Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Plumeria cuttings came...., 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Antoinette, you scored! Congratulations! $6 a piece is a bargain! You would pay twice that for those named cultivars elsewhere.

GordonHawk is right. You should see leaves forming as soon as you have some roots starting. You may even get inflo's if the trees in which the cuttings were taken from were about to flower. My Kona Hybrid from that same seller has an inflo. I bought a Nassau, Kona Hybrid, Japanese Lantern, King Kaulana, and K. Wilder from him.

It's not cold when it is in the 50's at night! It is still in the 40's here at night, and all of my cuttings and seedlings are outside on the hot pavement! The heat mat probably isn't needed at this point, but if you want to put them on it at night, that will hurry things along. I would for sure put Intense Rainbow, Plastic Pink, and Scott Pratt in the warmest spot and on the heat mat because those can be a little tough to root from what I understand. I lost a Plastic Pink this fall when it rotted quickly. I didn't have my heat mat at that time, and temperatures outside were getting colder. I have nearly all those cultivars you mentioned.

Vermiculite is no good because it retains water. You need perlite or pumice or cactus mix. Cloning gel is fine. It is fine that they were potted up right away. Was the pea gravel at the very bottom? If so, that is good for good drainage.

Dstartz, yes, put yours out in the hot sun on your patio pavers! You should be getting leaves very soon since you have roots already.

Here is mine below:

Edited to fix spelling.

This message was edited Apr 5, 2005 12:40 PM