How to Grow Plumeria from Cuttings

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take cuttings from plumeria with bypass pruning shears while wearing rubber or medical gloves in late winter.

   Select newly matured shoots that are light gray-green for best results.
   
   Make your cuttings 1’ to 2’ (30.5 to 61cm) long.
   
   Remove any leaves, flowers or buds from the cuttings.
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   Step 2: Allow the cuttings to dry for 1 week in a warm area out of direct sunlight.

   , Use a mixture of 2 parts perlite to 1 part potting medium without added fertilizer and blend well.
   
   Moisten the potting mixture until it holds together but is not dripping water. , You need a pot for each cutting. , Use your finger or the handle of a trowel. ,,,,,,,
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   Step 3: Prepare the potting mix.

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   Step 4: Fill a 6”to 8” (diameter pot with good drainage to within 1” (2.5 cm) of the pot rim with the potting mix.

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   Step 5: Make a hole 5” (12.7 cm) deep and a little bigger than the diameter of your cuttings in the center of each pot.

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   Step 6: Dip the bottom of each cutting into water then into rooting hormone powder and insert it in a hole you made in the planting mix.

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   Step 7: Gently firm the soil around each cutting.

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   Step 8: Cover the top of the planting medium to just below the pot rim with coarse aquarium gravel or pea gravel.

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   Step 9: Set your planted cuttings in a warm

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    Step 10: above 60ºF (15.5ºC)

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    Step 11: sunny place where they will not be disturbed.

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    Step 12: Water lightly

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    Step 13: 1 to 2 cups of water per pot

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    Step 14: after 1 week and each week after until you have several new leaves on each cutting.

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    Step 15: Water until water drains from the bottom of the pot once a week after several leaves have developed.

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    Step 16: Transplant into the ground or larger pots before the plants get root bound.

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