Where are you going to grow these? SJ does get cold winters but nice the rest of the year to grow them outside. A quick draining soil will need watched till you get to know your plants. The wind we get can dry them quickly, but they love the sun. You can insert your finger into the soil every so often to see if the soil is damp but not soggy. Heavy soil can compact around the roots and produce rot. I don't use perlite because it floats and can be messy. But that is just me. I use an adapted Gritty mix. With extra core because we have wind. Mine need more moisture.

Do you have plants now?

I am in 9b and less than a mile from the warm Gulf of Mexico, and I use mostly potting soil. I'm not sure of your exact conditions, but we're warm and humid.

Hi jedobaTX9B! thanks for responding! I'm in California so the weather does get pretty warm in the summer but we're dry here.

Thanks,

Ann

Ann sounds ok for now. Can we get a pic? Do you know how old it is? Mine are in again with this cold front going through, But that won't last.

hi Marica! I just took these pictures she's actually inside right now in my restroom. I just noticed the pot might be a tad big for her. Should I get a smaller one for her or just leave her as is? As for age I am not really sure I bought her off of ebay, it was kind of an experiment something I wanted to try since I saw how beautiful desert roses are.

Thank you,

Ann

And I might add. She's pretty small. I think the bottom is around 1 inch or so

It is still dormant. Watch putting her in the direct sun real fast. We had that hot week and then this cool one. Do you have a sunny window to put her in. It is going to take awhile till you see much change. Once she is use to the sun she will love it out there. Most say to plant them with about 2" all the way around from the caudex to the pot. A lot of people here like about 4 to 6" of pot below. I use a bonsai pot so as to keep a smaller tree. It would grow in this pot for a very long time. But it likes tight roots. Since our nights can be cool bring it in when it is below 50.

We are suppose to be warming up. Remember you can have a micro climate in your area so you will have to judge that the soil is draining and damp. not soggy. When your up against the hills the temps, humidity and breezes can very. I grew up in Niles. so I know the various weather the bay gets.

Just keep a look out for caudex that gives or branches that get odd spots on them. I am guessing your tree is about 4 months old. But I may be wrong. With all the great heat you will be having soon. The roots will build them selves up and start pushing out leaves. My young ones do it slowly. I have even seen some throw a bloom before our Oct weather turns cold. Give it as much light as you can when in the house. But don't let the window glass burn the skin. Be patient with it. It grows at it's own rate. When it is older you can learn to shape and graft on it if you want.

Wow so much informations! thank you so much Marica! I'm curious how can you tell if it's dormant or not? I think you're correct about her being around 4 months she's pretty small. This might sound like a silly question but when you said to give it as much light as I can when it's in the house. Do you mean leave the regular light on for her?

Thank you,

Ann

There are no silly questions.

If you forget it in the house leave it somewhere near a window. It needs the sun. I wasn't sure you had it under a grow light. Since I did not get to see the roots. and there doesn't seem to be any swelling on the the stem (yet) I am guessing that there were not a lot of young feeder roots started yet. After a week or so the tree should be ready for full sun and to be left out. Just take it slow so it doesn't burn. They say we are to really get hot.

There seems to be many section where you can get more branching once you tree put out leaves then we can see. What shape you want. Most of us want to see if we can get it to bloom so we don't prune it till next spring.

If you got it here in the States it should pop back faster. But if you got it overseas. It will have to adjust.

oh just cause. If you go to the box stores in your area and look at their sad plant section. you maybe able to pick up cheap Adeniums that have great caudex's buried. My stores are to new so I can't find any tree's so I can graft.

Thank you for all the information. I will keep notes so for the next one I won't be doing something I shouldn't be doing until it's a tad bit older. Yes it's suppose to be hot next week. I'm one of those lady that would drag my plants around 3 to 4 times a day to find the right location. lol My DH thinks I'm crazy.

I got the plant from someone in FL on ebay.

Thank you for the tip about the sad plants section. I will keep an eye out just in case they might have something else I want.

Thank you very much,

Ann

Ann, pretty soon when you have more like us here in the forum....and you need bigger back yard so your plants can in in full sun all day long.

Marie

Hi Marie! lol don't know if it's a good thing to be addicted but planting of any kind can be so fun especially when you see flowers and fruits. I am also trying out some plumeria cuttings I got off of ebay for the first time too. I'm watching all of my new plants like a hawk. :)

Ann