It has looked like that for three months?

Yes, 3 months. Do you have any answers?

Where do you live? What are your temps like? Is that a clay pot it's in? Soil looks wet. Have you been watering? We need more history and data with this problem.

Thank you Angel. I will certainly do that. Dave, I live in West Texas. The temp here is 98-100 everyday with no rain. This plant is in a clay pot. Yes, I have been watering it but not a lot . I am going to treat it as a new cutting and not water it for 6 weeks per Angels advice. However, I am open to all advice! Thank again!

Hi Ann, one more thing I might add. I don't think the clay pot is a good idea. I use a black nursery pot. Also since it is so hot sometimes what I do is pick up the pot with a cutting I am trying to root after its been dry for maybe 4 weeks and squirt a little water into the holes in the bottom. This gives the roots something to reach for. I am sure other people have different advice but I have success this way in So Cal where it's hot. Also don't put it in direct sun yet..

Ann where in west Texas I'm in San Angelo

Roger

Big Spring.

Angel, I have always had all my Plumerias and other plants in clay pots. When I have left them in black plastic pots they tend to rot. I have taken the Plumie that is pictured out of direct sun and am not going to water for 6 weeks and we'll see what happens. I will report back. Thank you everyone!

In the few days that I took the Plumie that had stunted growth out of the sun at Angels request it appears that the leaves are growing as evidenced by the green showing in the leaves. The leaves that were so compact seem to have loosened up a bit. Comments? Do ya'll agree or is it my imagination?

Thank you in advance!

Ann

You are having really hot weather. I'd watch carefully that the soil doesn't get too hot and burn tender roots. Also, that pea gravel might burn the stem. I'd keep it in part shade for now until leaves shade the stem more.

I got to thinking about this Plumie that is acting so weird. So I stuck my finger down into the dirt to feel the stem to see what it felt like. MUSH is what it feels like. There is about 3-4 inches left at the top. Can I cut it off and dry it out and then leave it over the winter, root it in a plastic bottle like some of you are doing and replant it next spring? I need all the advice I can get..
Roger, what kind of Plumies do you have?
Sorry I'm just now getting back to you, it's been a rough couple of days, my Uncle died yesterday. It was a blessing so all is well. Thanks everybody!

I have decided to go ahead and loving pull up the Plumie, slice off the mushy part, wet the root, put some rootone on it, stick it back in the pot and see what happens. This is my red one from the Phillipines so I am praying that all goes well.

Dave, the heat down here, My GAWD, it is supposed to be 107 tomorrow! Haven't had any problems though burned roots and the pea gravel is away from the stem so all should be well. Lots of leaves on the other 4 healthy Plumies but no inflos. Probably have to wait until next year. Thanks for your advice Dave!

I forgot, sorry for all the comments from me. Dave, I moved my 4 healthy Plumies out of full sun onto the patio where they get morning sun and they are up off the ground so the concrete doesn't heat the pots so much. And the Mushie Plumie that is about to be re-habbed is totally out of the heat. Enough for today from me however I would Love to hear from all of you about my Mushy Plumie..Thank you all so much! I love this group!

HELP Please. Is what I did a good idea. Really lost on this.

I ended up cutting the mushy part off, dipped it in Rootone and put it in a clear plastic bottle with slightly damp potting soil mixed with perlite. Do I need to keep the dirt/perlite mixture slightly moist or when it dries out just leave it with no added water? I need advice Please. Many thanks!

Ann sorry not getting back try what angle said put in black pot and in about 4 to5 weeks set in a dish with about 1/2 in water to just wet bottom of pot keep in shade after 10 am I have most all colors some named from jr little and some from Thailand have several pink already rooted that are about 2years old

Ann, I'm too new to plumeria to be giving out advice, but I'm pulling for you and probably would have done the same and try to root healthy tissue. Keep us posted.

All I can do at this time is hope and pray! I feel pretty good about what I've done though. Thank you Mike! My best to you!

Never got any better. Stem is still hard not mushy. It never grew or produced any roots. Into the trash it goes.

Meannmrb..... If it hasn't completely died off and turned to mush... Why not just leav it in some soil and allow it to either die off or see what happens. Funny, two of my cuttings would not root but they are producing leaves consistently. And to think i was about to do what you are thinking of doing. Especially with the cutting remaining hard, let it grow. It may be dormant.

Thank you Riley. I was thinking of taking it out of the soil and letting it sit until next spring and trying it again. This particular cutting came from the Phillipines where it is hot, humid and rainy. I live almost in desert like conditions in West Texas. Hot dry and no rain. Maybe this cutting is not suited for this area.. What do you think? If I leave it in the pot, bring it into the house when it gets too cold outside, do I put it in the light, treat it like normal or do I put it in the dark cool closet where I put the other ones to go dormant for the winter? Thank you again.

They enjoy the hot humid like climate they came from so when mine seem to act up I bring it inside (in a the kitchen for me) and place it on the counter where they get a decent amount of light and heat from the sun. Watering only every week or so. A clear container allows you to view the moisture present in the soil with holes in the side for aeration and light watering. Keeping in mind the area in which they came from. Lastly, consider the soil you are using and if it allows for proper drainage, in my case when I repotted I was sure to mix up a fresh batch of compost, castings, coconut husk, and a bit of fish and seaweed fertilizer. This is what has helped and worked for me. I know everyones soil mixtures, climates and green thumbs are different. Best of luck.

Ok! I'll do that! Many thanks!

I prune my plumaria and store the cut branches over winter. I put them in potting soil around March, or so?

I see the claws in due time, and they start leafing out. BUT. Sometimes I have a situation that looks like your photo, kinda starts and then it seems to just sit there, for months while the rest of my cuttings progress normally.

These arrested growth cuttings have a poor prognosis. As you describe, "mush" perhaps, but usually they shrivel up and are kinda limp.. My theory is the cut ends did not callous properly and they rot from the base upward. If I plant ten cuttings from one particular tree, maybe two will show the same growth, dark purple leaves but only 2-3 inches long; and it stays that way, exactly, all summer.

What I would do is as you suggested. Pull it and prune until you are left with firm healthy wood, then store it over winter and try again next spring. Good luck. El Bee

I cut the mush off a couple of months ago and put some Rootone on the end. Put it in some soil and it didn't do anything. So as I said before I took it out of that pot to see if there were any roots or if it was mushy. Niether was the out come. So as we are discussing I'm just going to leave it out, let the tiny leaves drop off and see what happens next year. I have never in the 30 years I've been growing Plumeria seen this happen. I'm writing it off to learning experience .. Thank you for your comment El Bee.

Considering its not rotting now and it probably has a really good callus on the end of it what would be the harm in putting it back into a container of dry soil, perlite or even sand? Place it on a heat mat and forget about it until the spring. I had some take 10 or 11 months to root and then the exact same variety rooted in a month another time.

Thank you!

I suppose there is no harm in trying? But, to get it out of sync with the winter climate, I don't see where it accomplishes all that much, to force the issue? I'm not saying it's wrong, or don't do it, I just don't see the rush? But, I've been wrong before. Ask my wife. El Bee