Shipping time can take several weeks. I think he mails on Wednesdays. If you just put the order in, it MAY NOT go out until next week. Here's hoping I am wrong.

Welcome aboard

That's the way I read it...so you're probably right.

Hello and welcome to the Adenium addicts forum! You will get plenty of helpful advise here, we are quite friendly :-) Please stick with the forum and post again:-)

Gill

Welcome! I'm pretty new and they are very helpful, encouraging and friendly too!

That's for true! ...and very giving. Sharing knowledge, seeds, advice, sympathy...

Tyler

Oh yes, how can I forget how sharing they are with their seeds and plants!

Warm welcome!

Hello again, so we assume you've read the advise about soaking seeds for two hours max, planting in a far less gritty mix than for adults, keeping them warm, covering with a tiny amount of mix/perlite so no burying, in some source of light and not letting the soil dry out whilst small seedling stage? I'm sure you have, but just wants to mention all our suggestions :-)

Mr Ko's seed is usually very fresh so you could expect them to start germinating around the three day stage. You have gone with a good supplier, what types have you chosen?

Gill

Yes, I've read, and I have a degree in Horticulture, though as I said Adeniums will be a new plant for me. :) I research things to death before I commit usually. Amazing that they can sprout and grow so fast...but then I guess that's an adaption to utilize resources (aka water) as fast as possible in nature.

Well, based on photos and his listings (and I know seed propagation is a roll of the dice), seed from KO_Ebay1,6,33,and 56. (yellows and pinks mostly).

I haven't paid yet, only sent my email (with queries) to the adenium@ email address. I'm awaiting a response..hopefully it will arrive before next Wed shipping (lol).

Since my first post, I've realized that 60 potential adeniums may be a bit excessive and I should probably half the seed lot and plant half of each and reserve some in a (cool?) place to plant with the return of spring (so I can get them outside soon after sprouting). Can someone confirm my reading that the seed should retain at least fair to good viability through March? Thirty adeniums should be doable through the winter in a southern windowsill (I think). Sixty might tax the available light space.

Of course then that begs the question, that I have even thirty (50%) maturing plants out of the sixty possible seedlings. How will I figure out how many I want to keep and/or offer on Ebay to reduce my collection? Lol, of course, even with best intentions and research, I do realize I will certainly lose a few along the way. I do hope to keep quite a number through to blooming and evaluation though. Also astonished that I could have blooms within a year, because they just look like it should be five or so before they flower.

PS, do you know of any inoculations to prevent getting the adenium bug, so that I won't repeat this endeavor (it's a joke!).

If you are sowing them now, I recommend not putting the seedlings on the window sill without bottom heating. These seedlings need to be warm (optimum is 28-30C). Also, they'll need at least 6 to 8 hours of sun to stay compact (seedlings are very susceptible to etiolation). That translates to around 14 hours under supplemental T5HOs or 8-10 hours under LED grow lights.

As you go forward, you'll figure out which plants are keepers and which plants can be either given away or composted. The selection process is really intensely personal since we all have different tastes. I've thinned out my bench with experimentation (they do not all survive), by giving some away and just simple culling.

I was already fine with my number then I was hit by a killer cold wave in mid-June and there you go---eight plants gone. So weather will help you out too, I guess.

Oh, and also? There is no cure. You're screwed lol

Welcome to the fold.

Pagan

Bear in mind, I'm still running the Ac... though hopefully will not be by time the seeds arrive. I'm tired of sweating.

I'm feeling fickle and thinking I should just start with a grafted plant of my choice (thinking Durham Botanicals) and forget seeds for now (no communication from the vendor after two days..maybe a holiday?)...consider them during the warm season again (if I do well with the adult).

Anyone have a better suggestion for a vendor to buy choice grafted plants in the yellow and pink lines? I don't want to import due to the costs and the defoliation (which I've read may occur from shipment anyway though). Thoughts appreciated.

Great to know you've done that essential research first, it's amazing how many ppl start growing plants without ever finding out what soils, temps, etc etc a plant requires to even grow, let alone thrive. Find this a lot on the c/s forum, ppl expecting cacti to thrive in terrariums with sodden peat and spaghnum moss topped soils and no drainage :-/

Sorry I can't advise re Mr Ko's non response or the grafted plants as I only grow from seed and have only ever seen two DR's for sale here in the tropics of Middle England. I've had them sprout in thirty something hours.

I agree with Pagan, there is no known antidote, we're all doomed :-(

Gill

Yes, I (because of my own temperament), hate to see someone say 'I bought this XYZ orchid, now how do I care for it' (especially if it's something not suited for windowsill culture. But...different strokes for different folks. I'm sure we all realize that most plants are regarded as temporary decorations and then discarded when killed :( or just perhaps out of bloom.

I have purchased from logees.com. they have like 5-8 different ones to choose. And I think there's a cple on here that sell. Tracy does as well but don't know what inventory she may have left.