Plumeria branch tip damage HELP
David Souza
7 years ago
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Comments (3)It branched with the inflo in August, and it has grew enough to branch again, it grew fast since August, and is branching again, it has grew 21" of new branch since August, I thought that it was growing too fast. It was a 1 tip in August and was 28" tall when it produced the inflo, and now it is a 5 tip and 20" taller. It was rooted when I got it, July 29 2007. It has grew 2' taller since I got it, its growth is just unbelievable, and it even stopped in winter for 4 months, and stopped for about a month because of the inflo, and if it didn't stop I thought it would grow too big for the house, I don't know where its getting all its growth from, I'm not using high nitrogen fertilizer . It gets about 8 hours of sun during summer, and since it is warming up now, I keep it out during the days, and in during the nights. I keep a full-spectrum florescent light on for 20 hours a day, and directly under the lights, while its in the house. It didn't produce any buds on the inflo. It has had scale for awhile, any I've been using insect sprays on it all winter, but the scale is not as bad now, but it doesn't got any other insects. I potted it in a bigger pot, and it lost some roots, and I used fertilizer, and superthive when I repotted it, but I used a moisture meter, to keep from overwatering, and underwatering, but in winter I didn't give it water unless it showed signs of needing it. Its roots was a little crowded, when I repotted it, about 2 weeks ago. It was outside when it produce that inflo in August, and it was a lot warmer than usual, lows was staying at about 70, and it was hot in August, the hottest month of 2007. It is not the same from August, that inflo is long gone, and now it is branching again, without no inflos at all, it branched in August, and now it is branching again, on different tips than in August. Lee...See MorePlumeria please help, black tip fungus?
Comments (7)Go buy a common garden fungicide (ie.Schultz). 1. cut mushy back to all green, let it dry an hour. spray with the fungicide. I then cover it with common household spackle to seal and make it look better. It will seal itself, but the spackle cuts down on cracking, new fungus, and looks clean. 2. This probably will not affect the plant, but I cannot see where the leaves are coming from. I would do the same as in #1 and leave the leaves if you can trim around. 3. Leave it. No mushy no problem, yet. Spray the tip and watch it. Some tips are slower to get started after frosts. 4. Spray the black and watch it. As long as it stays hard, the new growth will channel the energy and the hard black knob will just look black. You can trim it off with an exacto knife but I just let them go. I live in So,Cal and with light winter frost, then sping fog then rain, I have a battle with black tip every spring. Once it heats up, the problem is gone. But if you do not treat mushy stems they can kill the entire plant. Your plant look generally healthy, so spray the black tips after rain or if it gets wet. Also, on #1 make cuts at an angle so water does not sit on the cut. I cannot see how deep that hole is but this is the one to watch, the others should be ok. For future reference, a blanket or a sheet is not a good cover. These become wet and then freeze onto the plant, If you hunt around in farm supply shops you should be able to find some commercial frost cloth which is not expensive and you can fashion a cover for your plant. Frost cloth does not transmit cold so you can go into the high twenties for a short time and the plant stays protected. You can also put poles in the ground that come out in the spring, you put a cover over the plant because the settling of the damp frost is the most harmful to the plumeria....See MoreTip damage and branch questions
Comments (5)These have hardened black tip which is no longer a threat to the plant. The new branches will grow and just let them do so. After they get about a half inch long, select the best looking ones, no more than 4, and cut off the others. The plant can produce many (one I had had 14 new branches) but it cannot support a large number into healthy branches. With 3-4 you get large, healthy branches for plant growth. I first let them grow and then realized over many years that cutting produced better plants. Bill (Just leave the bottom pictured plant alone and let it grow. It will have an ugly trunk scar later but as long as the new growth comes, let it go.)...See MoreHelp! My plumeria is not growing and it's tips are turning black
Comments (19)Now my plumie is getting worse. So it has been raining a lot here in denver colorado and I put my girl in a brand new pot with some fresh organic soil mixed with perlite and a bit of sand with pea gravel on top. I have been trying to leave her outside for sun light but with all the rain I have just decide to bring her back inside. Her tips have gotten worse with the black showing on both branches. Please If I am to cut it. Can someone help me where do I start cutting. Do I separate the two branches and make two more plants or do I just cut off the black because everything else beside the tips the plant seems health...See MoreDavid Souza
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