anyway, i noticed that it is the leaves themselves that pick up the brunt of the wind, and probably the reason why they they topple over in the first place.

i liken this to a yacht with its sails up, and one without its sails up.

anyway, if i was to cut off all the leaves, leaving 'stubs' in their place, would it distress the plant at all???

thanks...

MM.

do you reckon i should get rid of all the leaves for the frangis with an already-developed root system and inflos???

And how are your brissie cuttings coming along you say you rooted them gee that was quick, are you sure there are roots on them, or do you mean you just potted them up????

Now muzz if the plants that are falling over were store bought with roots why are they falling over, seems to me they must be top heavy, in other words too big for the pot do you think that! if so take them out and repot then into a bigger pot and that should fix your problems, no dont take the leaves off those store bought plants and do be carefull of those roots.

Hope this helps.....MM

heh...when i said 'rooted', i guess i meant potted...every single one apart from one or too have begun sprouting those 'claw leaves', so i am taking that as a good sign...

cheers...

You would have to work out the size yourself like how tall was the cutting if it is three times the hight of the pot it will fall over. Usually you go up a pot size but never more than two sizes bigger.

But seeing yours are only cuttings with no roots then it is best you leave them alone, put some pebbles on the pot or put a brick on them, or can you put all your potted cutting in a box where they wont move with he wind, if no boxes tnen group them all together and tie string or rope under the rim, there has to be a solution out there some where for you, just look around you will see it.

MM.

so, a 15 centimetre cutting requires a 5 cm (radius or diametre) pot?

i'll do that tonight. also, is there a procedure for repotting? do you do it in the evening? in the morning? do you water it after you do it?

thanks...

Just put them somewhere where they wont get knocked over by the wind.

Forget about the equation I am sorry I mentioned height, but a frangipani cutting would never fit in a 5cm pot.

MM.

the pre-potted frangi cuttings are the ones that are being blown over by the wind. the ones i potted myself are fine. absolutely fine. leaves are continuing to grow (on most of them...), and the stems are all firm and nice.

now, what is the procedure for re-potting frangis i have purchased from a store (by the way -- south melbourne market is a good place to buy potted frangi cuttings. between november and christmas only...). they are the only frangipanis that are being blown over. the ones that are in MINISCULE pots, yet have fully developed root systems, and sometimes ever twenty centimetres above the ground...

cheers...

MM.

kiwilad, any suggestions on what is a good type of gravel to use? when i think of 'gravel', i think of the stuff that they have in parking lots. is there a particular type or brand of gravel that i should use???