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Oct 8, 2015 8:48 PM CST
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Name: Heath
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Does anyone know how I can straighten my plumeria ? Its been growing outside all summer and has had full Sun all the way around it.
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Oct 8, 2015 8:58 PM CST
Name: Elaine
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About the only way would be to put the pot next to a sturdy support like a fence post, tie the stem to the post, and very gradually pull it upright, I think.

But, please consider first that plumeria really don't grow "straight" anyway. They are naturally an open, branching shrub. It may be getting ready to put out a branch in the other direction that would balance it out. These plants growing in the wild don't often fall over, they spread out their branches to balance. That little guy just hasn't got his feet under him yet and looks like it put out too much top growth for its stem to support.

Ease back on the fert and water as the weather cools and see what happens next spring.
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Oct 8, 2015 9:00 PM CST
Name: Cheryl
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I had a couple of crooked cuttings. After rooting and the first transplanting I tied gently it to a stake. I see you have stakes already in. Try slowly tying it up to the stake and bringing it up straighter and straighter over time?
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Oct 8, 2015 9:10 PM CST
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Name: Heath
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Thanks. I was thinking of doing that with pantyhose tying it to the porch railing...But if that is the way they grow I might just leave it alone.
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Oct 9, 2015 3:49 AM CST

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All good advice. Many Plumeria get top heavy with the new growth this time of year. The newest part of the branches is still very flexible and all the heavy leaves, often laden with rain water, will make it top heavy and bend over. I would clip some of the older leaves and then tie it up. If you want this to become a tree (they are trees, you know Whistling ) it would be better to start with a nice straight trunk.
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Oct 9, 2015 5:40 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
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Yes, you can easily straighten it as people suggested. That "trunk" is very pliable and actually would straighten with the first try. You might need a larger stake though. I stake every single one of my plumera to keep them straight.
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Oct 9, 2015 8:32 AM CST
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Name: Heath
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Ya I have a lot smaller ones that are stacked I just let that one get away from me and was afraid I might break it but I'll gentle.
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Oct 9, 2015 9:42 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
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I straighten plumeria all the time. Often their growth takes them well past the stake and then I have to "pull" them back to a longer stake. I have never broken one in all the years. You'll be fine, Heath. Thumbs up
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Oct 9, 2015 9:58 AM CST
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Name: Heath
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Thanks
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Oct 9, 2015 10:54 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
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Thumbs up
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Oct 9, 2015 11:24 AM CST
Name: Cheryl
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Hey! Look at that pineapple you have there!! Thumbs up
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Oct 9, 2015 11:41 AM CST
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Name: Heath
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I took the top off of one I bought at the grocery store a couple of years ago
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Oct 9, 2015 12:14 PM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
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That is something I have never tried to do. It sure does look neat. You have a magical (green) thumb, Heath.
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Oct 9, 2015 12:23 PM CST
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Oct 9, 2015 6:30 PM CST
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Name: Heath
sevierville TN (Zone 7a)
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Yes those are all seedlings that I just repotted the summer. I have had them for 2 years now
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Oct 12, 2015 6:48 PM CST
Name: David Laderoute
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I stake almost anything that has a strong upward growth - usually from very early on. Depending on the plant, I may remove the staking. Further, I am more North than you, so I try to rotate plants 90 degrees every week or so. Some I need to rotate 180 degrees. Sun lean can be rather dramatic. I just wonder if there are any straight trees in Minnesota.

That flexible green gardening tape can be use to cinch up a little at a time as well.
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May 20, 2019 10:30 AM CST

So I got a plumeria branch when I was in Disney World, the woman that sold it to me said I needed to put it in a pot of sand and keep it out of weather below 30*. When I made it back to Pennsylvania, it sat for about 2 weeks before I got around to getting sand and planting it, plus I was waiting for our weather to reach springtime temperatures. I was bringing it in and out for a while but now it seems we got summer temperatures so it's mostly warm and sunny with days of rain. It's been planted since mid March and outside full time the end of April. Last week I noticed a bend and now this is what it looks like....
Is there any way I can fix it or is it a lost cause? Please help...
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May 20, 2019 10:48 AM CST
Name: Glenn Graham
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May 20, 2019 11:26 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
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Welcome! Welcome!

I agree with Glenn, @Halahback. Your plant was either dead when you got it or was subjected to wet/cold temperatures. Purchase rooted plumeria to give you a head start growing and blooming plumeria and to reduce a lot of the challenges that rooting plumeria entail.
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May 22, 2019 3:56 PM CST

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Yep. Sorry to say but that's a goner.
No way to tell at this point what went wrong, but one thing I always caution about (and it may not have had anything to do with your plant's demise) but please always fill your pot all the way with your chosen medium, the half full pots provide a great environment for excess moisture, bugs and sunburn from the reflected heat of the pot.
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