Poinsettia FASTFACTS

Success™ Family

Product Description Medium green foliage Bright, smooth red bracts that are resistant to fading Pink colors range from very light to dark coral pink Foliage and bracts have classic oak leaf shape Excellent branching		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 V-14 white, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells 3, Monet and Monet Twilight™ Outstanding late blooming cultivar series 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.

Success 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 2500 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: Success is well suited for production in warm, sunny climates as a replacement for V-14 Glory. It is adaptable for all sizes and forms, including trees. The flower initiation date is 25 September, similar to other poinsettia cultivars. Success is a late blooming cultivar series and should be kept warm (66-68°F/19-20°C night temperatures) throughout the production cycle. Bract color expansion are later on this cultivar than other poinsettias; do not cool the greenhouse or shade until full maturity is reached. Multiple chemical growth regulator applications are required, similar to V-14 Glory. Success is responsive to A-Rest®, Bonzi®, Cycocel® and Sumagic®, or combinations of B-Nine® and Cycocel®. This cultivar series is resistant to fading and epinasty, and has superior post production characteristics.

CULTIVAR NOTES:

• In northern growing climates, Success should be grown with bright light and warm temperatures for best results. Bract expansion and color development occur into the final weeks of growth.
• Success should be maintained drier than most other poinsettia cultivars throughout production. Leaf yellowing or root loss is likely to occur if soil moisture is maintained consistently too high.

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