Go for it its a personal thing what can you loose i dont like the common pink others do i always use them for experiments so i say go for it(:

lol what a classic

Ha, ha! Love the sweet potato! Would you cut the caudex, Rachel, to get some interesting roots going? That potato caudex is terrible ... There will never be anything interesting to lift & display. That smaller root you see in the 2nd picture is just the root tip that curled in the pot.

Maria Elena, I don't think I would cut it. I suspect that more roots will form and fatten giving you a more interesting shape. I have seen one's like this, grow massively large caudex's in a shorter time frame then other plants and they develop like - a hill and valley shape. Sorry, I don't have a photo to show you what I mean.

If it was mine I would wait until the start of the next growing season to see what it looks like then. It may surprise you. :)

(I would love to see a clearer photo of the caudex if you can get one.)

I will see if I can find a photo on the Internet later to show you what I mean.

I have to go out for a little while now. (Morning time here.)

I third, or fourth, or whatever the idea of cutting it and root training. Centipede roots can also be thinned out in places, cross over each other to tangle, etc and thankfully do not have to look like spokes from a wheel. And if you remove some here or there later you can get more variety in the size of the roots over time, or trim them to make them branch more.

I would be sooooo happy with this potato. Lol 'Beauty is in the eye of the caudex holder' :)

Maria Elena, I tried to find a photo to show you what I mean by hills and valley's. This is the best i could find to give you an example....it's not the right photo, but it gives you an idea of what I mean. If you ignore the roots below the white line and just look at the base above the white line - that is what I mean by hills and valleys.

#SAVE THE SAD POTATO :(

Got you ... I understand the "hills & valleys" form. Sorry, cannot take better photos because it's already potted up.

I'll wait to see what blooms it presents ... should be soon. Then I'll determine whether or not it's a keeper. I do like the form of the canopy. This one branched really low on the caudex and I can see how maybe, in several years, it just may present those hills & valleys. It's only 16 months old.

Maria Elena

I hope it has beautiful blooms. You know, if yours has branched low and formed a nice canopy, it could eventually end up resembling the photo above.

I can feel the love growing. Chuckle, giggle, lol

Maria Elena,

I have found that which ever roots you have now, just visualize them larger than they are now. Even the smaller ones. This is what you will have as a mature plant.

It is all in the eye of the beholder. With mine, there are many obesum plants that have interesting and cool root systems naturally and others very lack luster.

With the plants that I have received from Dino. Love them all, but now when I look at them, as much as I like the centipede &/or root decorated. My favorite are the Natural/Virgin root plants.

We had a friend visiting and he is a establish Bonsai grower. He was looking at my plants. Really liked them and did not want to insult me, but he visualized and preferred the ones which had a Natural root structure, giving the appearance of tree type roots. Commented on some of them looking like vegetables sitting on top of the soil. I appreciated his candor and experienced eye and also his opinion.

This is the nice part about having many Adeniums. You can chose to keep or change them as you may.

Rick

Oh my gosh these are so funny!! Here's my Teenage Mutant Ninja Potato!