Much like an expectant parent, Jack Geyen has been pacing anxiously for months awaiting the arrival of his babies — all 75,000 of them.
"The first four weeks are the most dangerous," said Geyen, who for 25 years has led the annual production of Bachman's holiday poinsettia supply. "That's when they can get infected."
This week Bachman's, one of the nation's largest nursery and floral operations, will begin shipping and selling the poinsettias, which come in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes.
Planning for the company's so-called annual Poinsettia Pandemonium began in March, continued through planting in June and then the color change in the leaves that started in October.
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