Water
Water your Poinsettia when the dirt is partially dry or when it gets to the three on your moisture meter.
Light
These plants need medium or bright indirect light unless you are keeping them only for the season.
Window
Poinsettia's prefer an East or West window but will live in a North window.
Easy Scale
These plants are hard to take care of them because of what you have to do to get them to bloom and survive after they bloom.
Soil
An all-purpose potting soil is just fine for these plants like Miracle grow
Re-potting
Poinsettia needs to be repotted every 1 or 2 years.
Pests
Pests include whiteflies, mealybugs, spider mites, thrips
Roots
They have decently strong root systems
Humidity
They will do their best at 40% to 85% humidity.
Toxic
These gorgeous plants have a bit of an evil side as they are toxic so keep them away from your kids and children.
Flowers
The flowers are not real flowers they are bracts and they bloom around wintertime.
Long-Term Care
For these plants, after Christmas, you need to cut down to the node where the colorful bracts are. When you do this there are normally 3 or 4 leaves, and you need to leave it alone and after a couple of months, it will start to grow new leaves.
Re-Blooming
Three to five weeks before Christmas put it under a grow light that is red for 2 to 3 hours daily.
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