I have some Hawaiian Leia (or however you spell it) plants (Plumeria sp.)
that also need watered only once a week. So, when I water the yard, I put an
empty plastic bag (2 cu. yd. mulch) over the pots they are in (it freezes
here so I have to keep them in pots to move in in the winter). That way, the
water goes on the yard (which needs it) and not in the Plumeria pots (which
don't).

Whatever you can do to dry them puppies out!

Watering them every day, I have a really hard time believing they lived this
long...must be a bit bigger than my 12" tall Jades!

Good luck,
John


"StickMon" wrote in message
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John T. Jarrett wrote:
Or, if they are the Jade I have, OVERwatered...I water mine once a week
only...maybe.

John
Austin, Tex


"Cereoid-UR12yo" wrote in message
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What haven't you done?

Have you watered them or fertilized them?

Has you area been sprayed with malathion for mosquitoes?






Thanks for the response. I would tend to think they may be overwatered.
The sprinklers run for 15 minutes at 11:00 PM every night, a fairly
heavy mist near the bases, but they have for 3 years and this problem
has come on quite suddenly.

They don't spray for mosquitoes here. We are on the edge of the desert
so there is about one mosquito per square mile. I do use diazinon for
ants on occasion, but haven't in several months.

I think I'll try and carefully dial down the sprinklers a little, and
give them a little fertilizer. (And tie them up with some rope.)

Thanks again.