I've been repotting plumeria seedlings all day!

This is a "before" picture. I'll take an "after" picture as soon as I'm done repotting seedlings. It will be a lot more crowded when I am done. I have about 50 seedlings which are a year-and-a-half old, and they are rootbound in their one-gallon containers. None of them have bloomed yet. You can see the seedlings progress in this thread: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/518476/ Five-gallon containers take up a lot more room, and I'm not sure where everything will go, but I will try to make it all fit. I ran out of the mix that I normally use -- Sunshine Mix #4 -- so I've been using MiracleGro mixed with Perlite and Pumice. After all the seedlings are repotted, I'll start to repot the cuttings that are well-rooted.

Clare, I had no idea....where in the world does a single person put that many Plumerias and still have room for ANYthing else? Wow!

Wow, Clare - - - you are Queen of the Plumies! And I hope that ALL of those seedlings bloom this year for you.

What a job Clare!

Claire, I am new to Plumeria, with 4, 3 month old seedlings growing nicely for me as we speak. I read with interest, the link you provided in your above post regarding your progress with your Plumeria seedlings. I have a question though. Why do you have to defoliate them before you store them away in the greenhouse for the winter? Just wondering...

Thanks, Everyone! It is very crowded here! LOL! I have plumies up on my retaining wall, and anywhere in full sun that they will fit!

OldFlowerGirl, plumerias naturally lose their leaves in the wintertime when the temperatures drop into the 40's. The portable greenhouse did get some temperatures in the 40's at night, and some of the seedlings started to drop their leaves. Because of the humidity, rust started to appear on the undersides of the leaves, along with aphids and whiteflies so I removed all the leaves by hand before they dropped naturally. For people in colder zones than Zone 10, it is recommended that the leaves be removed, if they haven't dropped already, prior to dormancy and winter storage. I didn't really need to keep the seedlings in the greenhouse. They could have stayed outside and been fine here, but I had a greenhouse for my other tropicals, and there was room in it so I put my cuttings and seedlings in there.

"After" picture to follow!

Here's a picture, taken last year, along the side of the house where I keep some plumies:

You plumie lovers better watch out. Clare_CA is obviously trying to "corner the market." Remember the Dutch Tulip bubble and subsequent debacle of the 1600's (I think only my DDW and I are "mature" enough to come close to remembering) -- and the Hunt brothers attempt to corner the silver market.

Betcha Clare_CA is trying to do the same. She'll have all the plumies -- and then the price will skyrocket.

Which all makes sense until I factor in the fact that she helps everyone else to grow their's. So much for theories.

Clare, I've gotta see the retaining wall full o' plumerias! :-) And, on a side note, who's that doggie friend of yours? Is s/he by chance an Aussie?

-Julie

Thanks for the answer to my question Clare. I will do likewise. Info is much appreciated. :Donna

I live by a neighbor that has a "forest " of Plumies around his house (in the ground), but I only had one survive the hurricanes last year (potted). Then FlyboyFL sent cuttings...Yay! I didn't know they made a special mix (Sunshine Mix #4) so I just tried to duplicate the ground soil here and used half Cactus Mix and half MG Potting Mix. It worked....my new little leaves are growing so fast now!
Pati

:D Ü :D Where's your pics Pati?

Clare it's going to be so interesting to watch your Plumie forest grow! Ü

LOL, Brad!

Julie, pictures are forthcoming! That beautiful little girl is the very special Great Dane "Dutchess." She died at nine years old this past January, and I still can't talk about her without crying. I miss her so much. Here is a picture of her below.

Donna, my pleaure:-)

Pati, the Sunshine Mixes are for lots of different plants, but I just decided that I really liked No. 4 because it has such good drainage. It sounds like your mix works well too. If I don't have Sunshine Mix No. 4, I just use regular potting soil with cactus mix mixed in or Perlite or Pumice or all three! Brad sent cuttings to me too. He is so generous. You should have no problem growing plumies in the ground like your neighbor if the hurricanes leave you alone. You should go knock on your neighbor's door and ask him/her for cuttings. In the Aloha spirit, I bet you will receive lots!

Lilypon, it is so crowded here! Pics to follow:-)

Here's another picture of Dutchess:

She was my little angel sent from heaven to keep me company for awhile:

Here is my plumie patch pictures. Here is one side of the yard:

Here is the other side of the same yard. Hey, Brad, you can see your TW in front of the tree stump in this picture!

Here are some more cuttings which are rooting. Julie, see the ones on the retaining wall? There's another shot in the next post. LOL!

Here are more cuttings up on my wall:

More cuttings hanging out:

Hmmm, there's a lot more room on this wall:

Here's the other side of the house:

I have a few more stuck here and there, but that's about it:-)

Clare_CA

Count 'em again. I know you have at least seven more. Did you check the roof?

Clare, I'm so sorry to have unwittingly brought up sad memories for you :-( We have a beloved Golden Retriever who is now 8 1/2 years old. She'd be elligible for a discount bus rate if she were human, but DH gets ticked off at anyone who might dare to say she's old.

How on earth do you keep those Plumie pots from falling right off the wall in even the gentlest of breezes? And MAN but do you ever find creative ways of getting more pots in :-). My DH should feel lucky I'm not aas creative as you ;-).

-Julie

LOL, Brad. You're probably right that there are seven more around here somewhere, but no roof plumies...yet:-)

Hi Julie, that's okay, Doll:-) I really don't mind talking about her at all because I love her so much. I just miss her terribly. The big dogs don't live very long unfortunately. We have another old man named Duke, and he is 11, and we are cherishing every minute with him because he is as big as Dutchess was if not bigger.

The plumies are pretty stable on the retaining wall. We do get some winds through here too, but none of the containers are light enough to be swept off. Most of them have roots and are mixed with a cactus mix which is fairly heavy compared to peaty potting soil.

Here's Duke below:

Clare, Duke is lovely too. Is he a Lab/Rottweiler mix? Or am I way off on his geneology too? LOL I somehow forgot to mention how gorgeous I think Dutchess' coloring was. I don't know much about Great Danes, so perhaps her coloration was common enough, but I'd never seen one like that before.

Hi Julie! You got it! He is indeed a German Shorthair Pointer/Rottweiler Mix. He looks like his mama did, the German Shorthair Pointer, in all respects except his coloring. Dutchess was indeed beautiful and always got a lot of interest when she went in public. She was a Blue Merle Great Dane, which is less common than other types of Great Danes. Thanks for being so sweet about the true loves of my life.

What a sweet face Clare. Doncha just love it when a senrior dog can get that absolute puppy face like that :-)

Yes! The older they get, the sweeter they get!

:-D gosh what a cute face! :-)

salvia~

Words, words, words. I guess you couldn't have described him as an "old dog" and gotten the same impression as "senior dog."

Brad, in my house it's illegal to refer to family pets as 'old'.....it depresses my husband too much. ;-)

Makes sense. When our much beloved , and much matured, "Poochy" died one night out under the rhododendrons, I had the unhappy job of interring him. (Both kids were away at camp -- luckily.) He was, still, always a puppy to me.

Brad, so sorry about Poochy. I know exactly what you mean. Duke is 11 but still a puppy to me too.

Thanks, Julie:-) He is my world at the moment.

Here is another picture of my seedlings and cuttings that I've been repotting. Most of my seedlings and rooted cuttings are in five-gallon containers now.

This is an inflo on a cutting which is in the process of rooting. Notice that it only has four petals. This is common when a plumeria is rooting.

These too are flowers which are blooming on a cutting that is rooting. The flowers are very small which is also common on a cutting which is in the process of rooting.

Your killing me by bits and pieces Clare! ;) They're lovely!!! Ü

Thanks, Lilypon! You're supposed to enjoy the pictures, not let them kill you! LOL!

Clare_CA:

Just checking on the TW. How's she doing? Any inflor?