Congratulations, Jeannie! You've officially grown your first KO adeniums. Nice job ... They look great! The one that branched is special. Also, glad to see so many have taken to recycling yogurt cups for these seedlings ... Love the responsible recycling.

Do you have them in full sun and are you fertilizing them? It's important that they gather lots of energy before winter. So far, so good. Please do not hesitate to post updates right here as they progress.

The cuttings you sent me are doing spectacular. They've rooted and are now leafing out. I hope to see inflos this summer! Here they are on my "nursery table," where they get pampered. I'll begin acclimating to full sun this weekend.

Blessings to you!

Maria Elena

Yes I have them in full sun and I have been feeding with Tapin root once a month and also I water with my earthworm tea :) and on very hot sunny days, all my Adeniums get misted with the earthworm tea (I've been doing the tea for 2 years now and my plants love it). I wish I could get rid of these spidermites quicker, but I am conquering them :)

Those Plumeria cuttings/plants are looking great. I have the 2 Plumerias that I rooted right away (one was the white one...it now has an inflo) and they are growing well.

Plus most of the others I let dry for 3 weeks, seems to be all rooting/growing leaves, except for one (it was a cutting from my Hawaiian Plumeria), but I will try again:)

The mother of the white one is growing well and is sprouting leaves on all the 7 stems, but not putting out new growth where I took the cutting from. I will be ready to send you a cutting of the white one, but how short is too short for a cutting? The longest of the 7 stems is right at 6", would that be a long enough cutting? I usually cut at around 7" or so, but I can cut it and send it if you think that's good. They have been well away from my greenhouse (where the spidermites are), but maybe once you receive the Plumeria cutting and the small Bromeliads, you might want to keep them away from your plants for a while....just in case!

Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)

Looking really good Jeannie!

My Maria-Elena Garden is doing well, too. Even if they had a bad start due to really bad weather conditions. But as summer is coming along, the are pushing new leaves and look much more happy.

Still waiting for the KO Peachy seeds to germinate.....I have found out that growing seeds is fun, but also time consuming and you have to have lots of patience!

Just took this picture.....I will be happy if just one in each pot will poke out of the soil :)

I purchased 4" pots a while back (when I was still buying on Ebay), so I took the 3 seeds and put them in a triangle point spot (kind of like a smiley face:)

My white Plumeria (from a cutting a few months back) is just about to open it's first bloom!

Maria Elena, I'm planning on sending out your cutting (and the Bromeliads) after the 4th!

Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)

Thanks, Jeannie! I look forward to receiving your package. Is your white one scented? I have a Venezuelan fiddle-leaf alba; beautiful foliage but zero scent:

It's only been 11 days since you planted the adenium seeds. Maybe these just take longer to germinate. Half of mine germinated after 5/6 days and then nothing else. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. They are certainly worth waiting for.

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I hope you DO get at least one of each. They are beautiful.

Maria Elena