tarev said:I don't know where you are located. But since you said it is humid Spring weather on your side, then bring the plants out now. Winter time is rest time for them. I am glad to see at least your plant did not succumb to any rotting while being watered and given fertilizers when it is still obviously asleep at that time.
My only concern though is your soil. You said your conditions are humid, so it may have some detrimental effect on the roots if media is too dense. They need a grittier media, so it does not sit too long in a wet media.Or even if it rains, then it will drain out faster. If it were mine, I would improve the soil first, add much more pumice or perlite to it. It will also be a good time to inspect what is happening at the root zone area. Then after that has been addressed, I would position that plant outdoors in part sun/shade area first, so it gets a chance to acclimate to your outdoor temperature and light levels. I would water it thoroughly once, and leave it alone and wait it out, as long as it takes. Got to wait for at least one good viable leaf to fully open before you can resume active watering again. I do not know what variety of Plumeria you have. Some do take much longer to awaken properly. Later on when it has formed a good leaf, with active watering resumed, you can position it to a more full sun area.
I see. Do you think I should have waited to plant them only in the Spring? It just didn't make much sense to me to let them packed as they were on a newspaper...at some point I was afraid they could die, but then again It's my first time trying to care for Plumerias. Unfortunately I don't know the varieties, just that one is giving white flowers with yellow at the center and the other is pink. I suppose this doesn't help much.
I'm located in Portugal, by the Ocean. Spring is wet, and where we are there is a kind of microclimate that makes it possible to grow things such as avocados and sugar cane. It never gets too hot though, Summer temperatures tend to not exceed 30Celsius, and even that is not so usual. But humidity prevails. I thought if my neighbours can grow tropical plants I could give a try to these beautiful Plumerias we got in Madeira.
I checked and my varieties are probably 2 different kinds of Plumeria Rubra.
I will add about 50% perlite to their soil now, and check on the roots. Do you think they would like some coir, too? When you mention putting them outside, I suppose you mean for them to be kept in pots until the first leaves?
Thank you so much for the advice.
