Tropicals & Tender Perennials: first post, don't want to kill my plumeria, 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Brownie, yes, full sun is best, and since you have them planted in cactus mix, which drains well, you can water when the soil looks dry. I would water when the top of the soil looks dry and water well and then don't water until it is dry again. The full sun condition will mean that it will need more water than it is getting now. Full sun and lots of water and fertilizer is just what they need to be healthy. It may even be time to repot to a two-gallon or three-gallon container. Here in Southern California, we have an extended summer oftentimes. Sometimes, it is summer weather straight through October. I had my Duke bloom all through October and November, and I put plumeria flowers around candles for my Thanksgiving Dinner centerpiece. If we have an extended summer like that, you could get blooms late in the summer, but since they are just rooted, they will probably concentrate on continuing to develop roots and growing, which is just fine, and you may get flowers next spring instead.

Mike, thanks for correcting me. Feel free to correct me anytime:-) I see I made a typo.

Yes, Mike is quite right. They should never sit in wet soil and can get root rot that way. They are especially vulnerable during dormancy because a cold/wet combination encourages root rot. Most people don't water at all during dormancy. Mine stay outside all year, and they don't really go dormant outside here because it doesn't get cold enough. They may go semi-dormant as they don't grow or do anything. I only had one plumeria lose its leaves entirely, but it didn't drop much below 40 here last winter.