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here's the current condition of the adenium i bought for 25$!

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and look at how the caudex got peeled off (reminiscent of a tree with a sun-scald)

I don't have any idea how it got this. it's already there when i bought it. (is it something i should be worried about?)

It also lose a great deal of its leaves probably maybe because of the red spider mites, the miticide I applied even though diluted), and the burden of dragging from the store to the place where it currently resides and repotting it)

Anyway, I live somewhere in Southeast Asia with a weather suitable for adenium plants. since a lake is surrounding the place where i situated the plants, the humidity is very high. the temperature year round is ideal for this plants as well (barely dropping at 20 degrees C even at the coldest)

Except in the monsoon, where I have to move the plant to and fro.(maybe this small change in condition is what is causing the plant to drop its leaves)

the soil I use was combined with vermiculite, pumice, marbled chips, and added perlite.(it dries so fast considering the condition the plant occupies)

plus the plant occupies a bonsai pot, which makes it drains even faster.

I use chlorine-free alkaline water in irrigating the plant.

what fertilizer should I aim for?

right now i do have a small bottle of (14-14-14) osmocote, peter's professional S.T.E.M. soluble trace element mix and fish emulsion with a higher potassium constituent.

I guess I should just use the osmocote since my mix is pretty rich compared to the ones used in the colder region of the world.

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