We do not seal cuts or grafts on adeniums. It comes up with multi-color flowers on the same pot, which makes it more beautiful. They are in very well draining potting mix with a lot of inorganic material, small deep pots with good drainage, the roots are fine. I’ve noticed in the morning it will be wet due to the moisture in the air. When working with seedlings you need to be gentle. Very fwe things eat adeniums leaves here in south Florida. You need to leave it out of the soil to prevent fungus and other problems. Prune and replant the branches into new plants? Looks like it is very old plant! Should I leave the plants inside eg. Right before spring before you see any buds give the adenium desert rose plant liquid fertilizer for one month (2..3 watering) as a bloom boost (10-20-20 or 10-30-20). Sounds like a seedling. Two weeks to heal. I pulled all off. I purchased them from a nursery in May and the care of plant was a good one before I got them in Punta gorda, FL I’m just trying to find it a good healthy consistent routine. The problem with buying from Thailand is just what you described; a good percentage of them have problems and you need to know the time of year to purchase them. Please help! It did not involve the part below the soil surface. If caudex is too damaged but branches are green would you graft or try to root a cutting and would you use a rooting hormone when doing either? Last night , I am a transplant adenium and saw that the root of which is peat and half rotten . The plant your boyfriend purchased is believe are miniature rose bushes not an adenium. Take plant out of he weather once you cut the branches for 7-10 days to protect eh cut. What a great source of information! I would check the roots. I’ve moved it away from the other desert rose plants. Anyway curling leaves usually means they are lacking nutrients. The medicinal benefits are, as a bonsai plant, treating wounds, treating the soles of the feet, taking care of skin beauty, relieving pain, treating toothache, treating ulcers. Can I send you pictures? Also, if you have other plants in the area treat them with the insecticide too because they pest travels and many times you do not see it until it becomes a problem because they usually attached themselves under the leaves where you do not look. Humidity this time of the year ranges from 70%-100%. I wondered at my plants healing process all spring and summer. Also, you need to fertilize the desert rose plant. I recently noticed that some of the small branches coming from the main trunk, are starting to feel hollow and turn yellowish. One plant has 80% of the soft root , if all this should be cut and whether it is necessary to close the wound with something ? I not 100% sure what will resolve the fungus problem on the adeniums. I just recently got 2 small desert roses that were started from seed and 2 that are a little bigge. Store bought plants are grown in covered nurseries. Under-watering will result in a soft caudex(not mushy or oozing). It is in a fairly large terra cotta planter…no drainage in pot so we did put a nice later or rocks in bottom before soil. Just take out of the sun and let the cut heal for 7 days. Hi, me and my team have Desert Rose and this plant has little insects that are yellow and it also has black like “balls”. Within a month the caudex and upper stem looked watery and spongy. Either way you need to completely remove the effective part, let the branches heal for a few days out of the sun and then spray the branch just insects its insects not fungus. The problem is no matter what you do the you need to disturb the plant which will cause the blooms to drop. I have been giving it a small maybe 1/8 cup of water roughly every three – four weeks, but I believe I am giving it too much water because this always happens within 3 days after watering. Before the pod opens put a plastic bag around it to capture the seeds before they fly away and then plant them. The plants in Dubai, its the wrong time of year to grow seedlings for most people. They pierce the plants and suck the juices. Also what do you call suitable soil for adeniums? Soft or mushy. Do not put SAND your your mix. When I examined it today, I realized the branches seem almost empty and sort of wet, not the dry and hard texture I expected. If you are getting new leaves then its starting to acclimate. it’s been 2 times she grows buds and loses them before they open why?! Old plants in our are tend to get things because of our tropical climate. You can post on our Facebook http://www.fcebook.com/adeniumrose page. If you want it to last longer with leaves you will need to get it more/longer sunlight. If it looks to be dry on the base you can water it but cut back the amount of water you use. It's the most common problem with adeniums. What do I need to do? Remember to use super thrive or other rooting hormone before re-potting the desert rose plant. They have bloomed since my move but, not abundantly, can I use potting soil or should I use soil for succulents when I repot? How abt the branch that dried out and the flower buds not blooming? If the growing season extends into late December (like last year) it will give the plants time to produce fresh leaves. Only the outer layer of the trunk skin was eaten/bitten up. I took action to rid my yard of them. If you have root rot you need to remove all the rotted portions. Any ideas why the flowers are droopy? I put it in a standard clay pot and added a lot of sand to the potting mix. I would give it some nutirents. I believe the fungus might have been spider mites that are so small they look life a fungus. Scale tends to be dry. Good day: I would go ahead and crop/trim off the tops of the branches. I figured I would lose at least one of the stems, but not all. I highly recommend not use plastic pots for growing adenium plants. The branches get to thin that I can break them off and repot them. there is one plant that has about 12 buds some small some a litter larger but they are all doing the same thing. I took it home and repot the plant in a pot with 3 water drainage holes. There are a fuzzy brown spot in the veins of the leaves. Wipe it off and then spray with a insecticide soap. You may not be able to save the pod. How can I fix the problem? Help!! Good Day: Not too sure to what eating your trunk. This can be avoided by growing the desert rose as a container plant and by keeping it in full sun. when you water the water should pour out the bottom. The tip of the leaf turns dark like brown or black and gets limp then after few days falls down. The driveway curves into it. I live in Florida. Usually in March, it is brought back outdoors when the morning temps are in the 60’s. Brown spots on the leaves (if the leaves are not dried out) usually means the leaves are getting wet and staying wet too long. Plastic retains water and does not allow the soil to breath. If the plant is grafted make sure you crop them above he graft line! Pinch the leaves of small trees to kill the leaf miner. Also, when we receive plans from Thailand the caudexes tend to be soft due to not being watered for 2..3 weeks. rot will keep advancing until the whole plant is a loss. How do I get the base to thicken? 1) You will need to grow in a shallow bonsai style pot. One of the main branches got soft, started to ooze, and died, which is a bummer. It has always had varying leaf sustainability and does better when I don’t pay too much attention to it. I can send you pictures if that helps! Is there something wrong with the plant? Tip rot you will loose all your leaves. Thanks . I do not know what part of the country you live in so if you are in the north the plant will start to loose some leaves and go dormant. Usually adeniums seeds take 5 to 10 days to sprout if they are good seeds. So use terracotta types pots that are NOT glazed on the bottom or use 100% unglazed pots. My bulb was partially mushy as was a couple of branches. The leaves started falling off & then the unopened blooms all fell off too. Is there anything else I can do? thanks. Sorry, Hi there The bare stalk is still green but not sure what to do now… help! If its a company then they will give you instructions. Pruned in spring. Hello, I have an adenium plant that is 7 years old. Its novemebr and just started to snow so I dont think now is. What do you reccomend? My adenium leaves are turning yellow and dropping off now that I’ve brought it inside. Firstly thank you very much for your reply. It looks much happier and has sprouted new shoots. Dyna-Gro KLN is a rooting hormone. rot rot. The plants have been fertized within the last month, but that didn’t seem to help. I have a desert rose plant the limbs on it is drooping three leaves on it is brown and don’t want to lose it my grandson bought that for me what do I need to do so plz call help me I live in Texas it has produce beautiful flowers one time. The adenium plants will go into dormancy the first part of winter. Something is wrong with my 5+yr old desert rose. Age of plants? Should I be concerned? I received a desert rose back in May. About 2 yrs ago my plant started blooming, we moved to southern California, the bloom fell off and it hasn’t bloomed since. Idk help! I have been looking for the Desert Rose for a long time and finally found one. You are using time release fertilizer but what is you n-p-k of the fertilizer? i have a lot of adeniums but their codex are getting softer and softer, what should i do? Mary, I was given a white Adenium a few months ago. 14-14-14 is the wrong fertilizer. Keep watch and make sure it does not go down the branch. I have a desert rose plant that has gotten tiny oval red spots on it and the leaves have a sticky residue on them. I live in Harlingen, TX the temperature is usually 80 plus during this time of the year. You double shocked the plant. Are you wetting the leaves? It has bloomed each year, but less and less. Should I prune it way down, or is this a total loss? Has your weather gone from warm to cool back to warm? Cactus mix then add 50% more perlite is ok! Yes, you may get some spots from time to time on the leaves due to moisture in humid climates but it does not hurt the plant the majority of the time. I’m so worried I’m going to lose them. I got it full of leaves, no flowers. I have attached the image in Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151901590226136&set=gm.215903695199903&type=1&theater). There are many lights on the market, light strength and configurations. I would wait 2..3 weeks instead of one week before repotting to make sure not rot comes back. I covered the plant but it still was kept outside until last night when I sat down to learn more about it’s care. Is the plant dead? Make sure you trash the leaves cut off in the garbage so you do not infect other plants. The adenium plant root rot will go up the plant and destroy it all. We have an 20yr old adenium in a very large pot and it has white scale on the main trunk due to age – not on leaves. A week later No sign of life… Really bumped out about that. There are flower buds too but they turn black and fall off before blooming. Where did you get them? It has lost some leaves and my poor tortured plant is clearly unhappy. Anyway, i noticed leaves turning yellow and dropping, along with flower buds. Most of the leaves have Blackish brown spots on the backs of the leaves. repeat the spraying every 5 days for 3 weeks. Do I need to leave it out of the pot until that happens (and if so, leave it in sun/shade? My question is should I fertilise now and what kind of fertiliser. HELP! Adenium are not year round bloomers. They (About 10) have thich caudex and I frequently trim them. I would remove the plant from the pot, wash the roots and check for rot. You should separate the adenium form the other plants. It is a very small (5mm) hole, but went beyond the “skin”. Desert rose plants can stay out of soil for 4..5 weeks without any problems. After repotting, I have kept the plant outdoors but in shade. Some branches look brown while others look green and healthy. How many hours of light are you giving them and how powerful are your grow lights. Anyway, moisture is not a problem is you haev the right soil. However, adding the micro-nutrients now will cause the plant to enter a grow spurt and cause any other buds to fall most of the time when growing adeniums. Since you are not in the growing season for your area you can crop them now or wait until after they flower. Once you pot the adenium plant wait at 1 week before watering the plant to give the k-l-n time to do its thing. The temperature has fallen this month and I take my desert rose indoors when the temperature goes below 50 degrees. I planted the seeds in a mixture of cocopeat and perlite, and most of them germinated within a few days, and quickly grew to a height of 2 – 4 cm. after that it’s leaves falling on regular basis. the plant type/flower type below the graft is different than the one above the desert rose graft. This is the first time I’ve ever let it go fully dormant…I’ve always left it inside at a window. Desert means low water with a perception of always being hot. Each branch has grown to 3 feet and it flowers beautifully. The other two are also losing leaves, but not as much. The main thing you may want to consider is fertilization because the soil gets depleted. The plant healed over, and now is a fat gnarly stem with roots and no leaves, and just a big scar where the leaves used to be. Plus there’s black gew coming out of the stem. Org forums. It will just take time to recover. Many people who do bonsai prune root to force other roots to get bigger. I thought it was a goner, then after a couple of weeks, new leave growth all over so I thought it was coming back. Also, make sure the sand you used is not limestone based (90% of the sand sold in Florida is ground limestone! Are you growing the desert rose plant outdoors or in doors? Thank god I found your website. During growing season we water them twice a week. Please let me know what you think about better care. My desert rose is probably about 5 or 6 yrs. The actual desert rose rot part can be wet or dry and it processes down the stem of the adenium. How do I undo all this damage? Branch rot. I’ve potted it and it looks to be doing fine once in a while some dead leaves or falling and the white flowers are either closed or blooming (opening up?) yes could be nutrient problem. It has reached *almost* up to the point where the branches begin splitting off from the base. Do not replant the adenium desert rose plant until the root heals over. Yes all mushy areas, all brown areas until you get the green outer and white inner. One of the shorter branches have dried up and I can press it flat because it seems hollow. I have an adenium which has gotten quite soft on the tips of the stem but the base of the trunk is still hard in touch. Air-plants such the life out of plants by grabbing nutrients through the branches/trunk – take them off! However, I glad to say the buds are back and starting to flower (Very late this year for our area). It got down to 63 degrees. I have had this plant for about ten years and my problem started about a year ago. Here is an attachment of the plant. Will my plant die? We live in mazatlan, mexico and have a four year old desert rose. Mine are in the ground and have been doing very fine for the past 3 years. I live in Puerto Rico. Clay breathes and will soak up excess water from the surrounding soil. Hi! This zone happens more in desert regains than in tropical, humid and cooler climates. Adenium plants leaves will get black spots do to water staying too long on the leaves but they do not rub off with a fingernail likes yours is doing. Determining the pest is not always easy especially when the damage to the adenium plant occurs at night. I bought seedlings and I live in Miami, Fl. I’m trying to prevent it from getting too much water from the rain. The stem is not soft, and the laves look healthy and flowers are blooming, but I don’t like that this has happened so suddenly and I’m afraid of losing it. If mushy then its bad. if the branches get too long its a good idea to crop the branches. Thank you very much for your advice! I was given Dessert Rose for my 40th birthday and it was flowering beautifully with lots of foliage for over a year. It is now coming out of dormancy and the leaves are curling at the edges. I dont know how much longer to keep plant out of soil? I have become quite attached to my Little Man. I would suggest cutting out all the rot and hope for the best. Cold-hardy adeniums, our desert rose: The Swazicum adenium (native to Southeastern Africa) is the most cold tolerant of the adenium subspecies.Perpetual pink and Crimson Star are the most popular hybrids of the Swazicum adeniums.These species have a skinnier leaf that is grayish blue in color. Hi, I live in Mumbai. They get to be about a quarter of an inch long before shriveling up and dying. This is the time the adenium plants will start to loose leaves and go dormant. Pease help and thank you in advance. It just stopped growing and producing leaves. I would un-pot the plant now and check the roots – do it now. As the problem worsens, the spots grow larger and may exhibit pink edges, eventually forming into mycelium growths. Any ideas? We keep our plants cropped/or healing in a covered patio area out of rain and direct sun light. Last year I even got some flowers! Kindly, share/suggest the solutions. The insides appear rotted and soggy .. brown and slimy in places, moldy in others. When cutting off the stem make sure you look inside the stem and make sure the adenium plant cut is far enough down so you only see good tissue with discolouration. I need some advice on what to do. There are a few flowers and only minimal leaves (the leaves are green and haven’t discoloured). Should I remove the old medium from roots or repot the root ball with the old medium? There is no rot and the plant has had little water. I think Im stressing more because my leafs are turning brown and black. All is good. I can send you a photo if it would help. Its not a deciduous tree but it does go dormant during the winter. The curling is usually a sign of too much of a certain nutrient and possibly a lack of a mineral. Watering of the Adenium is well in control as per my experience Or the articles/suggestions I have read across the various sites . The problem I am having is that the caudex is very soft and wrinkled looking. Answer: DO you have an image of the pest? We do not use lights to grow our adeniums however, Epic Grower uses LED on other tropical. I need a bit more details to give you a answer. Thank you! Hello! Mealybugs look like fuzzy tiny white bugs crawling on plant leaves and stems. Leaf rot occurs in adeniums when the leaf is continually wet. Then they bud again and another cold spells comes. Is this normal or is this going to bloom differently? We are using 100% soiless. Is there a way to save it without cutting the infected area? I have not seen adenium plants branches or trunks not being able to support the leaves. Where are the breaks? If you encounter this problem remove the diseased desert rose plant to an insulation area. The first number needs to be well below 10. is you are using silica sand then use it mixed with equal amounts of non-porous rocks to equal about 70% of the mix. Thank you They are not black this time but they have not bloomed and there are still no new leaves. When I replanted it I planted it in the cactus succulent mix bought from Walmart and 5 years ago I bought the plant from Lowes Home Improvement. New branches are growing from the base and I’m not sure if I should prune them or let them grow. We live in Northern Australia. We are located in Miami so our weather is about the same. Can I use soil meant for bonsai plants for Adeniums? They are turning yellow and dropping off. Correct do not spray water on the leaves and would consider replacing the soil with soil designed for cactus type plants. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It is very small around 1-1.5 inches at the base and around 3-4 inches tall. It retinas water when adeniums like soil that does not retain water. Once you do that leave your adenium out for 7 days for the cuts to heal before repotting them in proper soil. I want to take care of these because they’re fairly uncommon in this area,N.C., and are beautiful plants. I would remove all leaves. Dont see anything eating it but we have been having tons of rain and not enough sun so the soil is saturated. Number two-get rid of the plastic pot all together. Cut about 1″ off each branch that is soft on the adenium. I rarely water, she is in a large wooden planter without a bottom for drainage. Two of my desert roses have soft and shrunk caudex, they look like wrinkle on skin. I have three cuttings from the plant that I propagated with the help of rooting hormone. These are about four months old and have been raised under a grow light until recently when I put them outside in the sun. Last night I left it outside for the first time this year. Water the soil and avoid the leaves, and don't sit your Adenium in a saucer of water because it may rot. The ground is water logged and I am looking on in despair. It’s about one year old. I only water it when dry. I was thinking maybe trimming the extra roots and changing the soil but I don’t want to kill my plant. You need to treat for mites for 4 weeks. I will take pictures today and post them on Monday. All my flowers are drying and turning brown, leaves are yellowing and drying up, and now I’ve noticed white growth of some type on the ends, where new blooms would be. Generally, when watering succulents or other arid plants, the amount of water given should saturate the soil mix but there is often very little extra water moving through the soil. I would water once a week for a couple weeks to see if there is a deficiency. Please see the blog articles on proper soil and when you transplant plants they go into shock so we use Dyan=Gro K-L-N to help them recover quickly and to give the roots a boost. If the tips were black them it would be tip rot which you can just cut off the branches until you do not see any black or brown in the center of the branches (inside). Should I soak the roots in any fungicide as well? A few leaves are droopy. This is a common problem this year. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We live in Oman and my desert rose have two different tipe of leaves, bottom leaves are long and very green and top leave are roundish and soft green! yes, you can propagate with limbs but limbs plants form very poor caudexes and take forever! Their common name, Desert Rose, speaks to their ability to thrive with less water. Sounds like a nutrient problem. http://www.pinterest.com/elianasiaili/adenium/. Fungal leaf spot is especially frequent with epiphyllums during periods of cooler temperatures in the wintertime. You need to remove all rot 100 %. the caudex, exposed root system, of a desert rose plant can be treated as a bonsai. My question is – should the plant be moved back indoors until the weather cools and should I water it a bit more to compensate for the limp leaves? to prevent rot. Have the seedlings become stunted or will they sprout leaves again? I am unable to send images through this post. Use a soap based insecticide such as nutra brand. Seedlings need about 4..5 hours of good sunlight (70% to 80%) for the first 6 months and then longer hours after 6 months. In tropical climates with lots of rain the nutrients on the soil get depleted that can cause what you are describing. I’m concerned as I have been growing this plant for the past 10 years. Maybe you need micro nutrients in the soil. I live in Middle East so sunshine and warmth is ample. Anyway, all soft tissue and bad color tissue needs to be removed, however, it sounds like most of your adenium plant it that way – sorry. Thank you in advance. Sounds like it still dehydrated. I live southeast Texas if that helps. my desert rose had yellow worms on leaves and flowers. My desert rose lost all its leaves around November. Common Desert rose adenium problems and desert rose plant rot.
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