I would agree with Gene. Root prune as soon as you can. It may take a little while for your trees to recover from the process, but they will do better for the remainder of the year than if they are left root bound. ~james

hey nucci. I started doing this when I lived in Z6 in northern Arkansas. None of the local nurseries wanted to carry over their hostas to next spring and had "buy 1-get 1 free". Once they had a buy 1 get 3 free sale on Ginko Craig. I bought 2, got 6 free, and they all were easily divided into 4 or more plants which I did immediately. All I have ever done is crowd the potted plants close to a building on the south or east side, away from dessicating winds. I never have watered them. Like hostas in the ground, they go dormant and wake up the following spring. I have done this with a couple of hundred hostas and have lost only 3-4 at the most. I experimented one year and put some divisions in the ground and potted others. In general I would estimate that potted young hostas that don't have to compete with weeds, etc. exhibited almost 50% greater development than their in dirt sibs. I can only say this is true for late in the season purchases, like if you bought them now. In Z6 it seems the nurserymen don't like to use a lot of their water to save their hostas since 90-100 degrees is not rare in (normal) August and September. I just continued potting late bought hostas when I moved back to Illinois and it works in Z5 the same way. I assume that could be said for more northern climes also as long as they are protected against the Alberta Clippers. Les

Jim, I am hoping someone with more experience than I will respond, but here is my opinion. There is danger in either choice. Plumeria need heat and light to root, and it takes a while for that to happen. I would expect it will be getting cooler where you are as well as fewer hours of sunlight, so rooting now may be difficult unless you have a heat mat and grow lights to augment mother nature. However, although there are reports of cuttings being viable after months in storage, I think the chance of successful rooting drops the longer you wait to root them. Personally, if there is any chance of giving them bottom heat and extra light, I would try rooting them now, rather than waiting. Mike

I'd say leave them as they are. I don't see any advantage to potting them up this time of year. They will need to be indoors this winter since they still young. When the weather starts to warm up in the Spring, that will be the best time to pot up. Good luck with them this winter. Brighty