Poinsettia
Derek Pearman
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Was given a Large Poinsettia Christmas 2011 have loved it watered it and feed it and to my mind it is a very healthy plant , But the leaves haven't turned Red what am I doing wrong
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Derek Pearman
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Well done for keeping it healthy, mine always die, but I have an old stone house heated with woodburners in the day so I can't keep the temperature stable. One thing I know is that from autumn they need total darkness for 14 or so hours a night if they are to produce the red bracts.
You never will-sorry-to get red bracts for a second year it needs a period of controlled darkness that is difficult to do in the home-leave that tricky bit for the growers
Best discarded after the first year-regard it as an annual treat.
But if you want to give it a go..........................
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