Adenium trunk soft and leaves yellowing
Dianne (Melbourne, Australia) (11)
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Comments (15)This is my first plant and I'm trying to do the best by it that I can. I live in Cincinnati, OH so it's clearly not the best desert rose climate, but once the temperatures began to drop I pulled the plant inside. I've been doing my best to keep it near sunlight or artificial if the clouds are out. However I noticed when I brought it inside, it was beginning to show a small patch on the base of one stem. This hole began turning black and eating in to the plant and leaves were falling off the entire plant. So I cleaned it off pretty well and it stopped and new leaves are growing lately. Two new stems have grown, but one stem has gone completely soft and part of it broke (not the one that had whatever it was eating it). The soil suddenly has some orange stuff all over it, so I'm repotting it. Any suggestions to make it through the winter? Any clues as to why an entire stem would be soft from top to bottom?...See MoreAdenium desert rose losing its leaves?
Comments (6)Has the pot got drainage holes in it? Commercially bought cactus and succ mix can often be the death knell for Adeniums, ideally, it needs to be mixed with at least 50% perlite. Many of us Adenium growers use it in far less quantities than that. Some of us grow our plants in totally inorganic mixes. The peat content of a c/s mix holds onto too much water. A mix of equal parts of either horticultural grit/aquarium gravel/chicken grit, perlite and cactus mix is what I use. With watering your plant every few days you may well have started root rot problems. Advise you unpot, inspect the rootball and repot in a better mix.....and also check out the wealth of info on the Adenium forum here on Houzz. Two pumps of fertiliser a week......not sure what this equates too, please explain. Sounds like too much fert being used, is it water based.....so there's even more water being added???? Gill UK...See MoreSpots on Adenium leaves
Comments (16)Stephane, Just pick off visible ones with wet paper towels and wash the plants down with soap & water. Also, please isolate the infested plants or everything will get infested. If it's warm in your region, move the pots to sunlight ... these bugs hate sun. Check daily and repeat treatment until the problem has been eradicated. I've actually gotten rid of these with one treatment and just getting the plant away from where it got infested....See Moredoes soft trunk = rot on baby jade tree?
Comments (14)wow! I'm glad I asked. I was about to cut up the other one, too. So, just to be clear--I have the two sister plants--one that I cut up, and one that I held back on. I agree with you that this looks similar to underwatering--but I do remember it looking a bit underwatered not long ago, and giving it lots of water to perk up, so I'm fairly certain that it's overwatered (especially since I'm squeezing water out of the wilted leaves). Just to make sure--despite that the very bottom near the trunk is quite squishy now, judging by the inside of the sister plant after I cut it up, maybe I'll hold off on cutting up this one for the time being --- but I should trim the roots of BOTH plants (?) here is the plant still in one piece, that currently still is squishy on the base stem right near the roots: And if you're curious, here is everything I have from the sister plant that I already cut up (i assumed the base trunk was rotten, so made several mini trees out of it)--I assume (hope) I cut them in a good spot, but can still correct if it doesn't look good: Per your suggestion, I trimmed the little portruding piece of branch off the trunk and see if the trunk comes back to life (maybe I got too close?). Here it is now: I think the cuttings for this are clean and not rotting. They are basically firm. Maybe I'll give them a little bonsai wire in addition to some rocks so they can stand up... As far as repotting--the rocks in the white container were just decorative on top of the soil, and just got mixed up. I use 50/50 perlite/succulent soil---in fact, I think you taught me that a couple of years back! :) .... I would be curious if you have an opinion on using rooting hormone on the stem. I notice in your other thread you suggest cinnamon... would either one suffice? Here is what I have: also--some websites--including some of the threads here--say that I should wait to repot until roots are showing.... but that could take weeks, I would think. Is it ok to repot without roots? Maybe I should use more perlite in that case (75/25)? Anyway, thanks again! I'll be interested to know your final thoughts, and I'll give you an update down the road and let you know how the jades are doing!!!! :)...See MoreDianne (Melbourne, Australia) (11)
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