Hey Arvind. What zone are you in? Dormant adeniums are jolted out of winter dormancy by heat and longer days. Of course, being in the soil also kind of helps lol I can't give you a time frame until we know what temperatures you are getting now. This year, for instance, I kept all my plants warm and well-lit so none of them ever went dormant. I hope this helps.

Pagan

I'm in Central Florida (USDA zone 9A) and three of my larger adeniums are just now starting to leaf out. What zone are in?

Hi I am in Palo Alto, ca zone 9.5

We have been averaging about 45 low and around 68-74 high

Overall low humidity and cooler temps but summer is usually pretty warm

We are warmer every year due to the drought here

I been growing desert rose for awhile either from seeds or plants find in local store. I plant my desert rose in pure pine nuggets mix in with sand and they all do better than expensive mix out there. No problem with roots rotting since the water drains well in those mix.

Once you start getting warmer nights (say 18C), you'll start to see new growth. Maybe even sooner, since your day temperatures look warm enough. When the first sprouts show up, your plants will be putting out leaves very quickly.

Pagan

Hi Arvind

I am growing some Adenium seedlings and I want to try them in a gritty mix when there ready so I am interested in your question.

You say that if your plants were growing in soil rather than the gritty mix they would be growing leaves much faster.

Basically I would like to know what soil you were growing your plants in before you switched to the gritty mix.

Regards Gareth (England).

Im a novice. Im only starting to use this gritty mix stuff. I just noticed one of my adeniums is putting out leaves. The other 2 are not which are in the gritty mix. One plant I really had to cut rotten roots off, and dry for a while. I put it in the mix and will cross my fingers. It accidentally fell out today when I was moving it and I freaked out! The plants tend to be not as stable in the mix compared to soil. Anyhow, it was fine, but I noticed that even after a five days it was still wet after I watered it with a little water and superthrive.

I have a few seedlings that I have in soil.... half cactus mix and half perlite. Nothing fancy there. I do not trust the gritty mix with little ones. I think they need all the nutrients of the soil.

I hope this gritty mix from Repotme.com works.

Hi Arvind

It might be cheaper to source the ingredients individually and then mixing them up yourself into a gritty mix.

Then you could maybe tweak the mix to suit your climate and needs better.

That is what I am doing here in UK I just need to find a cheaper source of bark chips.

I am finding Adeniums one of the hardest plants to grow but I am determined to stick at it.

Best of luck.