Adenium obesum:

Nice looking seedlings, Tracy.

I potted up some a few weeks ago now and a few I almost chucked out. They have been in the greenhouse. Decided to pot them up anyhow and have them outside. Unbelieveable growth on them.

Yours should take off now. You have a group going.

Lots of fun,

Rick

Tracy, look good enough to eat....too cute.

Marie

Lots and lots of healthy roots. Thumbs up!

I potted up a little over 100 seedlings today. I'm glad I staggered the rest of my seedlings out a little. In about 4 more weeks there will be 100 more to repot.

Tracy

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So do you do them all at once, or do six or eight or a dozen, wait awhile and come back again? Or are you a machine?

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Gosh, they're super. Where do you keep them all?

Thank you for your comments. Dave, I felt like a machine by the time I finished processing all of these seedlings! I did them in groups of a dozen or so at a time. Averil, I have a grow rack with fluorescent bulbs that I keep them all on. I had to unload all of my Dyckia seedlings off of the rack to make room for the Adeniums. As you can see there isn't much space remaining.

Tracy

Oh my goodness, what have you done! I am so happy to see others in such a state of Adenium/plant euphoria.

What a neat set-up, Tracy.

Both you and Martin have very nice grow areas.

Rick

Thank you, Rick. The Adeniums are quickly taking over the entire space. As you can see, one more repotting session and the whole rack will be owned by Adenium. I am finding it much easier to find places for my other species of plants to make room for the new babies ;)

P. S. Would love to see your indoor setup too.

Rick if you get a chance could you post a pic of your seedlings that have been outside? How old are they? I am considering acclimating a few of mine to the outdoors to see how they respond growth-wise.

Will do Tracy. My grow area is non existent at this time. I dismantle it for the spring/summer, then put it back up if I have anything I need under it.

For the exception of today, we have been having a very hot summer for us and it started much earlier than usual. Taking advantage of the sun.

Rick

Apologies for all of the demands. Since finding out that we have similar climates I am interested in knowing everything Rick.

Tracy

Tracy, they sure look healthy - and fat. ;-) Your A. obesum seedlings look somewhat fatter than your A. arabicums, or am I wrong?

You have a really nice plant grow setup! I think, you are as mad, nerdy, as I am. ;-) But I wish I had so much space... But soon, Tracy, soon. ;-)

Thanks, Martin. About half of the arabicums are larger than everyone else in this group of seedlings. Several of the arabicums came out puny. Many of the obesums are just as fat as the arabicums, I forgot to put a ruler to the obsesums when I was taking pictures.

Yes I am both crazy mad and nerdy when it comes to growing. No matter how much space I have, I always manage to fill it with plants. It is a genetic thing that I inherited from my mom. She is just as much a fanatic as I am.

Tracy

Tracy, what happens when the seedling grow bigger? Will you be moving out and leave your place for even more Adeniums? ;-) Seriously what is your plan? I am thinking about becoming a (very) small scale seller. Just for the fun of it, and to spread the word about Adenium in horticulture. The plant shop in the botanical garden around here might be interested in buying seedlings. :-)

Have some of your arabicum begun to branch out? Your 16 week old ones?

Martin I obviously haven't thought this all the way through because simple math tells me I don't have room for what I have already sown. I plan on picking my favorite plants out to keep. The rest will be given away or possibly sold at the local plant show. I am currently unloading pots of Dyckia babies at work (giving them away) to make room for my growing Adenium crop. I could bring some in to sell for the various fund raisers we do throughout the year.

I love your idea of selling them locally and spreading the word of Adenium.

My arabicums have not begun branching out yet, I blame myself for this because of the way they were crowded in a community pot. Hoping now that they are in individual containers that they will begin branching.

Tracy

Your seedlings look really happy to be outside, Lisa. I wonder how often do you have to water these with them being outdoors?

Tracy

No apologies necessary. We are all keen and enthusiastic about our Adeniums and many other plants we start or have.

I enjoy sharing what I have. I just wish it where easier to actually share plants.

I am going to post the photo's in a thread.

Rick

Tracy, when it doesn't rain I have to at least every other day. They shocked me by sprouting within 4 to 6 days. All I did was fling them in a pot on my deck and mist them with a water bottle when I noticed them dry. Almost every single one came up. It was seeds from one of my plants but I had them for several months before I planted them. Thought I had waited too long. I'm really enjoying this seedling stuff though, and I'm enjoying learning from those of you that actually know what they are doing! But I have to ask, how did you get them to root so good? Those little bunches just scream "healthy" to me!

Rick thanks for posting your seedlings. I admittedly feel more normal now after seeing yours ;) Thanks for that.

Lisa, how cool is that to sow seeds from your own plant? It sounds like being outdoors the plants will require more frequent waterings.

The roots I believe can be attributed to the media (coco coir and perlite). I have been sampling with other soil mixes. I did have some seedlings that I put into a grittier mix that I repotted yesterday, the roots didn't seem nearly as vigorous on those plants. I like the grittier media for the older plants but my young ones seem to have too much demand for water to use the grit.

Tracy