Hi Dragon

From UK too, they are all looking healthy and green.

Was just wandering about your soil is it like a compost and perlite mix.

Gareth ( England ).

Thank you !

It's Cactus compost and Perlite, a 50/50 mix.

I use whatever Cactus compost I find at the local garden centre, the Perlite I buy from B&Q as the price is better !

The Cactus compost is mostly the same between the different manufacturers, and so far, my Adeniums and all my others seem to be getting along fine with it, and with the mix ratio too.

Perlite is a bit ugly, though !

I don't seem to have the problem with it that others have reported - it stays mostly where I put it and doesn't rise or sink in the pot.

I have seen some Adenium-specific compost on ebay, but never tried it.

I do know you could switch perlite for Tesco's low dust cat litter if you wanted to. It looks like a load of pink clay balls I prefer it to perlite.

UK Bonsai growers use it as well.

Hello Dragon, thanks for sharing pics of your seedlings. Have any of them bloomed yet?

Tracy

Hello Tracy,

No flowers yet, but I'm hoping... !

I haven't tried the Tesco cat litter yet. Our cats have the wood based one so I can't experiment, but I may pick some up for my Bonsai (really more like "might be Bonsai in about ten years"... !) trees that are outside.

Hi Dragon

I hope you post some follow up photos of your Adeniums.

Seeing as you have the same climate as I do. It would be nice to see the progress there making.

Happy gardening.

I totally get what you mean, dragon. Perlite refuses to stay in place! What other caudiciforms do you have, if you don't mind?
Pagan

Dragon,
Your plants look fantastic! I understand getting them to start growing in the spring. Mine are just starting to leaf out. But boy are they doing that slowly.

Thank you, ladylotus.

Pagan...I have a few caudiciforms/semi-succulents/succulents - Portulacaria Afra, Frithia Pulchra, Kedrostis Africana, Operculicarya Decaryi, Bursera Fagaroides, a Gollum Jade, Euphorbia bupleurifolia x susannae and one remaining Adansonia Grandidieri.

The P.Afra, Frithia, Gollum, Euphorbia and Bursera were purchases, all the others (including all of my Adeniums) I have grown from seed.

I have tried to root the cuttings from my Bursera (it was a long, whip-like plant when I bought it - trying to reduce the height and encourage more branches !) as I didn't want to just throw them away. It's not a very common plant - at least not here in the UK ! So far, I've had some success with that and have a few that are growing nicely.

I have also chopped the P.Afra a number of times, but the cuttings from that are a lot easier to root ! I am thinking of putting all of the rooted P.Afra cuttings on ebay - I have quite a few of them. I'd like to clear a little space to get my propagator out again for some Commiphora, and maybe another try with the Adansonias !

I'll photograph them all again soon, and add some photos here.