Hello EVeryone, Mike...You are doing everything right..I responded to your thread..on what I do with mine...Like Bill suggest..I use epsom salt once I bring them outside..or into the temps greenhouse...then a few weeks later..i fertilize with reduced strenght...also use fish emulsion and seaweed extract...i also mix in some b-1 and superthrive...I actually use superthrive everytime i water....These trees have their own personality...I have seen some strange things with mine...some have produced inflos..then the new branches that have formed from the split have new inflos...it just depends on how they are in the growth phase...they will produce inflos when they decide to!! Dave..I keep my DR's in the greatroom with the other tropicals...i do not keep them tucked away like the Plumeria..but they naturally drop their leaves and just stay in a somewhar dormant phase...I do water maybe once a month..more so than the Plumeria...They just hang out with the other plants in my room..average temp in here is 69*..or when I turn it up to 70* without my hubby seeing me turn up the thermostate!! LOL..really they just are happy where they are..I don't move them at all either...I did experimnet with one of them and cut back some of the limbs a few weeks ago...now they are putting out new branches...so i will probably trim them up just a little before I put them ot for the spring...My limbs are still green and look strong...I think one of the keys is to just let them be..just like the plumeria..if we try and mother them to much they tend to act up on us...I learned this the hard way...Bill has taught me from the get go that we have to just let the do their own thing and just monitor them... Hope this helps!!! How is everything up in NoVa? Pretty cold here..two nights ago we received 5 inches of snow...go figure? To much snow.and to cold for me!! LOL.. How is your cute little K---? Take care everyone!!! Laura in VB

My plumerias are growing VERY late this year. Now they all have green leaves coming out, but my largest one (which also makes the largest leaves) still has very small leaves. One that I bought in march is just sending leaves out now (after relocating it into a very hot and sunny spot). My variegated plumeria doesnt have one full leaf on it yet! But the good news is that my plumeria divine from jungle jacks has not one but 2 inflos! One actually formed while indoors (and being attacked by spider mites), and the 2nd one formed out out of nowhere! Im not sure if any of my other plumerias will give me blooms this year but at least Im guaranteed a bloom from my divine. My pudica is off to a good start too so maybe Ill be getting some blooms on that also later this summer. The one plumeria cutting that has remained alive STILL has no roots and I got it in February. It does have leaves pushing out though so it is alive. Good luck! -Alex

My miracle cure or prevention is grapefruit seed extract. It comes in a liquid extract or pills. The liquid drops are very bitter but it's more versatile and I don't run out as often. I dissolve some Airborne in a few ounces of water or warm water with honey and add 10-15 drops of grapefruit seed ext. and chug-a-lug it down or you can take the pills. I can't remember when I had a cold or flu get past the tickle in my throat, it's been years and I never take flu shots and haven't had the flu either. Cautionary note: Some people are allergic to grapefruit but I don't know anyone who is.

44 inches above the pot soil. It is cool, at least for me. I wanted a really weird giant flower, and I've got one. No flies to attract so far, so it is lonely. Now hope the other konjac tuber I have left in the ground all winter flowers. What now? I've got 1.5-2 months before last frost in May. So do not water until the flower dies and a leaf starts to grow? What is in the soil now? The tuber had to shrink to make the flower. Can I plant it when the leaf is a couple of feet high?