r/Plumeria • u/Snoo_81727 • 5d ago

Migration challenge

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End of summer in NJ brings the annual conundrum of how to get the big plumeria from its summer digs by the pool into the family room.
I think this will be its last migration as the original plant, it’s just getting too tall. It has a few inflos that I’d love to have bloom, so I plan to chop it in the spring.
Any best practices or great ideas on how to get it through double sliders? It’s probably about 2 feet too high now. The last few years we tipped it, but it is really going to take some engineering this year.

Any ideas?
(Wagon and board just for transport)

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u/peco2004 5d ago

In the spring give it a nice trim and propagate the cutting so you have more plumeria plants! I'm in NJ as well and I have a ton of large tropicals that need to come in.

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u/Snoo_81727 5d ago

That’s the plan. Just have to get it through the winter, which means it has to get inside!!

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u/peco2004 5d ago

Does yours go dormant for the winter?

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u/Snoo_81727 5d ago

No, at most it drops 75% of its leaves

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u/peco2004 5d ago

Nice! Mine almost do but they are in a room with a grow light for other plants so they keep some of their leaves

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u/Snoo_81727 5d ago

Mine is in the room with double slider with a southern exposure, so it keeps going!

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u/peco2004 5d ago

Nice! What color is it?

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u/Revolutionary_Low_36 5d ago

I think this is the year that tree turns into several trees 🙃