Before I found out about the Plumeria 101 site, I soaked my seeds for 24 hours and then planted them, I have them under lights now. No bottom heat. DID I RUIN them by soaking them? I don't know what possessed me to do that.
Did I ruin my seeds?
Gourd...
Well... they are probually just fine from the soaaking.. I usually hydrate mine in papertowels in a baggie for a day or two before planting them..
Did you plant them with their wings sticking up out of the soils as is recomended on The P-101 site... this seems to be helpful... Gordon
Thank you GordonHawk, yes, I did have the wings sticking up. Nine of the seeds were a couple of years old and the other three seeds (?) were hopefully from a fresher crop. I don't know the colors either..
I agree with Gordon. I usually start mine by the wet papertowel method also so it is fine. I'm not sure if you will get germination from the seeds which are a couple of years old, but it is worth a try! It doesn't matter what the colors are because they probably won't look like either of their parents anyway:-) You're groovin' now with seeds and plants:-) Congratulations!
Just wanted to tell you guys that I am shocked... one of the plumeria seeds germinated today. Also, I found another 5 seeds that a friend sent me , Plumeria Cerise and sowed those today. Those I did not soak.
Awesome, Antoinette! Way to go! Maybe the soaking did some good! I swore I wasn't going to start any more seeds until I see my 42 seedlings bloom, but I was given eight seeds from different Oz varieties so I couldn't resist:-)
Well, here the seedlings.. guess the soaking did not do the seeds any harm. I'll tell you though, they were old seeds, at least two or three years old. Boy are they tough.. it's keeping them alive that will be a trick for me.
Ah, they look great! You will keep them alive, no problem. Congrats! It's amazing that you got them to germinate as old as you said they are. Very nice. I like those epi's too! About the seedlings, the more room you give them to grow, the bigger they will grow. It's time to plant those babies into one-gallon containers. Don't let the roots circle in the pots with seedlings because it could stunt them.
Does anyone have any seeds to trade or SASE?? If Plumeria will grow in NY there should be NO problem growing it here in SC. I wonder can it overwinter outside (zone 7/8)??
Thanks!! Bonnie
Hi Bonnie, I don't have any plumeria seeds, but you can get them for only a couple of dollars over at Maui Plumeria Gardens or on eBay. They need to be kept inside a house or greenhouse in the winter in Zone 7/8. They are considered tropical trees and will be killed by frost and freezing temperatures. Here are some links: http://www.plumeria101.com/greenhouse.html and http://www.plumeria101.com/questions.html
Update:
These are the seedlings as of this week. They sure are growing. The leaves are reddish on some of them..
Hi Antoinette! They look great! I love the ones with reddish leaves. I have a few which have dark red leaves, and they are my favorite. They say that those turn out to have the most colorful flowers.