Adenium Garden - Martin in Denmark
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Comments (12)Concerning bad weather and rot, I am pretty amazed how quickly they succumb to rot. Saturday I watered one of my biggest seedlings which was growing nicely, caudex rock hard. Sunday the weather changed, temperatures dropping to 17 degrees C (63 F), no sunshine at all. The seedling was still outside sitting in moist soil. Yesterday I noticed that the caudex was a little soft, so I took a look at the roots. Nearly all were rotting. After a major root removal and cinnamon treatment, the seedling is now in a pot again. Hopefully the weather will soon change... Regards, Martin...See MoreFlush of Adenium Blooms About Over On This One
Comments (10)Randy, thanks for the reply, you certainly have some remarkable specimens and in combination with those pots, well what can I say? Hello Martin, after reading that DR's can bloom at under a year I now realise that this would be under ideal conditions, something I definitely don't have over here! (especially at the moment) So, I'll just be content with keeping them alive. Hopefully, as they are now getting bigger/stronger they may be able to come through the winter this time round unscathed. Here's a pic of my efforts so far. The 'big 5' are regular Ad. Obesums and to give some idea of scale they are in 3.5inch diameter pots. The 3 smaller ones maybe A. Obesums, A. Ob var. 'Noble Concubine' or even A. Ob var. 'Star of Luck'. However they are now 'NOIDS' as the labels all came off in the heat/humidity of the propagator! Will just have to wait for those elusive flowers I guess. Unfortunately, I am a total wimp when people say lift them up/expose the roots/tie the roots in knots/prune them drastically to within an inch of their lives...I just CAN'T do it to them. They have struggled to get this far, it would be like torturing them! If I could provide better conditions or have more plants to play with then possibly, maybe I would be brave enough, plus they mean a lot to me however ordinary they look. Had I not drowned at birth the others from the smaller batch, then I may have had more to experiment with, LOL!...See MoreAdenium seedling not growing?
Comments (32)you can topped off your containers with worm castings, try mix it some come coco coir, because sometimes worm castings tend to clump up, it depends on the manufacturer, for mine i have my own worm bin and my worms has a special diet...See MoreAdenium - Martin in Denmark - Part III
Comments (316)Thanks, Martin! I'm relieved you that you consider that an acceptable shot lol And yes, that was a bit of fur from Hodor the cat who likes lying down on my haworthias. Macro photography (and my battle to learn it) is what got me into plants in the first place. I am a firm believer in splurging on lenses and prioritizing it over a camera body upgrade. Also, other than the fact that my old D60 has extreme sentimental value, the reason I have been successful at talking myself out of getting a d3300 is because I shoot almost exclusively on manual mode anyway and have no use for bells and whistles. Although I could certainly use the 12k ISO with that yummy 25k ISO boost. I also have this crackpot idea of getting a cheap D3200 and having the block filters removed so I can shoot in UV. I'm told my D60 is so old its IR/UV built-in filters are weak anyway and can probably do this already but I haven't tried. I need to get a UV black filter to test it. And a xenon flash. On and on and on. Bottom line, it's really the D810 I want. And I just confessed to my real hobby, to which plants are only incidental....See MoreMartin (Denmark)
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