Don't let this happen to your plumies

This is a cutting grown, 2 YO plant. Has been fertilized during growing season but is is severely root bound. That poor little plant has practically no soil nutrients and all roots. I took a pic before transplanting. If I lived in cooler weather I might have waited until spring, but in Houston I have a couple of months for this plumie to get settled in its new pot. I made incisions with a box cutter in the hopes of getting roots to grow into new soil rather than round and round like it's been growing

Bad plumie Mommie. Bad!!!

This message was edited Sep 24, 2014 7:59 PM

Thank you for the information.

That's common with plumeria. In favorable conditions (and that's almost any conditions!) they will soon fill a pot with roots. If I were going to allow dormancy, I would not bother with re-potting, but any other time is fine. The plant will bounce back quickly. I hope you gently separated the roots so that they could grow outward.

Ken