10/11/10 ..Kate Wright, a supermarket Plant Product Technologist, checks this year's crop of British grown Poinsettias at Roundstone Nurseries, near C
10/11/10 ..Kate Wright, a supermarket Plant Product Technologist, checks this year's crop of British grown Poinsettias at Roundstone Nurseries, near Chichester, West Sussex. The 150,000 plants need to be in perfect condition and each must have the right number of stems before the stores take delivery. .'The trick,' says nursery manager David Loy, '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 Loy 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 (Formerly Picture It Now) - T: +44 (0) 2392 599 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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