Sorry to read about your odd theft issue. Maybe they wanted the root stock for grafting or were on foot and couldn't carry the whole plant.

Generally speaking You can water daily when experiencing those high temps.

I'm so sorry to hear of this theft.. It just blows my mind someone would do such a thing. Sounds like they must be there at times so they reverted to being sneaky., if they were there only to grab and run, they wouldnt go through with cutting and removing the bottom rooted tree. That's nuts..

This heat.. I'm watering a lot.,. You aren't going to hurt your trees by watering every other day.,. If they need it then water.. The only problem is if they sit in water and I'm sure you aren't using a saucer.. So water those beauties!!

You also need to remember that if the container is really dry.. It might take another round of watering to fully hydrate the mix. If its really dry and you water fast.. The water drain right out without fully wetting the mix. So water and then check again., I will go back and water the container to make sure the subtrate is properly hydrated !!

Im watering almost daily and in the early evening.. Please don't water in the heat of the day.

So sorry to hear of your loss. .,

Laura

Thank you kms2 and Loveplants2 for your quick response. That was a head scratcher about the missing bottom half of the plant. Lol. I guess I should be happy that they didn't leave a mess and that they actually put the top back into the pot. It would have been so much easier if they asked. I would have given them one or two of my seedlings and/or a cutting if they knew how to root it. Just ask! Good grief! I love talking to other people who like plumerias. My hubby and kids tend to zone out when I talk about my plants.

Thank you, I will definitely water as needed during these high temps. I have bad luck with rooting plumerias so root rot scares me.

Have a nice week...

Ellie

Wait, what? If they took the bottom portion of the plant there couldn't have been much soil, if any, left in the pot, right? I would have noticed that right away. Was there a big hole in the soil?

No. They were pretty neat. The soil wasn't compacted/flat like after a watering. It looked like they pulled up the plant, cut the lower stem and replaced the soil and stuck the top half back in. I just potted up the plant in the bigger container in April so the roots didn't take up too much of the pot yet.