Thanks for the growth detail......

Jericson, you have wonderful looking plants. Very healthy...

They are happy in your care.

Marie

marica rick is right i only use organic..i practice organic in my backyard it doesnt matter if its vegetables or flowering plants like adeniums

thanks rick, john and marie they loving the weather here right now rain sun rain sun rain sun lol

Jericson -

Did you prune the caudex/taproot on the plant in the last 2 pics above?

If not, how/why is it getting so wide?

Rob

Rob, this is one plant from the first post till now, i only cleaned the roots after i un-potted her for the 3rd time, Emerald crowns are arabicums, they will grow wide, and until today i never cut off her leafs like what i do with my other plants, and probably with my soil mix as well since i practice organic in my yard, i see big difference from chemical and organic way of growing this species.

her latest update

EC and my Cp side to side

front

back

Look's awesome!

Rob

wonderful
or you ordered the seeds ?
Chris fra

Want it want it want it want it WOW

Wow, so pleased to find you posting here, Jericson! So many of the young 'fatty' arabicums I don't like how they are grown but THIS ONE I really love what you are doing. So much more /shape/ and not just a blob. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Outstanding job.

I know it's for their own good but it always makes me cringe when leaves are cut down that way lol ("Ve haf veys to make you talk!")

Enjoying your work as usual, JP.

Pagan

JP is an artist. Just look at his post of his collection. The variety is intense.

I learned very useful stuff from his /one/ post. I really appreciate it.

That's SO awesome Jericson, you're the man!!

So... To clarify. On this plant, you cut the Tap Root off; and not 1/2 (more or less) of the (would be) caudex.

So in other words, just the tap root; and none of the other roots above.

At such a young age (one month), did you let it dry overnight?? (My plants are probably much smaller at one month than yours.)

I'll try to transplant one of mine this afternoon (or tomorrow); and take some pics of where I think you're cutting.

I did one the other day where I took more than just the TR off; and put a round piece of Styrofoam under it.

Rob

rob i cut the seedling were the tan line starts. if do seedlings this age i dont let them dry overnight i just wipe them good with fungicide and stick it right back to the soil, soil must be moist not soaking wet, it will rot right away

Jericson,

I just sowed 16 arabicum seeds with this beautiful one in mind. Will definitely try your technique. Thank you for the inspiration.

- Maria Elena

Wow... those are wonderful! I think I'll try trimming the roots of my seedlings this weekend.

Finally potted my diamond king and emerald crown ..EC went to 14inch panterra bowl and diamond king is in 20inch bowl.

You may not think this funny but the one reminds me of a cows udder. I can't believe how fast they grew and how good they look. My poor 1" seedling may be green but at 6 weeks it is still tiny.

Hahha Marica, just too funny:) but I know what you mean, every time I come to this bookmarked thread, and then go look at mine at year old, lol ther e is no comparison..... :) but always fun to watch them Jericson, and a joy to look at for sure:)

Masterpieces Jericson!! Beautiful..I know you have some secret feed which you give them..which you are not sharing with us..or is it the climate..very happy for you..mine only seem to grow in length not width, but so long as they put on some growth I am happy..lovely pics..thanks for sharing them.. :)

lol marica, yea they look like it

thanks shimolee :)

my secret feed is my organic soil mix thats about it, and probably my climate as well, i love living in tropical places since i love growing plants i want to grow all year long, i never like overwintering plants, but if i want them to stop from growing i just unpot them and hang them for months, now im experimenting on one of my plants shes already 5months out of the soil and still alive and shes leafing out aswell lol.

Jericson,

really you have an adenium unpotted and its leafing... That's awesome!

I'm experimenting w/ Jericsons life of the plant soil mix, but climate has ALOT to do with it. And yes, having a 12 month growing season; compared to 3-4 months, makes ALL the difference.

During Winter, my utility bill triples!! I don't know if investing in LED would be worth it or not.

Thanks for all your help Jericson, I'll post a thread w/ updated pics of my Thai soco/arabicum collection.

Rob

Yes, what really matters when growing adeniums is sun, heat and water. Fertilizer is not that important compared to the other three factors.

Jericson, nice blobs. ;-) Rob, stunning red flowers. Is the tree grafted?

Martin - No, no graft. It was labeled as an obesum, but I doubt that. It's 14" tall, has 6 branchs growing out of the caudex, and those wonderful Red w/ Black fringe blooms.

The flowers change color over time.

There are 3 apexes, and they are all producing flower buds.

Rob

Rob, it is an obesum hybrid for sure. The caudex is small compared to the caudices of somalenses and arabicums which is typical for obesums (but the roots will most likely grow fat perfect for raising. ;-) ). And the flowers look fairly big. Certainly not arabicum flowers.

Emerald Crown finally Leafing out

Diamond King Leafing out as well...hopefully it wont grow to fast this time.

and the new neighbors, this area of my house only gets sunlight till from 8am to 1pm.

Yeah Jericson, the sliding glass door in my living room and my balcony face East; and due to the buildings & trees across the street, my daily sun exposure is from about 7:30am - 1:00pm. A bit more in the peak of Summer.

Rob

8/13/2016

11/14/2016

Hi Rob, your plants made so much progress like jericson. Awesome! Are you doing organic soil too?

Well now that you mention it; I had to think for a minute. I guess only the organic components (meaning the materials that were once alive) would count, not things like lava rock and Perlite. So I guess the only part not "Certified Organic"; would be the HP Pro Mix soil. I don't use organic ferts either.

Since I don't want to distract from Jericsons thread, I'll post an updated one with some of my Fatty's. I've been meaning to for a while now, but I've been super busy.

Take care everyone.

Rob

Rob, Thank you for the response. (: I love the progress in your plants.

your seedlings are coming along rob, good job.

Emerald Crown, another growth spurt after transplant.

" adeniums are kinda different since people choose specific roots to keep and remove since all roots of adeniums gets big so we always remove the small ones and keep the ones you want to flaunt in the future."

- Anonymous

Rob

Wow, Rob. BIG difference. That cleaned up real good! Did you have it in one of those cloth pots? From the posts I've seen the plants seem to get that type of very extensive root structure when they are grown in the cloth pots.

I purchased a one gallon cloth pot but haven't decided what I'm going to put in it yet. Maybe my other amputee or possibly the Arabicum I bought that was grown in the perlite fines that I'm going to repot in the Spring.

Tyler

No, this was in a plastic pot which was bursting at the seams. When I started transplanting it last night; I noticed more new buds appearing. This Adenium has been blooming non-stop since I bought it in August.

Rob

nice one rob, are you planning to keep the small roots on the side the small ones? if you do you need to pot them up all the way up so that those roots can reach the soil and it will keep on thickening,

Done & Done.

Very nice. Can you give the approx diameter and depth of that pot?

Thanks,

Tyler

Tyler - That pot is 12"W x6"D. It's made out of a grayish Brown Terra Cotta w/ a swirled pattern.

Rob

Rob, that plant is gorgeous and the flower too! Kinda resembles the one I purchased seeds of? Only it's going to be crossed with another.

I'm going to remove the two apexes of the plant; and do some grafting onto other Adeniums I have. Such as this one.

Or for a major contrast, graft on to my White Adenium.

Something I've been wanting to try for a while; is attempting a Adenium/Plumeria graft (or vise versa), and I think this is the perfect material.

Rob

Here's an Emerald Crown I'm transplanting tonight. When it was a seedling I pruned the tap root; and then placed a Poweraid lid underneath it in attempts to root train it.

Rob

Potting up. This time I placed a 4 1/2 inch yogurt lid underneath it.

Last nights EC transplant.

Great posts. Glad I came back to check on this thread again.