Re: plumeria cuttings

I REALLY want to take the whole thing truthfully. I'm still deciding. It's
blooming so well right now it makes me sick to think about cutting it up!
And it's three different ones in a single pot and they're different colors
and so gorgeous together. OK, I'll take the whole thing. 


Andrea H
Beaufort, SC


> [Original Message]
> From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 8/22/2005 7:23:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] plumeria cuttings
>
> May I add please, that when you take the cutting of the plumeria...let it

> harden off.  If you don't, it will rot for sure.  You can keep a 
plumeria 
> cutting for days or weeks even, if not longer before planting.  
>  
> I personally have never heard of cutting off a bloom stalk that is
produced  
> on a cutting, David. May I ask the reasoning behind this???  I have 
heard 
> this on other plants, but never a plumeria.   I have seen  several
cuttings 
> bloom, and root nicely despite having bloomed.  I  have had cuttings that
bloomed 
> right away, then didn't bloom  again for a couple years, but did fine.  
>  
> On a personal note, Andrea, I would take the larger  plumeria.  Would
take a 
> while to grow the cutting back up to a  nice size, and if it rots you
have 
> nothing.  I'd take the large one, they  are super easy to overwinter, if
they 
> aren't the evergreen type...I have friends  in cold winter regions that
just wrap 
> the thing in burlap and shove it under a  bed or in the basement. 
> If you do plan on leaving the larger plumeria, make several cuttings
before  
> you move, that way you have it fairly well rooted or can take more if
those  
> don't work.
>  
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>  
>  
> In a message dated 8/20/2005 11:02:22 PM Central Standard Time,  
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> I have a  couple of Plumeria that I have been growing for a few years
now. 
> Take the  cutting, sink it deep enough so that it stands on it's own. 
Water 
> it  in once and then don't water again until you see leaves.  If the
cutting  
> produces flowers before leaves you should cut the flower stalk off.  
> Plumeria have very fine roots and overwatering the cutting will rot it  
> before it has a chance to root.
>
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