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How To: Germinating Plumeria/Adenium Seeds

This will serve as a short but complete guide as to how to plant plumeria seeds. As simple as it seems, it is the preferred way we germinate Plumeria Seeds at Plumeria Paradise.

This method of germinating plumeria / adenium seeds has worked well for me and for my customers. I suggest that beginners plant one seed at a time until you are comfortable germinating plumeria/adenium seeds.

Soak seed overnight (8-24 hours for plumeria, 2-4 hours for adenium) between two layers of wet paper towels. Do not let the paper towels dry out.

Fill a small pot with a well draining cactus mix. Soak the soil and allow it to drain completely.

For plumeria seeds, insert heavy end of seed no deeper than ¼ inch into the soil, leaving the feathered end exposed. Adenium seeds are inserted horizontally no deeper than ¼ inch into soil and covered lightly. Place pot in direct morning sunlight or under a grow light, keeping away from frosts or freezing temps.

The amount of watering needed during germination will depend on a variety of conditions. I don't allow the soil to completely dry out, but you must be careful not to keep the soil soggy or standing in water. During germination, I spray mist seeds 2-3 times a day with Spray n Gro. This provides humidity and the fertilizer gives an extra boost.

Germination will occur between 3 and 21 days. Once seed sprouts leaves and sheds the seed shell, transfer to larger growing pot. Continue to keep moist and do not let dry in between waterings but DO NOT OVER WATER! Once seed has germinated and is transplanted, I stop spraying fertilizer, and actually fertilize every 2 weeks with a high phosphate fertilizer, such as Schultz Plus 10-54-10.

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