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20 years ago

Hello I have just bought some Bonsai fertilizer with a formula of 10-60-30. Is it too late in the growing season here in the U.K. to use it on my plumerias both rooted cuttings and seedlings. Thanks

Hazel.

Comments (5)

  • 20 years ago

    Hazel I'm not sure what your weather is like. I stop fertilizing most of my plants, not only plumeria, about a month prior to the end of the growing season. I have no idea if that's standard with plumies or not but mine seem to do OK. I've been using an all purpose fertilizer on my seedlings. They are only a few months old. I use a bloom booster on my mature plants. Hopefully one of the more experienced growers will respond. The forum seems slow recently.
    Karyn

  • 20 years ago

    Hi there Felixcat....and Hazel, I was hoping for a response from one of the experts to the fertilizer question also, as I too don't know what to do with my one and only plumie. I don't want it to put on a load of green growth really as the weather here is begining to get lot cooler, especially during the nights, and I suspect soft tip growth will not come through the winter here. We were actually on the verge of a ground frost during one night last week here in the Moorlands where I come from!
    However, I am still giving 'it' it's weekly dose of Phostrogen as it is flowering beautifully at the moment, but I guess I will soon have to stop that. I posted a picture under 'so proud of my Celadine etc'.
    I agree the forum has lacked the experts imput for a while now, I wonder where they all are...HELP!!!!
    Greenclaws.

  • 20 years ago

    ** not an expert ** but I would stop fertilizing asap. just my 2 pennies worth

  • 20 years ago

    hI Greenclaws,
    HOpefully Bill will come in and advise you on how to fertilize and stop the green continious growth, an expert on the fertilizing. I live in a hot climate and have not hit this yet..am into the growing of them this summer in hot temps. I too will have to slow down, even thought we may stay warm..have never hit a winter...we do not get that cold,but can.
    Karen B.

  • 20 years ago

    Thanks for all replies.I will stop fertilizing now as the weather is very autumnal here in the West Midlands U.K.
    The temperature dropped to 47 degrees last night inside one of the greenhouses which has no heating. The larger rooted cuttings are housed in there.- not good especially as the heatwave was only two weeks ago at 90 degrees in the day and 70 at night. There doesn't seem to be any consistancy in our weather and the forcasters are dismal failures. It all seems to be trial and error at the moment. Mustn't get disheartened hope it's all worth it next year if I get some into flower.
    Hazel.

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