Viewing post #1483515 by drdawg

OK, that makes sense, @Kelli. If you have a dormant plant, and its fall/winter, they don't need water. If the plant(s) are kept warm (above 50F) and in bright light during the winter, they can be watered every couple of weeks though. I do this with dozens of plants. They'll still go dormant at some point, and lose all or most of their leaves, but they bounce back more quickly in the spring, when they can get back outside. Doing this also helps them maintain their inflo. stems. You can also mist your dormant plants' stems every week or two to help keep them somewhat hydrated. That doesn't hurt them.

Of course, seedlings and newly rooted plumeria can be grown in a greenhouse during the fall and winter months, watered when dry and lightly fertilized (optional), and they will keep some or most of their leaves. Again, I do this routinely and did so with dozens of plants last winter. Here are around 3 doz. plumeria that were greenhouse grown last winter, after moving them outside in late March. The ones without (large)leaves are newly rooted ones.

4/1/2017