US (MT): Gainan's growing poinsettia in greenhouse again for holidays
Mick Gainan talks about the effort to produced home grown plants for the holiday season at Gainan's Garden Center and Nursery.
“We finally decided to take the plunge again… This is what poinsettias should look like. They shouldn’t be in a plastic sleeve,” Gainan, the company’s second-generation owner, said last week.
Gainan estimates investing about $30,000 to restart the poinsettia operation. The cost of regular maintenance and growing plants is about 20 percent higher than hauling them in from out of state, he said.
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