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Plant your poinsettia in an area that receives full sun most of the day. However, keep in mind that to put out flower buds, poinsettias require 14 hours of complete darkness each day for 6 to 8 weeks before flowering. Any interruption to this dark period can delay or prevent the plant from flowering. Watering & Soil. Keep the soil moderately moist at all times. Poinsettias grow best in moist, well drained, fertile soils. As long as the soil is well drained, they will grow satisfactorily in a wide range of soils, including sand, muck, marl and clay.
Zinnias are a popular annual in the flower garden. You can grow zinnias indoors if you grow them under fluorescent grow lights or in a greenhouse.Choose one of the many shorter varieties of zinnias so the pots won't topple as the mass of the top growth surpasses the combined mass of the pot and its soil.lace the pots under fluorescent grow lights as soon as seeds germinate, in about 10 days. Provide a way to raise the lights as the plants grow, keeping them about 3 to 4 inches above the tops of the plants. Alternatively, you can grow zinnias in a heated greenhouse.