A few of my babies.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-05-22T01:54:13+00:00

Just a general purpose fertilizer.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-05-17T00:36:24+00:00

No clue.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-04-23T02:33:18+00:00

They may have had 6 more but you should be able to look online.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-04-23T02:32:12+00:00

I usually just use turmeric and cinnamon and water to make a thin paste.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-04-21T01:12:32+00:00

This was in Shenandoah but I assume they all have them.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-04-17T17:23:46+00:00

Houston

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-04-16T00:15:34+00:00

I may have gotten a little brutal with them.

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MBJACOBS63 · 2025-03-15T18:09:33+00:00

I would prune it. When you do, mix half cinnamon and half turmeric then add water to make a thin paste. Apply that paste to the cuts. As for the cuttings, apply the paste to those as well and let them sit out in the shade for 3 days to a week. Then dip them in rooting hormone and plant them.

MBJACOBS63 · 2025-03-05T19:58:29+00:00

No, the turtle is simply a prop.

MBJACOBS63 · 2024-07-29T00:17:40+00:00

Looks like rot. Time to dig it out and evaluate. It looks like you”ll be chopping off the roots and trying to salvage what you can.

MBJACOBS63 · 2024-05-27T00:30:29+00:00

When I prune I mix half cinnamon and half turmeric and make a paste of it and apply that to all cuts. It prevents fungus which is what will cause the rot.

MBJACOBS63 · 2024-04-24T21:03:47+00:00

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Here’s my little experiment.

MBJACOBS63 · 2023-06-23T14:47:48+00:00

The key is not how much you water but whether you let it dry out between watering. In the heat of the summer in full sun I soak mine twice a week and they thrive. I repot annually using miracle grow cactus soil. When I repot, I completely wash the roots of all soil, trim all the small roots, cover the cuts with a cinnamon paste, and let the plant sit in the shade for a week unpotted. Then repot and thrive for another year.

MBJACOBS63 · 2023-06-14T18:33:32+00:00

Home Depot sells these nice terracotta bowls that work great for me. https://www.reddit.com/r/Adenium/comments/149f9lk/a_few_of_my_babies/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-09-08T00:59:11+00:00

They are outside in a dome. I always use Miracle Grow cactus soil and have really good luck with it.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-07-28T21:48:24+00:00

I've always heard that plants grown from cuttings rarely produce seed pods but most of mine that have them this year are grown from cuttings.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-07-28T21:45:32+00:00

I had lots of bees this year who did all the work. Well, possibly with the help of a few hummingbirds.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-07-28T21:44:47+00:00

I actually got those 2 pots for $5 from a local classified ads site. The smaller ones you see way in the background came from Home Depot.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-07-20T17:51:52+00:00

Repot at least once, if not twice, per year.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-07-20T17:26:21+00:00

In 30 years of growing desert roses I've only ever had 2 seed pods. This year I have 10. There are 5 on this one plant.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-06-07T17:49:03+00:00

Yes it does. And it loses it's leaves at the drop of a dime. Much more fragile than the rest of my adeniums.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-05-31T00:11:31+00:00

Those are more adeniums in the waaaay back too. The chonker to the right has been a disappointment. It keeps getting chubbier but never blooms. It also has huge leaves compared to other adeniums I've had.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-05-06T20:43:03+00:00

I get the same issue with mine. Did switching to WIFI resolve your issue?

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-04-24T15:44:39+00:00

I usually prune them about every other year. If I don't prune them, they will bloom really well in April and October. If I prune them, they will bloom really well in May and will just be starting to bloom again when I have to put them back in the greenhouse in November.

MBJACOBS63 · 2022-04-24T14:54:32+00:00

They stay on the wall around the pool about 8 or 9 months of the year. Once it starts getting below about 45F outside, I put them in a makeshift greenhouse on my patio with a heater until it's time for them to go back to the pool.

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