Nope, never am. Worked 20+ years on third shift cause I. never became acclimated. to the infernal central CA valley heat!. Blech! Give me snow, any day!!! This heats good for two things......solanaceae.....and plumeria!!!/

stocking up on ice cream too

LOL I am trying to stock up on ice cream too! It's hard though when it is so hot that I can't get it home without it melting. I don't have AC in my jeep, just open sides, so I have to remember to take a cooler with ice bags to the store for the ice cream. I used to take a big one but a friend just brought me a small SF 49'er cooler that perfectly fits a gallon of ice cream and 2 cold bags. I just have to have ice cream when it is so hot. I wish root beer was more easily available but I use orange soda with vanilla ice cream to really cool off.

i have been buying small cups of ice cream, especially when they go on sale..sort of guilt free eating..that is if I just stop at one at a time

Jonna, try chocolate ice cream with your orange soda. So Yummmmyyyyy
Also a couple of frozen water bottles make great ice packs.

We all have to learn what works for us, Tarev. Keep trying and you'll find it

Tarev, adding a few tall plumerias in your garden can provide the much needed shade and provide beautiful blooms.

Hi Gigi, I do not shade, got lots of it already from our city trees I just want one plumie that will live and tolerate me

It started with one for me and...beginning last year...plummiediction began for me. DH is there when I need intervention.

(Trying desperately not to think of frozen goods is lilke trying not to think of pink elephants, btw) ...Just wanted to mention that I have living proof that :

A .)There's always hope for plumeria.
B.) Ignore them, and they'll be fine.
C.) Persistence pays with these unique plants.

My severely shortened "Oahu Star " is definitely "clawing "...after being cut back by 50%....Gotta admire the tenacity of plumeria!

I cut off the bad part this afternoon. So will wait for this short one to callus and go from there.

Cyra!

Tarev, once I plant my cuttings I never pull or check if it is rooted or not. I just totally ignore them unless it turns black or mushy. However, I do cheat and plant the suspects in clear plastic cup so I can check if it has rooted or not. I normally plant my cuttings in half potting soil, half perlite in a small black plastic container and place it on a concrete/brick paver for bottom heat.

If it is a suspect, (meaning the cuttings look shriveled and I'm not sure It will root) I would plant it in a clear plastic (with good drainage holes) and wrap them in moist paper towel. I will water it once and wait for it to show a sign of life. I've been using the coke/ clear plastic cups to root my suspect cuttings. I like the clear one so I can see when the roots are visible or not. I would mist the paper towel when it gets too hot but I don't water the soil unless it gets too dry.

Distressed cuttings grow very slow. I have a Dwarf Pink Singapore from my failed air layering experiment that I've been trying to root in the cup since Feb and the claws are just now starting to show. But I still do not see visible roots. I have 2 other shriveled Singapore White cuttings that I've also been trying to root since Feb/March and the claws are just now starting to get bigger. But I don't pull them out at all, because the new roots are too tiny and you can easily damage them.



On the other hand, the well calloused healthy cuttings I rooted a month ago have leaves now. I think when you get cuttings while they are on active growth (spring or summer) they root a lot faster.

That is very true, Gigi, but there also is the fact that some varieties are harder/slower to root than others. Your Dwarf Pink and Singapore white are among those.....

Hetty.

The little one in a plastic pot inside the green ceramic vase is a single-tip DSP I rooted last month for my neighbor. I think it will be ready for her by month-end and hopefully, she will get a bloom this year.

Thanks for the tips Gigi..will see how I will do it later.. I just do not know what type of cutting I have now, but this one seems to be a fighter so far.

Thanks everyone for bearing with my plumie woes..much appreciated!

Not to worry, Tarev, -we're all learning together. My DSPs from Mike are still snoozing, yet several cuttings purchased much later in the game, are clawing or leafing out, including, (surprisingly), my dwarf "Keane " yellow, so I think there's definitely something to what Hetty mentioned. My fastest "rooters "so far have been a "mystery "cutting and a "Lei Rainbow ". Never bag rooted, before a few weeks ago, but thanks to Gigi, and a fellow on another forum, I've 12-15.cuttings sitting like bagged, paper wrapped mummies, in planters, some going through slow -mo changes, and others snoozing in the sun. Betwee them and the steno-babies, it should be a good year for plumies

Am always happy to read about successes in growing plumies.

I think I should change the title of my thread here..to my continuous quest to root plumies

Hint....get more. Your coddled one will become jealous of the "new kids on the block ", and kick it into gear!

Cyra, 12 to 15 cuttings plus your existing ones? Wow! That's a lot of cuttings.

So tempting to get more..but I want to at least get the basics right first. One at a time for now

I know exactly what you mean