Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Well it has finally started. My poinsettias are actually turning the colour for which they were named. The creamy yellow has been replaced with a still somewhat muted red.

The rest of the class has matured much more quickly (doesn't that sound familiar!), but Peter thinks that that means that when mine do turn they will look spectacular. I remember my mom giving me a similar speech once during my middle teens...
Anyways, this has brought up an issue that a greenhouse manager may face. Left as is, the more mature ones will continue to do so and may flower out too early. If they lower the temperature, then mine might not mature at all. The obvious answer would be to move the more advanced plants to another greenhouse, but which one? It is these practical, logistical quandries that terrify me. Anyhow, here is how the rest of the class's plants look:


Here are the reds...





...and the whites...


...and finally the pinks.

1 comment:

  1. Good pictures Steve...it is a didgy issue, this business of trying to get a diverse crop ready all at teh same time...but YOU can do it! (No pressure here...no, really, I mean it, relax...) As long as we get some sun, we should be fine...Maria tells me that the poinsettias were bonus dryus today...whoopsie, that'll dealy them! And then there's the weather...also remember what I said about Satan's crops? This is one of 'em, but there's there's a worse one coming soon...the Easter lilies. Be afraid.

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