15 Seed Pods One One Plant
Okay.... I'm like crazy nuts right now! I was adjusting a plant this morning that I "tilted" on the sidewalk to help with drainage after a 1" rain shower. I noticed a seed pod and started looking, and there are 15 baby pods on this little plant. It is only 24" at its tallest. Just a single Obesum variety. Will this plant sustain that many pods?
I noticed a bumblebee this week flying around between my Hawaiian Sundowner hibiscus and adeniums. I'm guessing he/she is the reason I have so many pods! I have never fertilized it, just sunshine and rain here in Florida. Should I keep the same regimen or start giving it some food?
Bumblebee pic on Hawaiian Sundowner Hibiscus that I took a pic of three days ago
Adenium with 15 baby seeds pods - a few are visible in the pic
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dedward11 ( West Coast FL - zone 9b)
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6 years agoThanks for the insight jebdoda..... My plant is struggling, as all of mine are. Not sure if the issue is too much sun, or these pests that I have found on them. The plant's pods still look good, but the leaves are horrible. I just pulled 3 of these unknown pests off of pods this morning and off of leaves of multiple adeniums.
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dedward11 ( West Coast FL - zone 9b)
6 years agoThought I would give an update. 24 pods all still hanging in there. 4 have started to split and have used twisty ties on them (advice from others). I thought I had a few more weeks and was going to cover them with knee high hose, but didn't have them yet as I didn't expect them to start opening yet. No leaves left......
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