02 Planting Poinsettias

Key Points:

1. What supplies do we need for this lab?

2. What is the required PPE?

3. Why did we disinfect the  benches before using them?

4. Give me a basic history of the Poinsettia: 

5. Where do they grow naturally?

6. What is a cutting?

7. What is the most common pest of the Poinsettia? How do we monitor for it?

8.   What are the steps to planting our Poinsettia cuttings?

9.   What did the poinsettias arrive in and what type of media did we plant them in? 

10.    What is the correct procedure for watering the Poinsettias? 

11.    What is the correct procedure for using the water/hose?

12.    Why do we space the Poinsettias?

13.    What are the light requirements of Poinsettia's?

14.    What is the use of the Sticky card? What did you observe today? 

15.  What benches did we use? How did we set up the benches? 

16. What is the cost for the poinsettias?