Welcome the the wonderful world of adeniums. They need more light as they are growing tall and thin looking for the light. Once they get much more light you will notice that they will thicken up aswell as losing a bit of that green colouring they currently have.

Thanks Phil. This is my lightest spot. It is a south facing window, and in the evening the light is on. The problem is there is not much sun now in winter.

Are you UK based? If so it will be very tough to get decent seedlings growing in winter in the dismal UK lol

Not in UK, but it is close. Here in Holland it is almost the same.

Growing adenium seedlings are alot of fun. Do you have any experience with mature adeniums? The Adenium seedlings I grow in soil grow long but they are fattening up now and one variety I have has red skin another is almost a green black. I recently started some hydroponically and have had much better results. My first batch of seeds in soil dampened off, I haven't had that problem hydroponically.

this seedling is about 30-35 days old. Not more then that I would have to go back and check the date exactly... seeds I sowed in soil a week before only have 2 small sets of leaves. They are alot of fun to grow! Enjoy! This is an adenium arabicum ' black pearl ' from adenium center.

these all are also 30-35 days. As you can see the ones in the back are much,much smaller and we're sowed the same time. I was told this wasn't that uncommon and that the smaller ones will catch up. So we will see.

Wow. These look great. I do not have any experience with Adenium at all. These are my first. They do well, but grow tiny just like those 2 in your background here. They are also tall and not fat. Also still very green. So I hope they will catch up later.

My own experience from sowing and growing before I got an led was pretty poor to be fair. Where we live we don't get enough light through the windows due to trees being on both sides of the house which block a lot of natural light. When sowing they need bright light and constant temps are also a help. I think what your seeing with yours is they are stretching out due to a lack of light. If you not fussed and have space just provide as much light as poss with decent temps and see how they go and get them in full sun come the summer. I'm not saying you need a tent and light, it's a luxury at the end of the day, so I guess just provide the best light and temps with what you have and see how they go. Keep us posted on progress and am sure the pros will chip in too as I myself am still in my adenium infancy having only started with this around April this year :-)

Yeah it's going to be hard in the winter where you are. If it doesn't work out try again in spring when the days get longer. You may have some luck with these but I would expect to loose at least some. I overwinter mine in a indoor tent under leds. I am new to this but am having alot of trial and error and alot of fun with it. What type of seeds did you get? Arabicums are a bit more cold tolerant then obesum too. I've had my best luck with arabicums and nova tanzanias, D.R.s. I live in Sacramento CA. Good luck tho!

I guess I just have to wait and see for now. Otherwise I indeed can always start over again. Thanks

Welcome adeniumgirl.In Holland? If you can't give adenium seedlings artificial light during autumn and winter, then sow seeds no earlier than February (or later than, say, June). Otherwise your seedlings will stretch too much towards the light (etiolated weak growth due to lack of sunlight). And/or you run the risk that they will not grow big and strong enough to actually survive the long winters in Northern Europe.

I cross my fingers for you and your seedlings. And feel free to ask any questions. We will be happy to answer them.

Cheers,

Martin, Denmark

Thanks Martin. It is just wait and see than. Hope for the best.

adenium girl how are your seedlings doing, have any of them made it? i've had to throw away alot of seedlings myself. although I'm hoping you are doing better than me!

adeniumgirl,

You could also easily add some cheap supplemental light that can help quite a bit - put a compression/tension pole across your window sill (measure first they come in a number of sizes) and hang some cheap shop fixtures (usually < $10 USD) with the highest wattage daylight CFL you can find (also pretty cheap, if you shop around). While you won't see the growth of those with fancy tents and led fixtures, you'll see a huge difference and your seedlings will definitely make it through the darkest winter.

Daniel

Thanks for your concern everyone . My seedlings are doing fine. They get sun When it is shining and artificial light When it is dark. They grow nicely. I have new seedlings now, and found out what I was doing wrong. I let them in the heated propagator to long. That is why they did stretch so much.

Thanks Bob. Yes they did come around better now. Certainly the new ones are much nicer.