbia pulcherrima instead LadyM.
	Last Edit: Dec 1, 2016 11:49:55 GMT by sweetpea I'll get around to it eventually

LadyM. New Member Posts: 23	Poinsettia Dec 2, 2016 20:53:28 GMT sweetpea likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LadyM. on Dec 2, 2016 20:53:28 GMT Dec 1, 2016 11:49:27 GMT sweetpea said: You could always get a Euphorbia pulcherrima instead LadyM. Euphorbia pulcherrima .................Aha Poinsettia lol.

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Poinsettia Dec 2, 2016 23:11:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Dec 2, 2016 23:11:10 GMT You're learning LadyM.
	I'll get around to it eventually

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