Hi everyone...first post here so I'm sorry if it has been asked previously.

I live in NJ (zone 6). I have six plumeria and would like to keep them growing over the winter. I have grow lights and heaters in my basement, but would it still be better to let them go dormant?

Thanks
Don

Many people in Northern climates keep their plumeria going through the winter with light and heat. I think if your blooming season is so short, it won't be bad for the plant, but living in South Florida I have no experience with doing this.

I live on Long Island. My experience (not being an expert AT ALL) has been to bring them indoors late September/early October when it starts getting chilly overnight. I use a grow lamp as the leaves are still on them. Last year I had an inflo that ended up blooming indoors for me. Eventually, even with the lights and the constant temperature around 70 degrees indoors, the plant started going into dormancy. At this time I stopped the grow lamp and stopped watering, and waited for spring.

Don't know if that is the horticultural "proper" way to do it, but it has worked for me!

Hello - I live in the Hudson valley and have 15 Plumeria, ranging from 7 feet to 18 inches. Ive done both (let go dormant and keep going with grow light.). For me, it depends on how close the plant is to blooming. In some cases with very young inflow forming, its better to let go dormant and in spring you'll have earlier flowering once the plant wakes up.
I have a singapore white that blooms every year, but based on the timing of inflo's its in October and November ..so thats goes inside and lasts until early January.
Each plant is different. Try both and see what your happiest with.

@box90, so you use a heating pad?

@flowerPower, No. I use a seedling mat (heat) only when rooting, but my plants are all well established. Room temp is all they see if i keep them inside with a grow light.

Thanks @box90. My message meant to say "do" not "so."

So bizarre, I responded yesterday to you and don't see my message. And responded to another message that wound up in a completely different thread. Maybe the forum doesn't handle multiple tabs open well.

I am in NE Ohio and I have done both. I have had the best success (flowering) when I start them early. Once the weather is warm enough to have 60 degrees in the day time I move them out of the basement where they are dormant, and take them out to the back porch every day, bringing them in at night. I supplement with a grow light to encourage them to 'wake up'

This year I had flowers in mid-July. When I let them go dormant I occasionally had flowers near mid-September. Right about the time I was bringing them inside at night again.

My trees tend to bloom better with a good rest and dormancy for a few months that we have cold weather. I 've tried to keep seedlings going under the grow light but not a real attempt. This year I have a new grow light lamp system that I am going to try to keep my baby pineapple happy with. I think I will bring in a few of the smaller plumeria in to see how they do under lights. I've also rooted 2 kind of late in the season. Though I am hoping the next two months of heat really help them along outside, I am tempted to bring those in under the grown lamp as well. It's always an experiment, isn't it?