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john1066 | 20:08 Mon 09th Dec 2013 | ChatterBank
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Where should you keep a Poinsetta to stop it wilting?
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Somewhere cool.
How odd, I was just going to post the same thing. I put mine in the middle of the mantle piece but it doesn't like the wood burning stove so I have moved it to the end of the mantle piece but now it looks wrong.
I tend to buy mine as near xmas as possible,,,,,,,, they don't last too long in hot lounges .
Having just looked it up, my advice was totally wrong. Ignore me.

http://gardening.about.com/od/winterinthegarden/a/Poinsettia.htm
The problem often occurs in the transport home rather than where yoiu keep it.

If it gets a nasty shock of a biting wind as you walk across the supermarket car park, that can be enough to make it shed its leaves.

Buy it on a mild day, and protect it as much as possible from big fluctuations in temperature.
A lot can depend on where you bought it too. One year purchased a crass one from M & S - should have taken it back but the thought of the long queues there ..........

Poinsettas don't like draughts, over-watering or gas.

They do like a certain amount of time in the dark to prevent the bracts from turning pale. One way to prevent this is by putting a cardboard box over them. Not kidding you John.
I thought they were tropical plants, so why would they dislike warmth ?
On a window sill, mist every other day...

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