Poinsettias are a quintessential holiday plant but can be finicky to care for. If you learn where they come from and what conditions they like, you can not only keep them looking amazing throughout the holidays but care for them the following year and force them to flower for NEXT Christmas as well.
0:00 – Intro
1:11 – Poinsettia Facts
1:52 – Buying The Best Pointsettia
3:53 – Light & Temperature
4:41 – Watering & Humidity
5:25 – Fertilizing
7:02 – Post-Holiday Care
10:34 – Forcing Poinsettias to Flower
SPONSOR: Espoma Organic
Espoma Organic has been organic from the start and makes absolutely epic potting mixes, and organic fertilizers. Their Organic Potting Mix is perfect for Pointsettias: https://www.espoma.com/where-to-buy/
SUPPORT EPIC GARDENING
→ Buy Birdies Raised Beds: https://shop.epicgardening.com
→ Buy My Books: https://shop.epicgardening.com/collections/books
→ Support Directly: https://www.patreon.com/epicgardening
LEARN MORE
Epic Gardening is much more than a YouTube channel:
→ 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/epicurbanhomestead
→ In-Depth Articles: http://www.epicgardening.com/blog
→ Daily Podcast: https://apple.co/2nkftuk
→ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening/
→ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicgardening
→ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epicgardening
→ Discord Server: https://discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN
→ FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/epicgardening/
→ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/epicgardening
→ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/epicgardening
DISCLAIMER
Epic Gardening occasionally links to goods or services offered by vendors to help you find the best products to care for plants. Some of these may be affiliate links, meaning we earn a small commission if items are purchased. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. More info on our process: https://www.epicgardening.com/disclaimer/
Can you plant 2 poinsettias in 1 pot? I have several plants from over the last few years and I'd to combine them if this is possible, and can they be put outside on a deck for summer? I live in Virginia.
hey, can you please show temps in celsius on the screen when you're talking about temps? that would be so helpful
at work we just threw left over coffee in the pot, worked great haha!
Poin-setta
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS and thought you deserved more comments but don't know what else to say. Um. You kinda look like the lost third property brother.
Wait, they don't automatically bloom gloriously in your area? They always bloom on New Year in my area.
Thank you, I like your material very much. Where is your video on making a hole (drainage) in the decorative pot and cheap pot episodes? I didn't see them linked.
Thank you for this informative video. It's mid-July and my poinsettia plant is still alive! Miraculous because I've historically had a brown thumb. Going to try to get it to bloom this next Christmas.
My nini has had the same poinsettia for roughly 13 years
What about us in Australia, who don’t have a cold Christmas (snow).
Mine have been planted in the ground for close to 3 years now. They are on the north side of my house and get a lot of bright sun, no direct sun but a lot of wind. I live in zone 9 where the heat can go well over 100°. Last February we had one of the hardest freezes that lasted days. I was so sure my poinsettias were doomed. Well, I gotta tell you they survived and have grown to be over 4’ tall. They have never turned red again but I’m going to see if I can help them bloom that lovely color if not this year then definitely next year.
I just saw a bunch of beautiful but over watered ones at Target.
I live in England & have kept my poinsettia thriving since last year. A question on darkness, you say 15 hours but then what? Should it be in light but make sure it has 15 hours of darkness or constant darkness until it goes red?
I bought two of these from the nursery. One pot is placed indoor and the other outdoor. The green leaves start falling after two weeks, not sure if it can last through till Christmas 🙁
I lived in a tropical country and temperature ranging between 28~32 degree. May I know what went wrong and how do I save the plant?
Awesome thanks
To save potting. I would have just put the plant inside the pot
Thanks!
Better yet donate your cut Xmas trees to local wildlife rehabilitation centres.
Water them 2 times a week. Better water once again then to much at once
When you say complete darkness, does that include light from LED light bulbs?
I got a potted italian stone pine because I didnt wanna get a fake christmas tree or a cut tree! Will it survive in the pot and how long?
I would love for them to become trees I thought only varieties did that. Had I known this was achievable with the ones from the store!!!
way too many care tips, in my opinion. I got mine from a nursery and treated it as any other plant in my house. In the spring I gave it bigger pot and left on the porch till first frost – it tripled in size and green tips turned red again. The only thing I did – was moving it into dark bathroom overnight mid-October till late November once I noticed it started turning red on the tips to give it longer hours of darkness and it worked perfectly.
When i was growing we had a huge tree like this in our yard..it would be this bright red every Christmas season we called it our Christmas tree…right here in the Caribbean
ᕼEᖇE Iᑎ TᕼE ᕼIᗰᗩᒪᗩYᗩS TᕼE GᖇOᗯ ᑎᗩTᑌᗩᖇᒪY, ᗷIG ᗩS ᑭIᑎETᖇEES…. I ᒪOᐯE TᕼEᗰ
He is so cute!