By the next X'mas I had taken over the watering of indoor plants (and pruning - but that is another post in itself). However a couple of months after X'mas, our new Poinsetta plant seemed to be meeting with the same fate as its cousin the year before - most of its leaves had withered and fallen. Spring came, and one morning while I was watering the plant - I couldn't contain my excitement - there were at least 10 baby leaves unfurling ! So its been 2 years, and my plant has grown and grown and still has new baby leaves forming....
Here's a couple....
and here's some more!
And this is why I think my plant has been growing so well. Every time it sheds leaves, instead of throwing them in the trash.....
I add it to the pot on top of the soil - something akin to a layer of mulch or compost, I guess.....
I think its time to repot this Poinsettia, since its looking too big for its pot. But we've only ever repotted a plant once - and it died within a month :-(. So I'm really scared of repotting this plant (.....I've grown kinda attached to it), but at the same time I'm worried it may die if I don't repot it ..... Any green thumbs want to come and help ?
3 comments:
Well, Moni, this is definitely NOT the time to re-pot. I found a useful link: http://www.ecke.com/html/h_corp/corp_pntcare.html#dos
Hope it works. The most important thing at this time of year is to give your plant 14 hours of complete darkness every night/day so that it is beautiful and red in time for Christmas.
I certainly don't have a green thumb, but my Poinsettia did pretty well. :-)
G - you do have a way with plants.... your plants always look nice and healthy.... Thanks for that link - it has great info !
There's no way I'm going to subject this fellow to 14 hours darkness - it may die - I'll try that with Poinsetta No. 3 - who I'm not attached to....
I'd love to know if the experiment works with #3.
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