Plantpeddler held the Poinsettia Variety Day featuring a test of 175 commercial-grade and pre - free Poinsettia varieties . The result was hosted on December 2 , with representatives from all commercial-grade Poinsettia stock breeder , broker representatives , and growers in attendance from 21 states and two European state . The trial run was conducted under lifelike season commercial sustainable production communications protocol using circumscribed PGRs . In addition , Fantasy Colors paint guru Andrew Lee ( Ball ) demonstrated value - added Poinsettia key and upgrade treatment .
genetic science represented were defer by Beekenkamp , Dummen Orange , Lazzeri , Rinehart Poinsettias , Selecta , Suntory , and Syngenta Flowers . Plantpeddler is licensed by all breeders lay out and pride itself on being a one - stop - shop for premium Poinsettia lining . “ With our leadership position in Poinsettias , this investment is for our retailers , agriculturalist , brokers , and breeding partners , ” said Mike Gooder , President of Plantpeddler as to why Plantpeddler carry their Poinsettia test .
Another commitment of Plantpeddler is to facilitate best practices in the horticulture industriousness . As a reliable production tribulation , the tested varieties were grown within a mental block of benchmark commercial varieties with the same treatments and environmental conditions . This year , the Fall yield experimental condition were warm and bright than mediocre . Mike say : “ The Poinsettia trial and Variety Day case accent our commitment to the diligence by showcasing genetic science under northern USA growing conditions .
" It is important to do a Poinsettia production tryout as a fashion for the industriousness and our growers to see how sort do in real - world nursery conditions . ” Trial attendees voted using a three - masthead system for ' Best Red Variety ' and ' Best Non - Red Variety ' with a score of 3 , 2 , or 1 points . The outcome are as follows :
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