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title: "Has anyone had success with poinsettias? I chopped this one back at…"
description: "Has anyone had success with poinsettias? I chopped this one back at Christmas and it came back thriving, but in the last week it started dropping all its…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/64ca861c13155b7213e95085"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Kirsty"
published: "2023-08-02T16:36:44.621Z"
language: "en"
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# Has anyone had success with poinsettias? I chopped this one back at…

_Posted by Kirsty on 2023-08-02_

Has anyone had success with poinsettias? I chopped this one back at Christmas and it came back thriving, but in the last week it started dropping all its leaves. Everything that I’ve read online is contradictory and I don’t know if there’s a problem or if this is just what they do in the summer.

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## 1 comment

### Wildflower commented on 2023-08-02

And plant food fertilizer with water to it 😁.

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