Hello All,
I was given a Poinsettia for the Christmas holiday. I thought I’d try for once to keep it, with the thought of how awesome it would be grow it more and then re-gift it next holiday as an even bigger Poinsettia.
I really don’t know exactly how to take the best care of it, but I put it in a much larger container with new soil, and have it sitting under a 2’x2’ Mars Hydro TS 600w LED Grow Light, that I plug in before going to bed. The lamp gets quite hot and I don’t like it on when I’m not home. Id say it’s on 10-12 hours, unplugging it when I wake up.
Very recently I’ve noticed a leaf with weird circles inside of a reddish brown colored spot, next to a another leaf that looks like it’s turning reddish on the edge . A small amount of leaves have some yellow and green going on , I noticed underneath there’s some very small leaves that are yellow and curled up. I’ve had two small yellow leaves fall off. Anybody have any idea if this is a disease or advise on what I might be doing wrong?
I will say that I experimented with adding a some crystallized All Purpose Miracle Gro almost two months ago. I do know that it’s possible to over fertilize , and cause leaf tips to burn etc so I used (half of a half, of a teaspoon dissolved in a cup of water, followed by another cup of just water). I felt it was an incredibly small dose.
My Poinsettia does have new growth, it’s continuing to grow, but when I look at pictures online of a Poinsettia their leaves are extremely dark green, mine are not, plus I also am very curious about the spots, some yellowing, and the leaves not being very dark green.
I’m hoping for some advisement on the best type of soil too , or whatever I can do to get this plant to explode with new growth so I can gift a Megasettia. I feel like I have great lighting equipment, my soil, I got from Walmart - not many choices in the winter (Back to the Roots All Purpose Potting Mix Premium Blend with earthworm castings & root boosting mycorrhizae. Nitrogen 0.18% Phosphate 0.04% Potash 0.04%. The little white things in the soil was from the previous pot it was in, I took it out when the soil was dry it came out all in one piece in the shape of the previous small container , then added more of the soil I bought. I sorta don’t like my soil because it seems like it has a lot of wood pieces and other objects that it’s not like soft and mushy like other soils.
I’ve attached some photos. Appreciate any advisement! Thank You!
I was given a Poinsettia for the Christmas holiday. I thought I’d try for once to keep it, with the thought of how awesome it would be grow it more and then re-gift it next holiday as an even bigger Poinsettia.
I really don’t know exactly how to take the best care of it, but I put it in a much larger container with new soil, and have it sitting under a 2’x2’ Mars Hydro TS 600w LED Grow Light, that I plug in before going to bed. The lamp gets quite hot and I don’t like it on when I’m not home. Id say it’s on 10-12 hours, unplugging it when I wake up.
Very recently I’ve noticed a leaf with weird circles inside of a reddish brown colored spot, next to a another leaf that looks like it’s turning reddish on the edge . A small amount of leaves have some yellow and green going on , I noticed underneath there’s some very small leaves that are yellow and curled up. I’ve had two small yellow leaves fall off. Anybody have any idea if this is a disease or advise on what I might be doing wrong?
I will say that I experimented with adding a some crystallized All Purpose Miracle Gro almost two months ago. I do know that it’s possible to over fertilize , and cause leaf tips to burn etc so I used (half of a half, of a teaspoon dissolved in a cup of water, followed by another cup of just water). I felt it was an incredibly small dose.
My Poinsettia does have new growth, it’s continuing to grow, but when I look at pictures online of a Poinsettia their leaves are extremely dark green, mine are not, plus I also am very curious about the spots, some yellowing, and the leaves not being very dark green.
I’m hoping for some advisement on the best type of soil too , or whatever I can do to get this plant to explode with new growth so I can gift a Megasettia. I feel like I have great lighting equipment, my soil, I got from Walmart - not many choices in the winter (Back to the Roots All Purpose Potting Mix Premium Blend with earthworm castings & root boosting mycorrhizae. Nitrogen 0.18% Phosphate 0.04% Potash 0.04%. The little white things in the soil was from the previous pot it was in, I took it out when the soil was dry it came out all in one piece in the shape of the previous small container , then added more of the soil I bought. I sorta don’t like my soil because it seems like it has a lot of wood pieces and other objects that it’s not like soft and mushy like other soils.
I’ve attached some photos. Appreciate any advisement! Thank You!
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