{"id":11279,"date":"2019-01-26T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2019-01-29T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:19:26","slug":"re-blooming-poinsettia-for-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2019\/01\/26\/re-blooming-poinsettia-for-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-blooming Poinsettia This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Poinsettia display at Biltmore Estates<\/p><\/div>\n

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Assorted poinsettias<\/p><\/div>\n

The winter holidays may be over, but your poinsettia plant is likely still looking pretty.\u00a0 If you\u00a0opt to grow and re-bloom your plant next Christmas, follow this growing schedule.<\/p>\n

Keep the soil evenly moist and set the plant in bright daylight. Feed bi-monthly with a house plant fertilizer. Inspect and rid your plants of all pests, particularly aphids, scale, or white flies by spraying from\u00a0 \u00a0with insecticidal soap or Neem oil.<\/p>\n

Spring \u2013Summer Care:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Around mid-March prune the main stem and side branches back hard to 4 – 6 inches above the soil. On warm days, move the plant outdoors into bright light but not direct sunlight. Re-pot into a larger pot, one that is at least 2 inches wider, and contains good potting media (soil). Water thoroughly and\u00a0set in a sunny window. On days with outdoor\u00a0temps in mid-fifties or higher, move the plant outdoors and bring it back indoors if temps drop below 55\u00b0F. Once the danger of frost outdoors has passed, set the plant outdoors in a semi- shady to partial sunny\u00a0 site. Sink the potted plant in your flower bed over the summer. Periodically rotate the pot every 2-3 weeks to prevent roots\u00a0 from growing through the bottom hole into the garden soil. Prune to\u00a0maintain a\u00a0uniform plant shape by pinching out\u00a0the growing tips\u00a0every 2-3 weeks to encourage branching (until mid- August).<\/p>\n

Fall Care: <\/strong><\/p>\n

At the start of the fall season, as night temperatures\u00a0drop below 55-60\u00b0F, bring the poinsettia\u00a0indoors to a sunny window or a greenhouse. Continue to water and feed.<\/p>\n

Poinsettia,\u00a0including Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera spp.<\/em>) and kalanchoe, are short-day or long-night plants. Flowers are initiated when the night (dark) period is\u00a0 greater than 12 hours for 10-12 continuous weeks. If the dark period is interrupted or broken,\u00a0the poinsettia will not flower and will produce leaves only.<\/p>\n

Put your poinsettia on an exact photoperiod schedule, such as at dusk (5 p.m.) every day\u00a0cover with a heavy paper bag, black cloth, or\u00a0set in a dark closet. During the daytime hours, let the plant receive daylight in an east- or south-facing window. Any short light\u00a0interruption at night, such as turning on the light in\u00a0the closet, may break the\u00a0flower cycle. A streetlight outside a window may prevent flower formation.<\/p>\n

Begin\u00a0scheduling the poinsettia in late September\u00a0or early October. Remember– the dark period must be 12 or more uninterrupted hours\u00a0to initiate flowers.\u00a0A dark period from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. over 10-12 weeks is ideal for many folks.<\/p>\n

By early December your poinsettia should have colorful bracts and flowers for late December holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winter holidays may be over, but your poinsettia plant is likely still looking pretty.\u00a0 If you\u00a0opt to grow and re-bloom your plant next Christmas, follow this growing schedule. Keep the soil evenly moist and set the plant in bright daylight. Feed bi-monthly with a house plant fertilizer. Inspect and rid your plants of all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1439,1124,6,665,637,853,1257,1355,843,653,1196,847,1060,601,729,849,1076,777,630,646,113,1394,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11307,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11279\/revisions\/11307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}