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Why is my Christmas Poinsettia not dead yet????
It still sits, resplendent, where I placed it two weeks before Christmas on an east facing window sill in my living room. It has dropped a few leaves , but otherwise looks very healthy with bright red brachts (sp) still intact and perky - AND showing signs of new growth from the centres of them! Apart from giving it a drop of water when the pot felt light and dropping in a couple of those slow release plant food tablets, I haven't given it any special treatment. all my previous Poinsettia purchases have died a death a respectable couple of weeks into the new year.
So now I feel duty bound to keep it going till this Christmas. I've looked it up and most opinion seem to suggest that it is pruned, then put outside after the last frost, bringing it in in the autumn and putting it in a room that is unlit after sunset.
But should I fix it if it ain't broke? Pruning seems brutal and I might forget to water it if I put it outside. Should I pot it on? If so, will bog-standard potting compost be ok???...Oh, the decisions! Suggestions anyone?
It still sits, resplendent, where I placed it two weeks before Christmas on an east facing window sill in my living room. It has dropped a few leaves , but otherwise looks very healthy with bright red brachts (sp) still intact and perky - AND showing signs of new growth from the centres of them! Apart from giving it a drop of water when the pot felt light and dropping in a couple of those slow release plant food tablets, I haven't given it any special treatment. all my previous Poinsettia purchases have died a death a respectable couple of weeks into the new year.
So now I feel duty bound to keep it going till this Christmas. I've looked it up and most opinion seem to suggest that it is pruned, then put outside after the last frost, bringing it in in the autumn and putting it in a room that is unlit after sunset.
But should I fix it if it ain't broke? Pruning seems brutal and I might forget to water it if I put it outside. Should I pot it on? If so, will bog-standard potting compost be ok???...Oh, the decisions! Suggestions anyone?
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