I bought a baby one during Christmas 3 years ago. Its never had red leaves, ever. The bottom of the stem is turning grey and dead looking. However the plant itself has quit a but of green healthy leafs. I dont know if i need to repot it, ive repot it only once since ive had it. I need to bottom of the main stem to be healthier. I dont know what to feed it to fix that problem.
It sounds like it is getting some artificial light in the autumn and winter months, make sure it gets less than 12 hours of light a day in autumn and winter, if its in a room with a light on in the evening it can stop it from turning red. The older stems will get bark forming over time and loose their green colour, if the stem is still firm and the plant is healthy its nothing to worry about. I have another video about poinsettia care throughout the year which goes into a bit more detail about how to get them to flower again. They do fairly well with being repotted every two or three years, although if your not pruning the plant and its growing quickly it may need repotting yearly, although this doesn't affect the flowering much.
How strange, well its good to have you back. I've been enjoying your videos from Kenya, its amazing how many different plants grow out in the tropics and how fast everything grows. I grew some plants out in Taiwan when I was there and they all did much better than my house plants here in Scotland.
My poinsettia lost all its leaves but a few red ones on top, the stem looks good and green but I've been Watering once a week that might be the issue why all the leaves fell off but the leaves tips were dark so I thought it needed more water.
It could be a number of things, but its probably that the soil is a little too wet. They can suffer badly if their roots get too wet. Also it could be too cold for them, they are tropical plants and don't like temperatures under 12C (54F). Let it dry out a little between waterings and make sure its warm with enough light.
Hi..ive been trying to get my poinsetta to turn red now for the past few mths..putting it in the dark for 14 hours..but nothing is happening..no change..although a few of the new baby leaves are kinda red?any suggestions plz? Thanks
I usually feed it with a balanced feed with slightly higher nitrogen content after pruning it to encourage strong growth and large leaves. Then from mid summer I switch to a feed high in potassium, such as tomato feed, to encourage flowers. I stop feeding around November/December when its growth slows down.
The chap has a British accent, so I assume he's in the UK. The UK, along with Europe, uses Degrees Celcius to measure temperature, and 15 degrees C is equivalent to 59 - 60 F (Farenheit).
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I bought a baby one during Christmas 3 years ago. Its never had red leaves, ever. The bottom of the stem is turning grey and dead looking. However the plant itself has quit a but of green healthy leafs. I dont know if i need to repot it, ive repot it only once since ive had it. I need to bottom of the main stem to be healthier. I dont know what to feed it to fix that problem.
It sounds like it is getting some artificial light in the autumn and winter months, make sure it gets less than 12 hours of light a day in autumn and winter, if its in a room with a light on in the evening it can stop it from turning red. The older stems will get bark forming over time and loose their green colour, if the stem is still firm and the plant is healthy its nothing to worry about. I have another video about poinsettia care throughout the year which goes into a bit more detail about how to get them to flower again. They do fairly well with being repotted every two or three years, although if your not pruning the plant and its growing quickly it may need repotting yearly, although this doesn't affect the flowering much.
I've had to resubscribe to you, UA-cam keeps unsubscribing me from all sorts of people. Learned a lot watching this, thanks mate.
How strange, well its good to have you back. I've been enjoying your videos from Kenya, its amazing how many different plants grow out in the tropics and how fast everything grows. I grew some plants out in Taiwan when I was there and they all did much better than my house plants here in Scotland.
Couldn't find any new piontsettia ,wish you had more, wish you had another one,my only problem is I have to watch the waterings
did you cover them in dark for 14 hrs so it can turn red?
My poinsettia lost all its leaves but a few red ones on top, the stem looks good and green but I've been Watering once a week that might be the issue why all the leaves fell off but the leaves tips were dark so I thought it needed more water.
It could be a number of things, but its probably that the soil is a little too wet. They can suffer badly if their roots get too wet. Also it could be too cold for them, they are tropical plants and don't like temperatures under 12C (54F). Let it dry out a little between waterings and make sure its warm with enough light.
Gardening at 58 North Thanks for the advice, will artificial light work?
Yes, any light which is not an incandescent light will work, such as LED or Fluorescent, but a bright windowsill is best.
mardel3 the leaves all fall off,but it grows back
MY POINTESIA PLANT DIDNT GIVE NEW LEAVES NOW PLEASE SUGGEST ME GOOD TIPS......
It might need warmer temperatures or more light. They often stop growing over winter and don't start growing new leaves until spring.
Wished he had more videos
I have several more Poinsettia videos, if you search through my channel you should be able to find them.
Hi..ive been trying to get my poinsetta to turn red now for the past few mths..putting it in the dark for 14 hours..but nothing is happening..no change..although a few of the new baby leaves are kinda red?any suggestions plz? Thanks
Thanks for the video
It’s June 25 is it too late to cut down
Needs a larger pot
What did you feed it?
I usually feed it with a balanced feed with slightly higher nitrogen content after pruning it to encourage strong growth and large leaves. Then from mid summer I switch to a feed high in potassium, such as tomato feed, to encourage flowers. I stop feeding around November/December when its growth slows down.
So beautiful😍😍💋
You said you kept it slightly warm above 15°....... Please tell me that was a joke????!!!!!!!
The chap has a British accent, so I assume he's in the UK. The UK, along with Europe, uses Degrees Celcius to measure temperature, and 15 degrees C is equivalent to 59 - 60 F (Farenheit).
nice!