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What's everyone's plumerias doing in April?

11 years ago

Hi everyone I'm new to the forum but had a few questions. I started growing plumerias last spring, I bought 4 from Lowes . Recently (middle of March) I bought 6 fully rooted plants with multiple tips in 5 gallon containers from a grower on Craigslist and 2 trees from a neighbor (4' Aztec gold with an inflow and a 6' red) . I know it's a bit early (zone 10 So Cal) but I have begun a light watering/feeding once a week and all my 12 plumerias have started pushing out tiny leaves, the tips all look wet, the trunks are all hard and a few of the larger plants from Craigslist have some larger leaves. I have 1 Aztec gold mature tree I replanted in the ground in March and one large 6' red I plunged in my backyard in March the rest are in the ugly black nursery pots. Did I start feeding a bit too early? The night temps have gone past 50 although this week I'm seeing a few 48's forecasted . And the other question is I'm a bit concerned about the 6' tall red I plunged in my backyard because in the winter the sprinklers will water it a tiny bit. The neighbor told me it's only 2 years old and has already bloomed so I'm wondering if you think it can survive a little water this winter?


I'm super excited about growing plumerias this spring and summer as I have been patiently waiting all winter looking at twigs lol and I'm so happy I found this forum..


Ciao,

JP

Comments (21)

  • 11 years ago

    you should be ok as long as no frost is forecast for your area.

  • 11 years ago

    Hi JP and welcome to this board. I am in So. Calif and my plants are doing very well. Most are getting little leaves and so many are going to bloom this year. I even had the first one bloom last week, it is the oldest one I have and it bloom every year. I spend a lot of time looking to see how many are going to bloom this year. I am also going to sell some at a block yard sale in early May. I need to thin out some of the extra ones that I have and a lot of them will be blooming which will be a big plus. I have already started watering them also and have started some cuttings, but not as many as last year. :) Barb

  • 11 years ago

    Barb, which ones are you selling and how far south are you???? :-) roxanne

  • 11 years ago

    Hi Roxanne, I am in Lakewood, which is close to Long Beach. I am selling more of the common ones, I like to keep the special ones that I have. But will send you a list and picture closer to the time if you want. Have a great day, Barb

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Jp

    Generally speaking I start fertilizing in April and stop in October. If its an early spring and you start out with a half or less dose/application a couple of weeks ago I don't think there will be any harm to established plants.

    If they are in ground or plunged the irrigation system by itself will not be an issue.

  • 11 years ago

    All indoors on a window sill. One from last year is leafing out since January. 3 cuttings are rooting/rooted from when I bought them in February! One as a couple of little leaflets popping out while the other two are just barely punching through hard sap from the callusing period. :)

  • 11 years ago

    AG Inflow


  • 11 years ago

    Welcome, JP! My plumeria are just waking up. I am a little behind, but plan to start fertilizing this weekend. I will continue to do so until fall. Happy growing to you!

  • 11 years ago

    Thanks for all the great info! All my little plants are doing very well with leaves or claws but the Aztec gold (planted in the ground) and the big red plumeria (plunged) are not showing any signs of life? The trunks are hard and the tips are all green, the Aztec gold seems to have an inflow though but it was there when I bought it almost a month ago. I'm watering/feeding only once a week in the morning and hope soon they will start growing.

    Thanks again everyone, I'm going to try to upload a few pics this Saturday

  • 11 years ago

    Hi JP. Although they are established, you might want to consider holding off watering the Aztec and big red until they start to wake up. I always worry about watering while the plant is dormant. Just a thought...

  • 11 years ago

    That's what I was thinking but man I really want to see some claws or leaves! It's been warm but nights have dropped into low 50's. The trunks are hard on both plants, the big red is really green and the Aztec Gold is more of a neutral color but that should mean they're fine right? Hopefully just dormant still... It's almost been one month since I planted/plunged them and I've only watered/fertilized them very lightly 3 times.

  • 11 years ago

    I wouldn't worry right now for anything. Just water once of twice in the whole month of april( if it gets rain is not even necessary) . The dormancy period doesnt end solely because of water presence in the soil, it is due to warmer temps and longer fotoperiod, so to get started just water it a time or two and let it go

  • 11 years ago

    AG Inflo & My Unknown Plumeria Small Tree .

    Ed


  • 11 years ago

    Still no leaves on my big red tree and the Aztec gold.... Trunks are hard! Tips are green with claws, hopefully it's just taking some time to transition into its new home. All other plants have leaves and a few inflows pushing through :) just planted the yellow one in the ground last Sunday, I think it's gonna love it's new home.

  • 11 years ago

    The big red one

  • 11 years ago

    Aztec gold

  • 11 years ago

    My bigest plant, a 7 feet , creamy white with yellew center, still dormant but waking up.

    A couple of gorgeous "Carmen" 5 feet planta awake, sending the first leaves. I don't know if It is a common variety but I really recommend it, the perfect helix shape and the scent are amazing.

    And here the cuttings of last june. All of them are from the Canary Island, a celadine type, a scott pratt type( very intense reed , spice scents like cinnamon...) , a yellow one and the two that are still dormant are a rainbow variety and one orange with quite large flowers. We' ll see how it's gonna go.

    Aloha to everyone

  • 11 years ago

    Again, sorry for the bad orthography, my fingers seem to be to much to handle in Apple's devices... :___D

  • 11 years ago

    It's gorgeous! So sunny. Your photo has nice depth of field making the bloom really pop..

  • 11 years ago

    I used my wife's IPhone 6 Plus it has a great Camera ;)..

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