Here are my pics of the beautiful Aztec Gold that was shared by Hetty. She sent me a cutting in the fall and it rooted over winter, and it's now blooming.
Pics of my Aztec Gold
Here's another. And the fragrance is yummy.
Do you guys mind if I share a pic of my favorite person in the world??
Here's Lucky:
Maureen, that is beautiful! (you best friend is too!) I am still patienly waiting for my cutting to root. I rec'd some in a trade also and nothing so far. I want to pull them up to see what they are doing but I am trying to be paitent. What did you up there in NY to get yours to cooperate through winter?
Hi Pdoyle, thanks for the compliments. I started off with a very healthy cutting. I dipped it in rooting hormone and watered. Put on a heating mat in a very sunny south facing windowsill. That's it. Once it rooted, I removed the mat and it's going gangbusters now.
I need to get me a heating mat. Every thread I read they talk about using one. I have never seen one other than the "human" ones.
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pdoyle, from what I've been told a heating mat is a must to root plumeria. I've had 100% using a heating mat on them. It was about 25.00 with shipping.
I use it all the time now.
Well, online I go then. Right now I have mine in my sunroom. It gets really hot in there. On a 50 degree day with full sun, it can get 90. I hope that helps until I can get one. Any recomendations?
Thanks for showing your beautiful pictures Maureen, I'm so happy for you!
pdoyle, when I lived in England I successfully rooted several plumeria in a yogurtmaker! Gets just about the right temperature.
Any heating mat will do, people use old waterbed heaters, and all kinds; it's best to have one with a thermostat though.
You can also put the rooting cutting on any warm place in your house like the back of the fridge, the top of the computer, the dryer. etc. BOTTOM heat is the key.
Absolutely beautiful... can't wait for my cutting from Hetty to arrive. I hope mine does half as well. Thank you for the picture. You must have the 'magic touch'.
Tammie
The heating pad I have is one that people use. I've been afraid to use that (on low I guess) because it doesn't have a temp reading. I don't know how hot it gets. It is just hi, med or low. Would yall use that?
Maureen, congratulations on your beautiful flowers! Well done! Lucky is surely a lucky dog to have you as an owner. My favorite people in the whole world have four legs too! He has such a beautiful coat and looks very happy. Thanks for sharing these pics!
Pdoyle, I wouldn't use a people heat mat because they are not made for that purpose and can be a fire hazard, especially if they get wet. The plant heat mats have a rubber mat for insulation so it is okay for it to get wet. Plant heat mats are a must when rooting cuttings in any cold season, but your sun room sounds ideal; although, it couldn't hurt to use a heat mat even now. Here is a link to some heat mats: http://www.growerssolution.com/page/GS/CTGY/heatmats I bought a couple from Comforthouse here: http://www.comforthouse.com/floorpad.html I bought two of the big ones this winter since I only had one medium one the previous winter.
Aztec Gold is a real beauty. Congrats Maureen
Jackie
Does anyone know of a good cleaning solution that will get rid of the drool off my keyboard???
That's a real beautiful Plumie!
wonderful! take a whiff for me. LOL
Great links Clare
I got all my heating mats on e-bay
I will add that while bottom heat is indisputably a must
It is to your advantage to also use a fluorescent light and keep it on 24/7 directly on top of the cutting.
Bright light makes all the difference when rooting.
I live in Philadelphia PA and do a good bit of winter rooting.
I have about 45 cuttings rooting right now
Most are from Hawaii and don't like the cold NE USA.
I spent my first year learning to grow seedlings
My second year learning to flower
Year # 3 was the year of grafting and its winter was spent mastering winter rooting here in the chilly NE corridor.
My success at rooting is up to over 98% now.
I owe this largely to all the helpful souls on a few forums.
Heat and light are critical.
Good Luck!!
Hi Michael! It's nice to see you posting again, my friend. I agree with you wholeheartedly about the light. It surely does make all the difference. I noticed that too. Congrats on your rooting successes!
So what am I doing wrong? Mine's not blooming, just leafing. A lot.
Beverly, once you have yours outside and start fertilizing regularly, you may see an inflo. My plumerias are just starting to form inflo's outside and in the greenhouse. Different cultivars bloom at different times when the energy is ample. My guess is that there is not enough energy in yours to bloom at the moment. Once yours are outside in full sun, however, that may change, and feeding will help greatly also. I've counted about 50 plumerias about to bloom out of 200 or so, not counting seedlings, so that is only 25% at this point. If I get 50% to bloom this season, I will be happy. For whatever reason, some trees just won't bloom every year, and some will. I suppose that is why we collectors have hundreds so that we can be assured of blooms to smell in the summer.
Bbinnj - this is my first cuttting to root and bloom so quickly. It's never seen the natural sunglight except through windows. I think the cutting I got was extremely healthy and ready to go. It has 3 tips so I'm hoping for more. My rooted cutting from last year didn't bloom last year but it's got an inflo growing on it now. And I just got 2 more cuttings, 1 of Kauker wilder and 1 of celadine. I hope they root and blooms just as quick (wishful thinking).
Maureen
Maureen congrats the AZ Gold is one of all time favs and it will be your most prolific plumie in your collection..
Maureen, my Celadine blooms every year without fail, and Kauka Wilder is known as a good bloomer also. Aztec Gold is also known as a reliable bloomer so I'm sure you will get blooms every year.