A 3-year old seedling is blooming
Melody26
7 years ago
Good afternoon everyone,
Just wanted to share my 3-year old seedling which was the tiniest one that I saved is flowering.
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Comments (10)It is encouraging that your SEED-GROWN lemon is blooming at such a small size! I assumed that a seed-grown fruit tree/shrub would have to mature (and gain much vertical height in the process) before it could bear flowers and fruit. Doesn't pruning (which is obviously a must when growing indoors where vertical height is limited) keep the tree in the juvenile stage, thereby preventing it from becoming capable of flowering and fruiting? I have a 2 year old seed grown 'Primofiore' lemon, which is 6 feet tall and confined to container culture. Its rate of growth is so fast that I have had to root prune it on two occasions (it was so pot bound that the lowermost leaves were starting to yellow and drop off, but since the root prune, the lemon has put out a flush of new growth). My 2 year old 6 feet tall lemon has yet to flower (how tall must it get before it does?). I patiently await..............See MorePlease help identify a 2 year old seedling that just bloomed
Comments (9)Arctic thats great. Congrats. Your pictures always make me so envious. :P As others have mentioned, seedlings should never be given the same cultivar name as it's parent even if self-pollinated. Officially named plumerias were registered with certain characteristics noted in the registration. While some seedlings may resemble their pod parent's flowers closely they may take on different traits in their gene pool for better or worse (often things that aren't readily apparent such as increased disease resistance, vigor, propensity to bloom, etc.). You can name it whatever you want. But to make it official, register it with the Plumeria Society of America if you find this seedling to be outstanding among others in performance, fragrance, or other characteristics....See MorePics of 1 year old Plumeria seedling in bloom
Comments (9)Those warm temps and dry air are really encouraging the mites -- but they're encouraging flowers too! I have some plumerias under lights in the basement, and several are still blooming. I thought that by keeping the lights at under 11 hours they wouldn't bloom, but they are anyway. I'd rather they bloom in the summer. Perhaps the warmth (about 75 degrees) in combination with lights and no cool-down at night are keeping them blooming? Any ideas on how I can discourage blooming? I can't cool the room any more than it is. Do you think I should reduce the light period even more? What's frustrating is I have a seedling that has its FIRST INFLOS -- FOUR of them! And I know they're just not going to bloom well....See More2 year old seedlings won't bloom. Should I trim? Pics*
Comments (12)Sound good, Candice. I'd give them a weak feeding every time you water, and once in a while flush them with clean water to help against fertilizer build up. You may want to angle these two to the best, longest sunlight exposure you can get. Some plants just need more sun or more feeding than others. Pruning may help for shape and branching but I doubt it'll make any impact for whether they flower or not. Sometimes we just have to be patient because some are slower to mature....See More
chuy415
7 years ago
Elena
7 years ago
greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
7 years ago
Melody26
7 years agoThank you all! Gill, I keep all of my seedlings. Chuy, I sure did. Elena, just be patient. This is another tiny one amazed me this morning. It's already made my weekend wonderful. These seedlings are from my regular pink single mother tree. Wish you all a great weekend!
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