Is mid-September too late to plant plumeria seeds in Texas?

eddieo
In fact many people start seeds as a winter project, to get a head start on next year; just be sure to keep them warm! Seedlings ideally should not be allowed to go dormant their first year.

This sounds like a nice winter project. Where would one be able to get good seeds from?

Florida Colors is about to unveil their new website and they will have seeds on it.

Thanks for the information, hope there will be a heads up on the launch.

Thanks for the good information. It will be a fun winter project.

Eddieo.

I actually tried my hand at germinating my very first seeds last December. I had no clue what I was doing but of the 10-12 seeds, four germinated. The seeds were donated and were 6-8 months old, but I don't know if that had anything to do with the germination success (or lack of ). I destroyed two of the tiny seedlings by not taking the proper caution in their transplanting but the other two are growing well. They are each about 18" tall, well-rooted, lots of leaves, and growing in 1 gal pots. Since then I have started another 10 or so seedlings (spring) and as Hetty recommends, I will just have to find a place to over-winter all the seedlings in their pots fall and winter.

I purchased all my seeds from Brad Buds and Blooms. Now I have enough seedlings to start a "forest" on my tiny yard. Yikes
!

You are lucky, Gigi, at least you can plant them and forget them. All mine have to come in for five months!

If we get below 40s this winter, I will keep them protected. They will be over 2 years old next spring and I'm hoping they will start blooming.

Make sure they have plenty of room to stretch their roots in the spring, and feed them well.

Below 40! I worry about temperatures below 20 for goodness sakes.

Will do Hetty! I'm hopeful that my plumerias will bloom well next year.

Ken 20's Brrrrrr!!!!

The "real" world, Gigi..........

Speaking of Autumn plumeria, last week I received an order from Doug at Plumeria Gardens Maui. For the single price of a 3 tipped rooted Donald Angus Red, he included two 3 tipped unrooted Kaneohe Sunbursts and a single tipped "mystery" plumeria that is 16 inches tall and an inch and a half thick. All four plants are already producing vigorously growing leaves. I should have about two more months of outdoor growing time before I have to bring them inside for the winter.

to TxTea. I have 5 or 6 viable Three King Plumeria seeds I will send to you if you want them

MPG have always been generous to their customers.

To update my post, here are some pictures of those 15 seedlings. The two that were germinated last December are now between 24" and 32" tall (the bench is 18" high). They are really growing fast. The other 13 were germinated between May 15 and June 15. I will leave them all outside as long as possible, hopefully until mid to late October and then they'll over-winter in one of the GH's. My plan is to put them all on a heat mat, just to be sure their roots stay nice and warm. I have an 18x36" heat mat and they all should fit on that one mat. I hope that's a good plan. This will be the first time I have had seedlings to over-winter.

eddieo that sounds wonderful. Will be sending you a Tmail. Thank you.

You definitely got a great deal eddieo!

Ken they are looking happy and healthy!