14/11 Controllers, Ania Panek, 26 (white top), Agne Pivoraidyde, 20 (pink top) and Izabela Zlotnik, 28 (green top) check the quality of th
14/11 Controllers, Ania Panek, 26 (white top), Agne Pivoraidyde, 20 (pink top) and Izabela Zlotnik, 28 (green top) check the quality of the grown poinsettias have become so popular that a Sussex nursery has built an extra four acres of greenhouse to cope with the at Roundstone Nursery's largest greenhouse at Almodington near Selsey in West Sussex have now begun the mammoth task of checking and boxing-up 220,000 plants - up 60,000 on last year. The traditional Christmas plants , with bright red leaves, will be on the shelves of Sainsbury's and M & S within days. ..Nursey manager, Stuart Whiteman said: "The unseasonably warm weather over the last few days has helped the plants to redden-up "The trick,'" he added, "is to grow them all to the same height and the same width and the same colour at the same are social plants and like to be in a big group."..Each poinsettia is grown in a four inch pot - first close together with leaves touching and then gradually moved apart so that they are free to grow. ..The temperature in the greenhouse is carefully controlled with the young seedlings enjoying a 20C temperature which is gradually reduced to 15C. The nurserymen regularly pinch out shoots from the plants to make sure each one has a regulation six layers of nursery staff patrol the plants twice a day, making sure they are not too dry. But overwatering would be a disaster. Although British growers face increased energy costs and fierce competition from Europe, Mr Whiteman says a sense of patriotism means that home grown poinsettias have become more important. "British grown is certainly very important to the supermarkets we supply," he said. ...All Rights Reserved - All Rights Reserved - F Stop Press - T: +44 (0)1335 copyright law applies to all print & online usage. Fees charged will comply with standard space rates and usage for that country, region or state.
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