tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post6303893171691289307..comments2023-06-01T08:17:04.696-04:00Comments on Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Country... and goes back again: The Poinsettia That Won't DieGreener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Countryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05448845964131250749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-44120864768431307632008-06-07T23:25:00.000-04:002008-06-07T23:25:00.000-04:00Plant the damn thing in the garden, water it, enjo...Plant the damn thing in the garden, water it, enjoy it through the summer and when winter comes let it die a natural death! Gees, and I thought I was bad. Your worse than I am. This is the second season I've tried to get my Mandavilla to re-bloom. First year I didn't cut it back. Brought it into the sunroom and let it sprawl. Put it out last summer - it did nothing. Last winter I cut it back to a couple of sticks. It's now outside doing NOTHING. These things aren't meant to last. They're cultivated for a specific time period. Give it up!<BR/><BR/>(Some day we've definitely gotta meet. You're a soul mate if ever I found one. We could spend HOURS in the wild together examining life.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments on mine. Don't stop!<BR/><BR/>Giulia<BR/><BR/>giuliapagano.blogspot.comGiuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087216769026229805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-50304130827205184522008-06-06T16:12:00.000-04:002008-06-06T16:12:00.000-04:00I am very good at killing poinsettias. One year, I...I am very good at killing poinsettias. One year, I did the 'put it in a dark place but keep it watered a bit' until I realized: I didn't WANT that sucker to live!<BR/><BR/>Our church gets folks to buy a bright red poinsettia at Christmas, and we line them up in a double row around the pulpit and in the stained glass windows. Beautiful! ...but then we each have to take one home, and once the holidays are over, I find a way to kill the plant through total neglect. Finally it dawned on me: I didn't HAVE to buy one. The church doesn't profit from that purchase, except for that one week of glorious color. And enough traditionalists exist in our church that my non-purchase goes unremarked!<BR/> And Hubby has learned not to buy me a poinsettia. Ever.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218753977954965920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-6252660795864343032008-06-04T15:36:00.000-04:002008-06-04T15:36:00.000-04:00You must have a greenthumb! Very good story Debi.You must have a greenthumb! Very good story Debi.Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533022160981290851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-68777188127786220632008-06-02T22:23:00.000-04:002008-06-02T22:23:00.000-04:00Countrydew, if I had any closets in this little fa...Countrydew, if I had any closets in this little farmhouse, I would try that! Maybe I'll have to doctor it up with some petunias like Becky said and stick it out on the porch...Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448845964131250749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-2498202711188128132008-06-02T16:59:00.000-04:002008-06-02T16:59:00.000-04:00Debi, you make me laugh! I can just picture you lo...Debi, you make me laugh! I can just picture you looking at the Poinsettia and scrunching your nose. I was getting my hair trimmed the other day at a place off of Brambleton Ave. and my hairdresser had one that looked like a bush - it was huge! Maybe they added some miracle grow to them last December!Clementinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745982305618408952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-62203514400355577562008-06-02T16:30:00.000-04:002008-06-02T16:30:00.000-04:00I have always worried my unusually healthy poinset...I have always worried my unusually healthy poinsettas would live on beyond January. I have a brown thumb though and it will die - most likely of thirst - before I have a chance to take those darn Xmas lights down. <BR/><BR/>To tell you the truth, I think I stop watering it, subconscienously, on purpose.Amy Hanekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948641570199768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-24184277561870260322008-06-02T08:13:00.000-04:002008-06-02T08:13:00.000-04:00I have this vague recollection of my mother puttin...I have this vague recollection of my mother putting poinsettias in the closet for a while, to make them go dormant, and then bringing them out again in the fall so they would be in bloom by Christmas. But I am not sure of that. It was a long time ago.CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779328319254618990.post-92085219207034371202008-06-02T07:14:00.000-04:002008-06-02T07:14:00.000-04:00Mine died in March. Once I kept a poinsettia going...Mine died in March. Once I kept a poinsettia going for a couple of years, though.<BR/><BR/>What you do to make it look more seasonal is plant a few petunias (or maybe geraniums) in its pot. Then it'll be a respectable summer porch plant.Becky Mushkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11833297935575559624noreply@blogger.com