look at the root structure of these fabric container grown trees. amazing! i am really excited to see how the plumeria do in these pots. does anyone use these type of containers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9q8J2NOMhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsHfUbUXSXY&feature=related
smart pot for plumeria
produces a good root ball but 3-4 years no one leaves theres in the ground like that old man winter would make fast work out of them! Mine don't really grow like that either they don't have the root system those trees have I plunge mine every year and dig them up every late fall they get root pruned then. And I don't know how it would be to store them in those pots, well proably would I store 50% of mine bare root all winter
i thought your plumeria would grow faster than that in FL. plumeria roots will fill out a pot here in one season. i stopped storing bare root and store them in pots now. however, i don't have a armada, just a few. LOL i am using a smart pot now. it is pretty sold once the soil is in there.
Very nice yeah to have just a few my thoughts this year on ebay mine will be finding new homes too. :)
seems you may get the same benefits for less cost by wrapping the rootball with the black mulch liner fabric found in garden centers. It would be easy to lift and store for winter, it breaths very well, and its biodegradable....just my thoughts.
I use the black pots that nurseries/landscapers use and they seem to work fine. I over winter in a small GH or indoors and put the plumies outdoors after spring rains have passed.
Dana, I also thought plumies would grow faster in FL ..... I'm trying an 'experiment' this year for overwintering outdoors here in zone 8b. I planted a noid plumie (found on sale @ H Depot) in my cactus bed last August. When night temps dropped to 40s/50s I made a hoop-type cover for the cactus bed from pvc pipe and covered with a frost cloth, using small clamps to keep in place when wind blows. Last week temps reached low 20s/30s and we even got a couple inches of snow (after a day of freezing rain)..... the plumie under the frost cloth is doing fine and still has its leaves too (those in my GH lost leaves when temps reached 40). ....I know winter still has 2 months to go here and the worst is probably yet to come by February, but so far so good. The white frost cloth can be left over plants all winter - won't overheat/burn plants on sunny days....in your zone this may be an easy way to overwinter your plumies outdoors inground.
Thanks for the suggestion I have tried all this I too have the frost cloth but thats exactly what it is frost cloth. I can't build houses over them all as I have them everywhere! LOL It gets to the low 20's here and holds it 6-8 hours Last year I lost trees down to the ground that I had wrapped and covered. There is different grades of frost cloth I bought a big roll but not the cheesy stuff but not the best too much money. Christmas I left for 10 days while I was gone it hit low 20's Mine are gang piled in a green house I heat it when I am home but did not figure weather change. To my surprise there was alot of brugs and plumeria in there brugs lost there leaves and a few with tip damage a couple of the plumeria that had the green green tips were nipped but I was so happy to see this when I got home way better than I figured. I have a baby brug hoop house made of heavy plastic 1 light bulb nothing else they are growing like wild no damage and its probably 10 x 15 I have a bunch of plumeria last year with seed I dig them up, pile them up and seed pod hangs in there who would belive that!