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Transplanting Plumeria

jeelli
16 years ago

Hi! I have a Plumeria newbie quandary.

I had started a Plumeria (Frangipani) from seed last year. Everything was fine until last month, when I had re potted my plant. The trunk (?) is only about 6" tall. It had five leaves on it at the time of transplant. Shortly after I settled it into it's new home (a clay pot versus a 2" plastic one) it lost all of the leaves!

I have heard that Plumerias don't like their roots to be disturbed, and I tried to be very careful, but I think some of the roots suffered some breakage anyway. Is there any hope for my plant?? The trunk is still nice and firm, and upright. Is it worth waiting to see what, if anything, will happen? It's been a month but I'm not ready to throw in the towel! I'm hoping with the intensity of the sunlight increasing, it will spur my poor baby into action.

I would appreciate the brutally honest truth!!!

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