That looks great I like the healthy strong look the cut areas maintain. What kind of super glue do you use there are so many to choose from.

John

I don't think it matters. I personally buy mine in 4 packs at Walmart for less than $2. I generally prefer the liquid but if I have a gap to fill I'll go back and add the gel kind. I find it is also useful to thicken and stabilize a very thin section of graft that has taken but is really fragile. In time the super glue (being brittle) will crack and simply flake off.

I haven't yet had to cover a /large/ cut out area on an adenium so I have hesitated to suggest using it, but it should work fine even if you had to cut out a huge amount. Maybe. A brush can be used to spread it around. I have in the past sliced open an entire tube all at once and brushed it over a large wound on a cereus cactus. It worked great and did not dry out too fast to work with. I cleaned up the brush (or your fingers) with nail polish remover (acetone).

I've used super glue for grafting small scions as well.

But the super glue itself does not stay sealed well enough to keep moisture from evaporating out of the graft before it can take and grow. So it is a good idea to still wrap it with plastic film or bag the tip, etc. As the plant or the graft loose moisture, or gain it, or grows new tissue it can and will crack the super glue. Which is ideal so it can flake off later, but not as ideal if it starts to happen in the first couple of weeks before your graft has taken well.

It's not a magic bullet. Some of my grafts took (many of them did) and some of them didn't. Those that I uncovered too early (after 10 days) eventually mostly died. Those that I left covered for a couple of weeks are mostly doing great. So I am encouraged to try more.

Very cool thank you for the information. Do you also put supper glue on the top of the scions and let to seal before you cover with the plastic?

John

The first batch I put aloe vera over to help seal naturally as is often done by those who use this technique with cacti. It helped but I don't think it worked as well as the second batch of grafts which yes, I did seal the tops with super glue. They did much better. While you can coat the entire scion with aloe or wax, I am reluctant to seal the /entire/ scion with super glue. Just the cut areas as I think it still benefits from gas exchange better without.

Patty do you wipe the cut before applying superglue or you let it dry for a little bit? I'll definitely try this method, cut looks much better! A lot better actually.:)

Neither. I spray the pieces with alcohol, dip my exacto knife in it too, then slice and immediately stick the freshly cut scion into place. Before the sap wells up too thickly I apply the super glue while maintaining pressure on the union. If it gets too much sap you can always wipe it off with a sterile piece of tissue, then apply. If you wait the cut will start to darken.

Here's a very skinny one that I thought would surely not succeed but here it is a month later starting to have new leaves edging out at the tips! This is 'Violet Angel' obesum named hybrid grafted onto a Brazilian arabicum root stock.

Just remember that both the grafting scion /and/ the seedling or plant stem you are grafting to should be hardened for at least 6 months. If it's new growth it may be too tender.

Here's the other side of that same one though you can't see the green leaf tips from this angle yet.

Many of my seedlings are also getting the roots trimmed and the tap roots cut out. Super glue is also ideal to seal the tips of the cut roots as well.

Super Glue works well for grafting scions. The Super Glue should have Cynoacrylate as the active ingredient. Most do, but a few do not.

Rick

Depends on the alcohol. Phyto laboratories of various kinds use a 70% solution so that's what I buy and use. If I obtain it at a higher percentage than that, then yes I'll water it down slightly at a ratio to reach approximately 70%. Higher than that starts to get rough on your more tender plants and roots, as well as your hands. If I want to be able to burn it so to pass my tools through the heat, then I use grain alcohol (ethanol) but that's a lot more expensive and sterilizing my tools by dipping them works just fine. As I also dabble in tissue culture and flasking, I'm getting a lot of practice sterilizing everything. It's also a good practice to keep from passing viruses among your plants.

I've never seen a 'super glue' that didn't have Cynoacrylate so I didn't know that, Rick. Good point.

Nice works... look so much better than the other 3 without superglue.

CyanOacrylate! As in cyanide and acrylic! I studied chemistry in college.

I tried superglue grafting last year but neither of the two took. I guess it's time to try again!

I have used the Super glue, but have done all my grafting both "Flat" & "Cleft" with nothing other than taping and/or bagging and they work well for me. Have had not much reason to switch.

Can be issues w Super glue if you use too much.

Rick

Yes, you don't want to move the graft after superglue is applied and get it in between. I'm trying some without as well. I think what it's good for is to help keep the graft from being so fragile and easy knocked loose, which can certainly cause a graft to fail even if it's tied down and wrapped up,

Definitely useful and has it's benefits, Hyn.

Rick

Here are some updates! Remember the adenium obseum 'Scorpio' that arrived with a broken branch that was showing rot I had to cut out? Here it is now several weeks later and leafing out beautifully. I was afraid I would loose this under cut grafted branch that remained but the super glue has kept it from withering. In time the wound will heal and ease over or fade with scar but I can always graft back new pieces of scion right into that area to make it look better later. I also want to make more backup grafted seedlings.

And here is an update on the 'Violet Angel' seedling that was grafted with a very thin scion. I wasn't sure if that one would make it but it's leafed out and doing well. Shown here freshly repotted and starting to really take off in growth with summer heat.

Some of my other grafted seedlings didn't make it, but others are thriving and doing great. I have learned that I really need to wait about 3 weeks before I remove the baggie and wrap - unless I see strong growth starting well before that. All of the spliced multiple joined seedlings are doing well. I need to repot them and once I get caught up I can post new photos of them later this summer as well.

Hyn, I remove the baggies gradually. The huge change in humidity causes the grafts to wilt and the weak to die.

Yes, I learned that the hard way on my first batch. With my super high humidity here I didn't think I had to, as I also domed them right after but they still withered. So leaving them on longer and then easing them off seemed to work better. ;)

Hyn, super glue company is making more money now, that we all are buying super glue.

Marie

Haha, not from me. I'm buying a generic brand four pack at Walmart for about $1.50 a set. I'm too cheap to pay $2 or $3 /per/ tube if I don't have to. This cheap stuff works great. I'm going to try wood glue as well though as I have some. In the event that it turns out to be less brittle it may hold up better on parts that loose or gain moisture.

Just something different. For the last 1 1/2 week I been trying to save my second plant (brought privately) from root rot and bullet bugs. Sometimes its hard to save something neglected by somebody else. So, last week after I cut all the root rot off, I sprinkled cinamon powder all over the roots and let the plant dry. Today, after 1 1/2 weeks I checked plant and to my horror, the root rot continued and causing further black soggy roots. So what u think I did?

I didnt have superglue also, it was a huge area to cover, so after I cut and clean more root rot, I covered it well with clear RTV Silicone and let it dry. Its either I make it or I"ll break it. Cross fingers. Do u think clear silicone would work as good as superglue? Will see how it does. Will keep updated.

Thanks!

Agartta

RTV room temp volcomiser( silastic) Agartta hope you used the non acidic one i used the acidic one one a small fish tank my son had it killed the fish i removed it put the non on they are ok ive got my fingers crossed for you good luck

I have no idea, Agartta but if a favorite plant of mine was rotting, I'd be willing to try just about anything myself. If you got all of the rot out and sterilized it before you sealed it, then perhaps it will work. At least silicone will stay flexible so there is an advantage there! Keep us posted on how it does for you and good luck! I have a clear silicone glue here called E-6000 that I had thought about trying but hadn't, yet.

Just so curious as to how everyone's adeniums are doing now.. With the glue..? And rot? I'm so happy I found this thread. Thanks everyone..as I think I'll go ahead and seal the hole I had to dig all the rot out of the caudex..thanks again for the great tips..it helps so much

Mine are doing great. I have lost about three of last year's seedlings recently due to autumn rain and chilly nights, and one larger plant that recently arrived, but everything I have used glue on for sealing cuts or other damage, has flourished. Especially my Scorpio that had to be cut out so badly - it has grown and grown and is about to produce a second flush of flowers. Most of mine are slowing down and about to enter winter dormancy though so it's a tricky period.

Here is a close up photo of the Scorpio's hard cut section from about 6 or 8 weeks ago. And a full plant shot as well. It has since healed over even more and the old wound is slowly rounding off and becoming less obvious as it grows.

It has brown and produced more branches and many more flowers since this photo was taken. I am very pleased with it. All the rest I used glue on are doing exceptionally well, too.

Oh wow HYN, it looks so amazing...it has healed great. Just like you had said..it is almost crystallizes and is going to flake off soon huh? Seriously Hyn.. thank you for taking the time to explain and post pics and just for sharing your infinite knowledge with us all as I've read so so so many threads where your always helping people..were all very fortunate to have you ...thanks again very much and I went ahead and applied the glue! :)

You are very kind. I may have grown a lot of plants for more than 40 years now, but I'm fairly new to adeniums yet and there's always something new to learn. I don't always get it right. I kill a few along the way just like anybody else. But it's fun to read up, try them, share them. I've learned a lot from these forums myself and the people here on the Adenium group are really great, supportive folk. Glad you joined us!

Here's that little seedling I grafted that had the split graft shown earlier in this thread.

And a view from above with flower buds! This photo was from last month and I lost some of the flower buds when it got chilly and wet, but now it's about to bloom. If it does I'll get a new photo as I wasn't expecting it to bloom before next year. This time of the year I have to keep moving them into the basement when it drops into the 50's (or even 40's) and it's been rainy. Day times are still 70 to 85 though.

Oh my, so healthy looking (sorry I didn't see this until now) my mother hasn't been well the past couple days, but this cheers me up, what an adorable little guy with a nice caudex so far.. thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with me as it's so much appreciated.. you can tell they're spoiled rotted(always lugging them in and out and tending to them like little babies haha the same with my couple:( looking to buy more though lol as I'm sure everyone here is as it becomes an addition, it's been tough lately.. and just tending to my plants and trees makes me feel happy, they really are great fir the soul..very rewarding... I love your photos please keep me updated:)

great information on this thread.