Don't let this happen to your plumies

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vossner East Texas, United States(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2014

This is a cutting grown, 2 YO plant. Has been fertilized during growing season but is is severely root bound. That poor little plant has practically no soil nutrients and all roots. I took a pic before transplanting. If I lived in cooler weather I might have waited until spring, but in Houston I have a couple of months for this plumie to get settled in its new pot. I made incisions with a box cutter in the hopes of getting roots to grow into new soil rather than round and round like it's been growing

Bad plumie Mommie. Bad!!!

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Txtea Fabens, TX(Zone 8a) Sep 24, 2014

Thank you for the information.

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drdawg43 Starkville, MS(Zone 8a) Sep 25, 2014

That's common with plumeria. In favorable conditions (and that's almost any conditions!) they will soon fill a pot with roots. If I were going to allow dormancy, I would not bother with re-potting, but any other time is fine. The plant will bounce back quickly. I hope you gently separated the roots so that they could grow outward.

Ken

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