Matt, it is difficult to tell with not seeing it on it's own. The other plant makes it hard to see what pot or size it is in?

Rick

thanks for the response. the adenium is about 3 inches tall. it arrived sooner than I thought so I didn't have an open pot ready for it and I didn't want to leave it just sit out for a day or two so I threw it in this one for the time being. are these pictures
more helpful to you at determining whats going on with it?

When you say a fast draining cactus soil, can you give a bit more info? Is that a store bought bagged one, or a mix that you've made yourself? Does it look dark and peaty, what's in it ?

Could be transplant shock and maybe it will settle down in a few weeks, but we need some more info first. How long was it on the post, from where to where did it travel? Best to add your location and zone to your user name like we do, helps us a lot when asking ???s. Was it shipped bare root?

Gill

greenclaws I apologize my ignorance I'm new to this. yes its a store bought cactus soil (ill take a picture of the bag tomorrow) it was shipped first class mail so it was in post for about 3 days would be my guess. I forget where it came from I didn't keep the shipping label. yes it was shipped bare root. What is the proper care for adeniums when they are this size? how much light and water? I'm finding conflicting answers on the internet when it comes to baby adeniums.

Hi Matt and welcome to the forum. You will find so many helpful people here and I hope you get to the bottom of your problem :)

Stephane

Thanks Stephane. I've settled on keeping it in indirect sunlight and watering it less than I have been, just once a week now. My gardening addiction is just getting started and this is my first adenium so I'm lacking knowledge and experience. Hoping I don't kill this little guy, they're expensive lol. If anyone thinks I should be taking a different course of action at this stage in the adeniums life, please let me know. Looking forward to learning as much as I can in this forum.

Matt, Adenium can be so addictive. I am myself new at growing anything for that matter. Last year I started my first tray and now I have about 850 of them hehe
I'm on this message board everyday checking all the threads and I find a lot of useful information, and the people here are great!

I've been dealing with root rot for the past week and lost 20 plants and 30 more are having problems with with the help of people here, they might be saved.

I'm in Richardson, and my plants are now outside all day and night, except when it rains like today. Adenium can take the brutal sun of Texas all day long for sure. Right now, I water them once a week, and only if I see that the soil is dry enough.

Stephane

Matt, You might find that this seedling will do better in it's own pot. Much smaller than the one it is sharing. I like my adenium seedlings to be in a pot which gives no more than 1" on either side of it's trunk (caudex is the proper term).

Being in the pot with the Kalanchoe may be too much soil and water retention for it. This is why I suggest it being in it's own pot.

Cactus soil should be amended with more perlite if you can for the adeniums.

The yellowing of the leaves more than likely are two things. Transplanting/shipping and too moist.

Welcome to the forum also. There is alot of people here that can and will assist you and hope to hear of you plants. Whether you are new, we all started this way at some point and no question is a stupid one. So ask away. Sometimes people do not respond right away as they are not frequenting as much, but once their weather warms up, they will be.

Rick

hey stephane were almost neighbors. I'm in Grapevine. thanks for the info I wont be worried about it getting too much sun now.

hey Rick. ya the adenium arrived sooner than I thought so I just threw it in with the kalanchoe. I plan on putting it in its own smaller pot but now I feel I should let it recover some before attempting that. do you think that's the right move or would it be best to get it out of the big pot as soon as possible, ive cut back on the watering a lot already to see if too moist might be the problem.

Hi Matt, thanks for the further info:-) no need to apologise for anything btw, we all made our first posts on this forum at some time and the more info we can extract the easier it is to answer queries!

I hope your plant settles down soon for you, I'm sure it's transplant shock especially as it was bare rooted. Your climate should be good for adeniums I would have thought....far better than me growing mine small collection here in the U.K!...they took 8 years to get to the glowering stage from seed :-/ Please keep in touch with the forum and ask whatever you need to :-)

Gill

even if you don't have a pot, place it in a plastic cup (like the red ones we get at the store for parties) and put holes in the bottom of the cup on the cup's sides. add perlite to your mix and check out the 511 mix on the container gardening forum

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