 My friends is the 16th of February and this plant has many new leaves and it is blooming! Stay tuned! First of all, I want to thank you so much for being here with me today. As you may know, I am a plant beginner and I learn from my plants every day. So in this channel, I like to share with you what I am learning so we can bring more nature to our homes together. So if you want to learn how to take care of your plants, how to display them or even how to connect with them, make sure to subscribe so we can see each other every week and talk about plants. But now, let's get to the video! Okay you guys, this is really exciting because as you may know, we actually started in this community this new challenge that is called the poinsettia challenge. And what this basically means is that we actually take care of our poinsettias all year round so they are healthy and happy not only on Christmas but actually the whole year. These plants of course are very Christmasy plants and we use them in Christmas. We display them in our homes and actually in Mexico they are really popular. We actually call them the noche buena. Noche buena means the good night and basically this means the 24th of December for us. After Christmas the poinsettia may seem a little bit more sad and then we see maybe she's dying and then we throw them away. But guys this is such a beautiful plant and we can actually have it in our homes the whole year. So this is what we're trying to do in this community and in this video I'm gonna share with you what I have been doing to keep her happy, what happened in January and now in the rest of February and some of the new leaves and blooms that we're getting in this plant. So let's get to it! So as I told you in my Instagram post, I actually continue watering this plant just as normal. So this plant actually prefers moderate watering. The way that I continue to check is with my finger. I put my finger inside the soil until the second knuckle and once I feel that the soil is drying out then I water. But after I saw that the leaves were actually falling down I did more research and I discovered that this plant needed to be repotted. This is actually recommended because these plants have been growing in a very small pot for commercial purposes so they actually grow a lot and then the pot is too small for them. So I decided to repot my plant to a pot that was two sizes bigger than the previous pot just like this and continued water as normal. I make sure that my poinsettia is getting as much sunlight as I can provide because in Berlin of course the winter is not super sunny but we've been lucky and we've had some sunny days and this plant is actually in a room that has a south facing window so she's getting lots of sunlight and I think that's also good for her. So yes those are the main key points that I can tell you that I have been doing. So now let's look at the plant. So as you can see we have some new leaves over here some blooms so you can see over there it's so exciting so these are actually the flowers in the poinsettia I've never seen them actually and then you have of course the other brats on the sides. You can also see one here this is a bloom and then some other leaves on the sides. Then if you look at this one here this is actually one that was there on Christmas so it's already gone but then we have more blooms here. In this it's also getting some new leaves on the stems here and you can see them right there it's super exciting and of course another bloom here right there you can see another one there and one more on this side. So there you have it I want to first of all thank you guys because actually this community gave me the strength and inspiration to actually continue with this challenge and it's the first time that I actually see a poinsettia flowering in front of my eyes in February. It is super exciting you guys and I am just so happy to be able to share it with you and for all the positive energy and inspiration that you sent to me to do it please let me know if you also are doing this challenge and how is your poinsettia doing. If you see some new leaves or if your poinsettia is blooming I would love to see it so make sure to send a picture on Instagram and I cannot wait to do the next update and see how this beautiful plant keeps growing. Okay my friends for now I sent all of my positive energy to you and I will see you in the next video okay ciao