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| Hello,
I am new to this forum and hope that somebody will be able to help me.
Of course I will pay for everything (cuttings, shipping etc.). Thanks for any offers,
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Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by sunseeker53 10a CA USA (My Page) on Tue, Oct 25, 11 at 20:00
| Hi applecherry! Welcome to the forum! I can identify with feeling blue during the cold months, even though here in California the winters are shorter and less cold than Germany I'm sure. I have a suggestion for you if you don't mind. If you're looking for something to care for and watch grow during the winter months, especially being a beginner, cuttings are not the way to go. Because once you get those "sticks" potted, there won't be much happening with them to watch or care for, for a few months. What would probably be more exciting for you is 1) buy a rooted plant online, which, after it gets potted, will show some progress much faster if you give it the right light and heat conditions indoors (i.e. put out some leaves or even an inflo), or 2) grow some plumeria seeds, which to me is quite amazing to watch. I actually did this last winter and loved it (the progress is something you can see! The seeds sprout within a week and you will actually see them grow into tiny plants. By the time the winter is over they may be 10 cm tall and by the summer they may reach 30-50 cm). The only drawback about growing from seeds is that it may take at least 3 years before you see flowers, however during that time you will still have nice green plants to care for. You will get a nice bonus if the flowers turn out to have a pretty color or shape (since you really don't know what you will be getting when you grow from seeds). If that option sounds good to you, please send me an email with your information. I can give you some seeds to get started. I'll make sure to send you the kinds that sprout easily and produce big sturdy seedlings. |
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| Apple, I agree with everything Sunseeker said. I also grew plumeria from seeds last winter and it was so enjoyable as you can watch their progress daily. It can be done entirely indoors and takes up little room. I used plant light bulbs set into inexpensive reflector domes and mine are all now between 8-20 inches tall, very different from each other in coloration, leaf shape, growth habit, etc. Definitely the way to go if you want to nurture something over the long winter! Sun, you are so kind to offer your seeds to the poster--we all know you have only the best! Jen |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach V (My Page) on Wed, Oct 26, 11 at 10:25
| Hello Everyone, Sun, You are the best!!! Way to go and help!!! : ) Jen, You would also be the one to help out as well!!! : ) Applecherry, That name in itself sounds "happy" and "Cheery" I think Sun and Jen have the gret idea in starting seeds and watching them grow...doenst take up lots of space and will give you some great satisfaction!!! Enjoy those seeds and GOOD LUCK!!! Welcome to the forum, and lets us know how they progress once you get setup!!! The forum slows down during the winter, so it will be fun to hear of the seeds growing and whatever else is happening with all of us Plumie friends!! Take care, Laura in VB |
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- Posted by sunseeker53 10a CA USA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 26, 11 at 22:55
| Thanks for your nice comments, Jen and Laura! applecherry: I've attached some pictures for you to see my seedlings from the time I started them indoors last November, how they looked last December, and what they look like today. ONE WEEK AFTER SEEDS WERE PLANTED - NOVEMBER 2010 Uploaded with ImageShack.us DECEMBER SEEDLINGS Uploaded with ImageShack.us SEEDLINGS TODAY (A LITTLE LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD) Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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- Posted by applecherry none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 5:51
| Hello all, thank you so much for giving me such good advice! I'd love to get some seeds, sunseeker, if you don't mind. I even have a US postal address (with a mail forwarder) you could send the seeds to. I'll pm you, okay? Of course it would be great to have some blooms earlier but maybe I'll get a chance to get some cuttings next spring or summer from somebody out there. Since days we have fog now, no sun coming out, it is too thick. My bees have already clustered, hope they will make it until next spring...it is really hard for me to "survive" winter as weather doesn't get better before april or may. This means almost half a year of cold, muddy, grey and dark days - sheer horror. But you really had such a good idea with the seeds, I'm looking forward to it! Thanks again, |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach V (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 9:58
| Hi AppleCherry!!! Glad you are excited to start some seeds!!! Good Luck!!! Think warm thoughts and Sunshine... Put on a Jimmy Buffet CD OR a ZAC Brown CD and think ..PARADISE!!! Hope those days of winter go by fast for you!!! : ) Take care, Laura in VB |
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| Hi applecherry, sorry it took me so long to read your post, but it seems that our wonderful friends here on the forum have been taking good care of you. - Hi Sun, Jen and Laura, you ladies are amazing! Applecherry, I have an additional idea for you. I am from Germany, but have lived in California for the last 26 years. I used to live in Bueckeburg (about 40 minutes from Hannover) and there is an amazing nursery there that specializes in tropical plants. I don't know where you live and if you could just go there or if most of their business is mail order. Anyway, I just checked their website and the selection is astonishing (even a lot of named Thai cultivars - anybody on this forum might enjoy checking it, too). This is their website: tropische-pflanzenwelt.de Let me know what you think and if this is of any help to you. Stay warm and do what Laura says: listen to island music and dream of sunshine, palm trees and warm water. I used to do the same thing. Hated those 5 months of nasty weather. Take care Iso |
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- Posted by applecherry none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 14:51
| Hello again, and thank you again for your warm welcome - I feel like having received some sunbeams! Iso, thanks for the name of the nursery. I've checked their website and they do mailorder as well. I will make myself a present and order a plant or two today. One more question: how do I send a pm here? Didn't find anything, I'm afraid.... Thank you again, |
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- Posted by plumie_girl 9B SoCal HD (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 18:07
| Sunseeker, I have some seedlings that I started Dec 26th, 2010 and they do not look like yours. What is your secret? Mine are mixed Thai that I bought from BBB in Florida. I thought mine were doing good, but yours are awesome! Thanks for any advice you can give me. Jan |
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| applecherry - to send a pm through GW, click on the member name or the My Page on the address line of a post. Posted by applecherry none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 1, 11 at 5:51 The blue above is what you click on. On the My Page that shows up, there's a link at the top Your My Page doesn't have the 'Send me an email' link, so sunseeker seems to also have elected 'no emails' since Makes it tricky to contact one another! You can change that selection by going to the members page |
Here is a link that might be useful: GW members page
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- Posted by sunseeker53 10a CA USA (My Page) on Wed, Nov 2, 11 at 13:03
| Hello everybody! Sorry I've been so busy and haven't been able to read and respond to posts for a while! qaguy: thank you for figuring out that I didn't have a "send me email" link! Other members have sent me emails before via this forum, so I had no idea that the link had disappeared. I'm sure it happened a couple of weeks ago when I tried to make updates to my profile, since it had information that is very, very old. I may have accidentally unmarked the email box. applecherry: I'm very sorry about the disappearance of my email link! I think I've fixed it now so please DO send me an email! I already have a bunch of seeds all labeled and ready to be sent to you. Jan/Plumie Girl: My seeds came from BBB too! I started them indoors, and if I remember right, transplanted them into 1-gallon pots around March and April, when I noticed that the roots were visible on the sides of the clear plastic cups. I think that must have given the plants a boost in growth because they got more room for their roots. They were all moved outside to a sunny spot in the spring and got the same fertilizers that I gave to the larger plants. I mist them on hot days. I think they loved the larger pots and the heat of the summer, as that was when they grew the fastest. |
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| It is so wonderful to see so many of you so generous with seeds and such. =) Bright Blessings to you all! ~Tina |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach V (My Page) on Wed, Nov 2, 11 at 23:11
| Hello Everyone, AppleCherry, I wanted to post this pic for you that i took when i was in Maui.. When ever i want to think warm thoughts, i look at this! It is my screensaver. I hope u like it!!! Laura in VB
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| That is a beautiful photo Laura, just gorgeous! ~Tina |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach V (My Page) on Fri, Nov 4, 11 at 20:07
| Thank You Tina!! : ) Laura in VB |
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- Posted by Minderella 9 Lake County FL (My Page) on Sun, Nov 6, 11 at 8:47
| I am sorry but what is BBB? I live in Florida and just getting started with plumeria and would like to try starting seeds. Thank you. |
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| Minderella, "BBB" is Brad's Buds and Blooms, web link below, whom I believe is not too far from you in Florida. They carry over a hundred different cultivars of seeds as well as rooted plumeria plants. I've received many seeds from them as well and have been very happy with my results. Jen |
Here is a link that might be useful: BBB
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| That is a Wailea sunset. |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach V (My Page) on Sun, Nov 6, 11 at 20:48
| Kms... You are so right!!! : ) Grand Wailea as a matter of fact!!! what a good eye you have!!! LOL.. You know the island in the background dont you? : ) I love that place!!! Made my day... : ) Take care, Laura in VB |
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| Hi applecherry, now that you have had several days to think about which plants to order from that German grower, will you fill us in about your selection??? I checked the website again and I wouldn't know which ones to pick if I could only choose two. But I guess you could always look at it as the beginning of your addiction with room to add more in the future... Hi Laura, you know you started something here with that lovely sunset picture of yours: I am pretty sure you have all of us dreaming about warm breezes and Hawaii! Not that I am complaining about that, it's just so darn cold in the mornings now... And to think that we were at the Grand Wailea last May... Can we skip winter and go straight to spring? Take care everybody, |
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| Kaho'olawi. that's what gave it away. |
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