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Cyndi A

Rockmart, GA
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Gardening: Are poinsettias poisinous to my pets?

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Peggy Clermont, FL
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    Just learned, they may not be...:/
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Do you know these poinsettia facts?

Poinsettias are NOT poisonous. That old myth was dispelled by a research project at The Ohio State University in 1975. While the latex sap may be irritating to the eyes, the plants are ...»
not toxic.

All poinsettia flowers are yellow. The showy "flowers" of red, pink or white are actually floral bracts (modified leaves). The true flowers are those pouch-shaped things in the centers of the bracts.

Poinsettia pointers

Protect your poinsettia from freezing weather when you buy it or take it home from church. 30 seconds of exposure to below-freezing temperatures will ruin a poinsettia. Have the car warmed up.

Keep your plant cool (70 degrees), bright (near a window) and moist at all times. The single biggest reason poinsettias become unattractive indoors is that we let them get too dry. You don't want to keep it waterlogged, either, but certainly do not let it wilt.

Your plant will not require fertilizer while it's inside. It really isn't attempting to grow, so additional nutrients are unnecessary.

If you intend to keep your plant for the next year, leave it in its current pot until late winter or early spring. Trim it back once the floral bracts have faded. Poinsettias are unruly growers, so it will need a larger pot by March, and you'll probably want to pinch out its growing tips every month or so to keep it compact. By the end of the summer, it should be in a large pot (24 to 30 inches) filled with good potting soil. By October 1, give it total darkness for 14 hours each night and bright sunlight for 10 daylight hours. Those extended periods of uninterrupted dark are what triggers the flowering process. All that said, it's easier to buy new plants each December.

Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves Decatur, GA
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    oh, I thought they were poisonous to animals...my bad...:/
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Patricia P Winter Garden, FL
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Gardening: Family resemblance?

I found this Florida native growing in my garden recently and discovered that it is related to the most economically important potted plant world-wide. Who knows what it is?
Douglas Hunt
Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL
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    Poinsettia..:)
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Gardening: From Pot to Lawn

I have a Poinsettia that I got for Christmas this past year, it is still thriving in the pot, and is beautiful. Can I plant it in the yard outside? Or does it need to stay in the pot? I ...»
also have a pineapple growing in a huge pot. It hasn't produced fruit yet, it is little over 2 years old. It is nice and green to about 3/4 up the leave stem, then about 1/4 of the tip of the leave is a tan. What can I do to make it produce?

Cyndi A
Cyndi A Rockmart, GA
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    Douglas, the Poinsettia is on my front porch, and I water it when I should, it is really doing ...»
    great, just wasn't sure about the planting in the yard of it. The Pineapple doesn't get but a little afternoon sun, but gets plenty of natural light (not the drink--lol), and it doing good, but it's been a little over 2 years, am I doing something wrong?

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the finished product

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Paula R Tampa, FL
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Turning a $5.00 garage sale baby bed into a decorative fence and gates.

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Kathy R Mineral Wells, TX
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    I love that!!!!. I'm gonna be looking for baby beds now!!! lol
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Making daylilies bloom again

Several varieties of daylily (Stella d'Oro, Blackeyed Stella, Happy Returns, etc) are known as reblooming daylilies. Their first bloom period is just about over here in GA. To encourage ...»
further blooming, immediately remove the seed pods, if present, and fertilize with liquid plant food. This will encourage the growth of new leaves, new tubers and new flower stems!

Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves Decatur, GA
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Vintage Hanging Scale becomes a planter

I picked up this large vintage metal basket that used to hang from a scale for weighing. I stuck a planted flower (in it's pot) inside the metal basket and now I have a unique hanging ...»
basket for my porch! You can read all about it (and find more fun ideas) on my blog: http://www.inspiredbycharm.com/2012/05/how-d...

Michael W
Michael W Saint Marys, PA
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