Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A few questions, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Hi fellow plumie lovers! I can see I am in good company.

I have 42 seedlings, which are a year and four months old, and I have 56 hybrids, most of which are recently rooted hybrids. These plants can definitely get addicting! My established plumerias stay outside all year long, and most of them didn't lose any leaves at all. They do stop blooming though. My Duke was the only one to lose all its leaves, and it just dropped the last of its leaves the other day. This year, I erected a portable greenhouse for my tropicals and semi tropicals, and I put my plumerias seedlings in there as well. I also put all the cuttings that I am trying to root. The cuttings are on a heat pad as bottom heat aids with root formation. There is also a radiant heater in there and a grow lite.

Randy, the name of the product is Bayer Advanced Garden 2 in 1 Systemic Rose and Flower Care. You add about a capful of granules to the soil and water it in. It smells nasty but it works well, and it does not harm the plants. I use it on my brugmansias too. I also use a product called Avid for Spider Mites. It can be found here: http://rosemania.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.html under Miticides.

Here is a picture of some of my seedlings earlier this year: