Hi Rick
Someone will come in and answer your question. I could give you my opinion, but prefer for someone else with more experience to answer your questions. I have never had a cutting have yellow claws and grow yellow leaves. An established plant, yes, have that going on now..but see red claws coming.
Your other plant, I would check carefully for rot. water on the outside of the can, not directly on the cutting.

Karen B

Hi Rick
Someone will come in and answer your question. I could give you my opinion, but prefer for someone else with more experience to answer your questions. I have never had a cutting have yellow claws and grow yellow leaves.An established plant, yes, have that going on now..but see red claws coming.

the other plant, I would check for rotting. You can't water in the center where the stick/cutting is..around the can, keeping the cutting dry. Just did one today, always hope I did it right!
Karen B.

good grief, it doubled..sorry.
Karen

Thanks Karen B. You stated water around the outside of the pot, not directly around the stem. How often should I water? There are no signs of claws yet. The potting medium is dry. This is the point where I seem to start losing cuttings, so I must be doing something wrong.
Thanks again,
Rick

Hi Rick,
I have just started 3 cuttings. I put 3 or 4 " of cactus soil and peralite in the bottom..lightly water, mix up and hold the soil together..the rest of mixture added is little cactus soil, mostly peralite. Cutting in the center is totally surrounded by dry pearlite, tamp it down.. I then hold the stick and water around the outside.. tamp it down..if you water in the center, can rot the plant.

Then I don't water anymore until it starts to grow leaves. I do spray the stick with water occasionally, tiny water runs down the plant on the soil. When the claws get juicy looking and start to open, means it trying to grow..claws become leaves.. My claws are closed too. our temps are in the 60's during the day, so I am careful, .. If you get real warm out, month or so, you can trickle more water on outside., but leave the center dry. set it on the concrete in sun, I bring in at night, stil cool here. always nervous time until you see the claws start opening and that first leaf is so neat.

thats where I am now, closed claws, one is a month old, growing an inflo. lot have different ideas on this and watering, this works for me.
good luck..
Karen B

Thanks Karen B.
This next cutting I will be attempting to root is a Celadine. I just received it today from 1-stop-aloha. I'm going to try the potting method you use. I've been using the method that I read on Plumeria 101. The daytime temps. here are averaging in the 80's and evenings in the upper 50's. I do have my cuttings on the patio concrete. I checked the cutting I had that had turned a tan color at the potting medium and it was a little soft. It had stem rot and none of the stem was good. I just watered it once when I potted it. I just don't know what went wrong. I have a couple of other cuttings that I've been trying to root for about 3 weeks. Do you think I should take them out of the pots and start over using your method or should I just leave them and keep my fingers crossed? I'm open to any suggestions so I don't lose these.
Thanks for your time and help,
Rick

Hi Rick
My grief with plumeria 101 is he is drowning the plant. It does not say what time of the year this is..100 degrees outside, might be ok.. but 60 where I am, instant rot..but the method is good on there.

If you watered in the center heavy like it showed on 101, you may have a problem.. If you have softness down at the base, you may have rot..if it was me, only 3 weeks, I would take the stick out and check, carefully..could be rooting, never know. Keeping in mind this is what I would do..

wish someone would come in and give you their opinion on the cutting.
Karen B

Thanks again Karen B.
You are so right about Plumeria 101. I went ahead and checked the other cuttings by pulling them out of the pots.
No roots yet but stems still firm. I repotted them using the method you use. I will not water again until leaves form. I guess what freaks me out is the weather here is so warm in the daytimes and I'm afraid they will shrivel up. I will mist the tips every once in a while.
Thanks for all of your help and have a happy growing season!
Rick

Hi Rick,
Was thinking about you.. good, glad you did re-pot them, now you know where they are. If you get really hot, and you think the cutting is stressed..every 2 to three weeks, can put a little bit of water around the edge, tamp down..keep that center dry. Plant can pull from the sides if needed. I fill my cutting with plastic cups up against the plant and put a tall stick in to hold the cutting. have squirrels.

My 2 cuttings are a month old, did what I said..did spray water on the tops today, let it drip down..back out tomorrow in sun..we are back down in 60's..was in 80's. put them on concrete. Inside at night, forum says cannot be under 60 at night.

Lot disagree with me on what you did, want to leave them alone see what happens, do not remove them from the pot..I agree with that on most. think you did right..report in? good luck..hope for leaves on yours maybe month or more. Remember what Bill says, No Leaves.. No water!

Karen B

hi rick.
on wanting to water..remember the plumeria stick is full of water, needs none. Let it do its thing..watch for claws to open, look juicy, red and fat.. are alive..as they grow, so does the roots. 4" leaves or more, you have roots..can lightly water, becoming a plant!! don't water too soon, maybe a month..patience here is a must.
Karen B

Karen B.
I really thank you for all the advice you've given me and the time you've spent doing so. You're so kind. I am glad that I did re-pot the cuttings. Like you said, I now know where they are. Re-potting the cuttings using your method and having some patience on my part should give positive results. I will remember, no leaves...no water.
Thanks again and happy growing!
Rick

Hi Karen & Rick,
Here's a rooting idea that I read here a while back and really works well for me. I start the cuttings in plastic water bottles with a cactus soil/perlite mix. Heavy on the perlite. 3 of the bottles will fit nicely in one black pot and then put that someplace really warm. I bought a seedling mat to keep cuttings warm. With the clear plastic you can see when you have real roots and then can transplant into a pot. Takes some of the guesswork out of it.
Vivian

Vivian, thanks for that tip. I'll keep that in mind.
Have a successful and happy growing season.
Rick