Plumeria emergency

[pikevi]

Hi,

I was given this little member of a trifurcate branching on a Plumeria, which is highly scented and multi-colored. It is very tender and is only about 10cm (4") long , inclusive of the leaves.

The base is almost hollow and has a crescent shape browned area. The rest is fresh.

Since it is very tender ,is there any chance of saving it?

I am planning to plant it in a 'loamy' mix and use some rooting hormone at the time of planting.

Thanks for any advice.

[pikevi]

Just an update.

This tiny little fellow survived: took almost 3 months to show signs of life. It has a new leaf

[chefatplay]

Congrats, Pikevi. You certainly have a knack. I will keep learning as long as wonderful people like you who are willing to share their knowlege keep doing so. Thank you.

[LeftCoastAngler]

Wow. What a comeback!

~LCA.

[LeftCoastAngler]

I'm hoping you brought this little rascal inside for the winter... ?

~LCA.

[pikevi]

Yes, I did, LCA.

But I was a little late. It did not make it. I had so many plants to bring indoors this little one escaped my immediate attention. I guess it was too tender to handle the cold.

In fact I had quite a few casualities this fall; a direct result of my orchid hobby

I will get some more 'stumps' from home-shows and garden-shows this spring.

Thanks for the interest

[Gladys47]

I have 5 inflos on my large plumie. But we Had a couple nights of high strong cold wind a few weeks ago and now I've lost a lot of leaves.Also some wind burned leaves. I'm hoping and praying but I don't think I'll get to see the blooms. Maybe I'll get lucky tho. If so I'll post pics . I say we have 2 seasons here. Summer and February.So if they hurry? Dont think I'm gonna pull it up this year,just gonna cover it if we have a real cold spell. I pulled it out for storage last year and it set it back so much.I have about 6 new branche popping out. I want it to get taller but it insist on just spreading out wider. Don't know what to do. I've had it so long I'm always afraid to do much for fear of killing it. Just call me a chicken! Any ideas to make it go up instead of out? Without doing anything too drastic?
Glady

[PhalPal]

Does anyone actually know how cold plumeria will tolerate???? I have two in the ground and one potted; of course I can't move the planted ones when we have an extra cold night.

I came home after four days in Mendocino (I love the up north weather best also pikevi) and my little weather station told me that two nights were at 32 degrees. (at home in So Cal) When I know it is getting that cold I wrap my plumeria in burlap and they have done okay at 30 degrees for a few hours overnight. Since I was not home and didn't know it would get so cold they were exposed. They are naturally leafless this time of year so I have no leaves for clues; I don't know if it frosted??

Also, does it make a difference if it warms up during the day following a 'cold' night??? It can be 30 overnight and 70 the following day. These may sound like stupid questions but I haven't had tropicals outdoors for long and can't seem to find answers in books; they concentrate on continuous cold winter weather and not weird patterns like we have down here.

[Gladys47]

You can actually pull it out of the ground and store it bare root. But I did mine last year when we had an unusual cold spell and it did no harm but I felt like it did set it back some in growth and blooming this year. I had heard it would, and it did. But it was better than losing a plant I've had so many years. I think I'll just cover this year if need be.
Gladys