Four days ago was applied and the results

UL - Did you prune those plants, then let the cuts callous before applying the paste? Or did you apply the paste soon after making cuts?

Rob

Adeniums pruning was done ten days to five days. And the actions of hormones in germination rate is higher in the elderly Adeniums...Pruning was not only used for forming dough cut or scratch on left

Conny - what happened to the original seedling you put the paste on? Any updates with pics would be great :-)

I have about 50% success rate with Keiki past, some branches look normal and some weird... and others are not doing anything :( I'm working till wed than going to Vegas, will pull my plants out and take some pictures on Sunday when I get back. Happy Mothers Day to all mothers!

In a few days the image update

My experience with using Keiki paste on a mature adenium is a bust. I've tried to take a similar before and after photo for comparison, The left side is before, the right side is after. It's hard to compare because it's in bloom in the after pic and was leafed out in the before pic. I added paste to the main center vertical stem and to the horizontal branch above the yellow circle. Nothing grew. No new branches sprouted. However, the area in the yellow circles, where I did not put any paste it sprouted 8 new branches. It wasn't my intention but it will fill in that blank space nicely. I wonder if the hormone getting into the tissue overall had anything to do with it. I cannot be sure.

I also noticed that when a node sprouted it bloomed first, then leafed. It was strange to see flowers coming right out of the wood.

This one had no nodes sprout or branching. Zero. It's been 7 months since I put paste on both and the paste is still so thick and sticky, there is no mistaking where I put it.

Did you damaged the sites where you applied the paste otherwise it might not do anything. Try to take some sharp object and scratch below one node to see if it does anything. For Orchid we apply the paste right after we pull the protective cap off. That site is somewhat damaged. Resulting the plant absorbing the paste as it trying to heal itself.

I did. I gently pierced the node with some paste on a wooden skewer and then rubbed it in with my finger.

hi ever one i have been watching this thread with lots of interest it is truly fascinating which i dont know if i have over looked the result but which is the better past and the link if pos i may get some im thinking of grafting to seedlings together using the past to join them together it might yield something even weirder can one you advise me and maybe the link thanks peter

Check out Hyn's post. She has all kids of seedlings grafted together. 2,3,4 and up to 5 seedlings.

What happened to the fingers with which you applied the paste?

hay shang how do i find that thread and did she use the paste

Go to the adenium home page and search for Splicing Adenium Seedlings.

Here's a link for the lazies (like me):

Splicing Adenium Seedlings

Carol

current situation

What do you expected when you played with keike paste. That very normal.

thanks for the link but i got a bit inpatient and found a suppler in australia

Halfwaythere, that made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the endorphins!!!

Carol

I haven't used any Keiki paste on my adeniums, no. I have been splicing seedlings, yes. All of them are doing well. I keep meaning to order keiki paste for other applications though with chimera African Violets and my orchids. I used to have some but I misplaced it a long time ago. Been following this thread for a while though. Interesting.

Hmm, not many positive updates pics from people who used this paste on their plant. I wonder if it's worth it.

Agartta im going to give it a go prob get mine tomorrow i will post some picks on what im going to do.

Oh great Peter, good luck, remember wear gloves. Lol

Here is a before and after photo. Not much action, bit it appeared to make my plant put out some leaves.

It should be noted that keiki paste stimulates growth via hormones but it does not cause cells to change into meristem /bud/ tissue. So obviously it isn't going to work how you might expect if you cut /away/ or start with an application to a part that entirely lacks meristem bud tissue in the first place. Luckily such cells can also be scattered in other part of a plant but it is a lot more likely to work if it's applied to actual bud tissue to stimulate it.

Honestly, I have no clue what going on with this little one. All the siblings have 6-8 true leaves while it still holding on to the first two leaves. After I applied the paste, the swelling begins and now what appears to be small leaves. Here is the photo of it and the other seedlings all planted as the same time.here is a very close up look. It appeared the new branch broke the skin and come out from the inside.

It's hard to tell in this photo but it does look like maybe it suffered a little damage and is trying to make new growth. It'll probably be fine.

Well this was way too tempting for me and I decided to jump on the bandwagon hehe I just made my own paste and I'll be applying it to some of my little dudes this week end. Very interesting thread!

Stephane - Good luck!

First off, this was a graft attempt; that didn't take. Secondly, I can't remember if I applied Keiki Paste or not. In any case; this is what happened.

Rob

Any new updates?

I've had the most success with orchids. I have an orchid that I've gotten a second set of blooms using keiki paste, and a third set starting to grow.

The jades filled in sort of odd looking and the desert rose stopped growing where I added the paste. No luck with ficus retusa.

I've got (& have had) some updates for a while, but as usual; I've got to run. I'll try & post them a little later.

Rob

That would be great. Thank you!

This is the first one I experimented with, a Swazicum from seeds I got from Rick (R. Charles). These are all swazicums,, for some reason they seemed to just stop growing

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Rob

Wow. Is that from just one application?

Yup.

Rob

I have a seedling growing and hopefully more. Do I apply the paste straght to the point of budding at the tip of the apex? Or do I cut the very tip of the Adenium's bud, and then apply the paste?

Forest - You can apply the paste at any potential area for natural growth. Apex, branch, bud... Usually, I get multiple points of new growth; from where naturally there'd only be 1 or 2 (as you can see from above pic).

Sometimes however, it doesn't work at all.

If I can find some time, I'll try and get some additional new photos.

Rob

Would I have to do some type of damage to allow it to soak in? I'm guessing there are much less chances of it being successful if just applied on the outer layer. By the way I am interested in adeniums, I have never had an orchid.

Yeah, I think we're all pretty much using it on Adeniums; even though it's suggested use is for Orchids.

And yes, I always apply it to a freshly cut area (after dabbing away the excess sap.).

Rob

Update 7/14 2017 - Here are some pics of the continued growth from previous post.

(Roger obesum)

I accidentally hit the plant w/ my camera in this next one.