Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Too hot?, 1 by nautical99

nautical99 wrote:
I have been lurking here trying to read and learn about Plumerias. I put up a GH earlier this year and decided I would like to grow some of these plants.

I purchased two plant with small root balls on them, and two that were just bare cuttings.

I kept them in the GH until about June. After reading more about them and visiting with SB I learned that they should be outside. Well it has been very hot here and now one of the leaves looks "burnt" to me.

I am going to include a few pictures so you can see how they are progressing. I think the plants are doing very well. I had inflos on two of them when they arrived. One was on a plant that had a small root, and the other was just a bare cutting. They flowered very nicely, but I have not seen any sign of any more inflos. Will they only flower once a year? Or will they maybe still flower some more this year?

I think they were staying too wet while in the GH, as they got a lot of overspray from the overhead misters. I am watering only about once or twice a week, as I was told if I watered too much all they would do is grow leaves. If I am not doing this right please let me know. I also have fertilized with a 50/50 mix of Color Burst and Dynomite. (sp) About every 3 weeks or so. Maybe too much though. I think I put about a cup full on each plant.

I was going to keep them in the GH over the winter, but I don't think I will have room, so am planning on keeping them in the garage with a small electric heater to be sure they don't get too cold.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have for me.

Nautical