Poinsettia FASTFACTS

Eckespoint^® Monet Twilight™

Product Description Medium green foliage Unique multi-colored cream/rose/ pink bracts in both cultivars Monet Twilight has darker colored bracts than Monet Bracts deepen in color as bracts mature Excellent branching characteristics		Cultural Tips Excellent for use as a branched or single stem plant Produces outstanding poinsettia trees Can be grown with most medium green leaf cultivars and is ideal to group with Jingle Bells 3, Jingle Bells and Success™ Outstanding product for retail sales

STOCK: For maximum production of good quality cuttings, maintain minimum night temperatures of 66-68°F/19-20°C throughout the production season. Use of night interruption lighting from 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM is recommended through 15 May to prevent flower initiation. A minimum of 10 foot candles/107 lux is required to be effective. Provide a balanced and complete fertilizer regime to assure optimum plant growth. Light intensities of 4,500 to 5,000 foot candles/48,400 to 53,800 lux are ideal provided daytime greenhouse temperatures do not exceed 90 °F/32°C.

Monet and Monet Twilight mother plants:

• produce fewer cuttings than Freedom™ mother plants
• have an optimum cutting maturity characteristic of 6 weeks
• are adaptable to multiple pinch (2-3) or single pinch, fast crop programs

PROPAGATION: Cuttings root easily, but slower than Freedom under normal propagation conditions. Use of a rooting hormone containing 1500 ppm IBA will promote the speed and uniformity of root development. Multiple chemical growth regulator applications are suggested during propagation to prevent stretching of this cultivar.

FINISHED PLANT CHARACTERISTICS: Monet and Monet Twilight are well suited for production in all climates and are adaptable for growing in all sizes and forms, including trees. The flower initiation date is 25 September, similar to other poinsettia cultivars. Monet and Monet Twilight are later blooming cultivars and should be kept warm (66-68°F/19-20°C night temperatures) throughout the production cycle. Color and bract expansion are later than other poinsettias. Do not cool the greenhouse or shade until full bract maturity is reached. Multiple chemical growth regulator applications are required, similar to V-14 Glory. Both cultivars are responsive to A-Rest®, Bonzi®, Cycocel® and Sumagic®, or combinations of B-Nine® and Cycocel®. These cultivars are resistant to epinasty, and have excellent post-production characteristics.

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