Worst poinsettias ever!

[Fekko]

I always buy a nice one in December (can't remember where from - possibly m&s) and bought one which looked lovely.

So much so I bought a further 6 to have around the place for decorations (and plant out later as I usually do) and all 6 that I bought from Sainsbury's are dropping leaves like mad and are just little more than sticks now. The first one is thriving nicely.

Really hacked off. They were placed all over in different locations - even one either side of the m&s one.

That's all really - just annoyed that I've been picking up leaves all day and don't think they will be alive tomorrow. Could they have bugs something?

[eggsandwich]

Same here, brought one from Morrison’s look good and healthy, two weeks on and the leave started to fall off, in the end it look plain silly on the table so I threw it in the bin.

Did think about getting another one, but don’t think I’ll bother now.

[popcornpaws]

The leaves fall off if theyre over watered, could this be the reason?

[Annwithnoe]

Is that true Popcorn? I've never been able to keep the things alive through christmas

[Fekko]

Not these ones! I've been careful watering them from the bottom when the soil is dry but I see that the pots seem really tiny. Maybe they've just been forced too much.

[Dodie66]

It might be how or where they were kept before you bought them. If they weren’t watered or kept in really cold conditions that might have affected them

[Fekko]

I suspect that - the lonely m&s one is looking great!

[Lucisky]

I'll bet they received a generous blast of cold air, which would certainly cause this. Why don't you take them back for a refund?

[EmilyChambers79]

I had this with Sainsbury's ones last year. The year before I got one from garden centre and it's still going so I've gone back to garden centre this year.

[popcornpaws]

Water from the top, not many plants like standing in water.

[jocktamsonsbairn]

I got mine from
Aldi and it's doing great so far.

[FlosCampi]

I know this is a zombie thread but I don't know how to start a new one, sorry :( I bought a Lidl poinsettia, its label said keep in direct sunlight and keep soil moist. Well it's on a south facing windowsill- not much direct sunlight to be had, and its soil is damp, but it's been dropping leaves since I took the cellophane off! I don't want a Christmas twig. What am I doing wrong? Is it just Lidl?