Holy cow, Mary. How in the world do you get so many more hours of sunlight than we here in Mississippi? I won't see that number of day-light hours for at least 6-8 weeks (just a guess). Those additional day-light hours will be a big bonus when getting your plants outside, even if only during the day when it is warm enough. I need to up-pot my half-dozen new seedlings too, but just did not have the time before my surgery, and now............it'll have to wait a bit longer. When I up-pot mine, they will go from 4" pots into (nursery) gallon pots. That's quite a jump in size but that seems to work for me. I do make sure the potting media is extremely well-draining though and that the plants get plenty of very bright, indirect sunlight.

Ken - your Sunrise is currently at 6:49 AM, and sunset at 5.29 PM. I believe that translates into ten hours and forty minutes of daylight.

You are right, Hetty. It sure seems like the day is so much shorter than that. My perception is off-kilter, huh?

Our 7 day forecast is looking great. I think I'll be able to start the construction of the HFGH this weekend

@luckyzl230 Isn't that a great forecast A bit warmer forecast here in the desert....but still.....now to search for the best deal on nursery sized pots for plumeria babies!

Curious, I put my seedling into a clear plastic cup after removing from the seedling tray so I can see/monitor the roots. Anyone else do this as well?

@Bradfish83 I've only transplanted one into a similar sized cup. Just used what I had, which was red. Think I will up-pot the remainder into nursery pots as Hetty & Ken suggested. Don't know if clear would affect root growth or not. Your plants are looking good

I have clear orchid pots but haven't used them for anything in several years. With adequate light and moisture, too much algae seemed to grow because of the light-translucency.

I'm hoping since these are growin inside that I won't have to worry about the algae. I'm going to put them into black 1 gal pots before they get put outside in the spring. My best grower is going nuts, seed planted on 24Nov and it's just growing like crazy. Like my others it's grown inside under LED lights. Can't wait to see what it is. It came from a "Purple Butterfly " according to the seller.

That one definitely is ready to bust out when put into a gallon pot.

Wow!! My little tikes are growing well and I have had near;y 100 % germination. Gonna be up to my eyeballs. Hope I have some locals interested in Plumeria.

DavidLMO said:Wow!! My little tikes are growing well and I have had near;y 100 % germination. Gonna be up to my eyeballs. Hope I have some locals interested in Plumeria. :-)

That's great David! My germination rate has only been about 40% so far for seeds purchased through Amazon. Just planted seeds from BB&B so hopefully that will change.

Germination rate for the BBB seeds has been near 100% for me also Hope they do well when transplanted. Going to be swimming in seedlings!

@Bradfish83 which seeds did you get from Brad's?

that's how I ended up with 100 seedlings, I thought o will have 50% germination rate only.

Hahaha Gigi. I am amazed the size of some of the stems. Several ~ 3/8ths inch and they are just throwing real leaves. Maybe some of mine got some Dr. Dawg magic dust. I think only like 3 or 4 have not germinated.

@Azgarden

I purchased:
Celadine- 5 seeds
Carol's Pink- 5 Seeds
Courtade Pink- 10 seeds
Khanom Thauifu-5 seeds
Moragne #27--10 seeds
Plastic Pink- 5 seeds

The seeds looked much better then seeds I've received from previous sellers and even got a few extras.

Bradfish83 said:


That's great David! My germination rate has only been about 40% so far for seeds purchased through Amazon. Just planted seeds from BB&B so hopefully that will change.

You should do much better with those from BBB. Mine ~ 100 %. Some still coming up.

I'm running out of room for my seedlings, spring needs to hurry up.

Looking good Gerald! for all of us with a plethora of seedlings while there is still room for the humans in the house!