How to grow radial roots on Adenium 

Thank You very much Anand Maha. That is what I'm trying - to explain/show clearly. By the way - Your name - Anand - is same like famous Indian chess grandmaster. His name is Viswanathan Anand.

for best results I am doing this on beginning of warm season. Where I live is now beginning of colder part of the year.

Same weather is here my most adenium's leaf becoming yellow, any suggestions.

I'm glad You like it Brian Paterson and thank You for letting me know it.

Hi Neil Beni, I'm glad You found this video informative

Elen in my experience they start slowly (growing 1 pair of leaves per month) but later grow way faster. Except in winter. In winter some don't grow at all and some even loose all leaves.

Glad to do it Rafaela Altegracia. I'm glad You found it interesting.

thank You mbunaorchid very much

Hello. You're welcome. Glad to do it.

I'm glad You like it Lindsay RE. And thank You for telling it to me.

Hi edagdwg thanks for sharing this story of what happens when you cut the body looks good one sick one nice to see you working with them Linda j peace ❤️💯💯💯🌹🦋

Hi. I'm glad You like them

thank You Zenyr Garden. I will get the book.

Yes. Good luck and enjoy.

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If i remember correctly - I kept them in semi shade and lightly watered but ONLY after the cuts dried.

Hello george alex, at the time when I made that big cut, those plants were exactly 2 years old (from time I planted the seeds). I'm doing similar root cutting experiment with much yonger seeds (of different cultivar), but that video I didn't posted yet.

Hello Danny O'Dell, well it depends on how large are the cuts and how heavy is the plant. lighter plants with thinner cuts I was watering even right away, but the larger the cuts the longer I waitheld the watering. Even more so if the plant was also heavy - because the pressure of the plant on the cuts. Also with bigger cuts I sometimes didn't plant the Adenium right away into regular growing medium but into steril - pure perlite from which I sifted away the dust. In the video posted last week (on clickable url: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m7yiUdDFRw0.html ) I'm showing new roots on cuts - these particular cuts were done with cinnamon dusting over fresh cut and then drying - because somebody on the Internet recommended such powder so I tried it.

That is hard to say. It depend on how deep is container and how hot is the weather. If it is colder than less often and if it is windy and hot then more often. It is not easy to be good parent. :-) :-(

Thanks for your reply. Yeah, I’m just spraying the bottom of the caudex. It’s Summer here and humid, hot, sunny, overcast, raining. All over the place to be honest. It has taken over a month. I lifted it to check the roots and finally, small white roots are growing around the caudex. I also cut the top of the caudex and no branches growing yet. So much waiting but will keep you updated. I only did it to try to make arial roots. No rot was present.

it depend on whether. With this size cut - 6 to 16 days perhaps. With much larger cut longer.

Hello Al Almaoui. I know it is possible with some perenials. For example from ficuses it is possible with Ficus religiosa and Ficus nerifolia, and Ficus diversifolia but not possible with (in flower stores) more common ficuses such as Ficus retusa and Ficus benjamina. With Adeniums of the types that I have it was not possible. I read that it is possible with specie Adenium swazicum, but I don't have this specie so I don't know if it's really true. But it is possible to use cut root as a rootstock - graft into it. But when I tried it most of the times didn't work so I stopped this practice.

Hello vanda beharry,This 'twiggy' type is call Adenium broccoli. I didn't pruned the top, but I have another group that are 'root trained' where I tried to start with way younger plants and not the Adenium broccoli but Adenium obesum with white flowers. Some of those if I good remember I did pruned little. I'm not sure and can't go outside to check because it is 10 o clock at night and raining. I'm glad it looks awesome to You (to me too) and I'm only hoping that it would also look good in the long run. :-)

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Hello samsul arifin, If You are asking what type of growing mix am I using, than You might want to check 8 minutes video I made on that subject by clicking on: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BFcAYLiNTbk.html I wish You to have a very nice day.

Hello Jason De Gama, - there is a specie of Adenium called Adenium Swazicum which is capable of growing new plants from (not too thin) root cuttings. Because I don't have this specie (Adenium Swazicum) I don't know how easy it is and if some plants or this specie can do it easier than other. On another - but related subject - there are hundreds of specie of genus Ficus. Some are vines and most are trees. One can do it with many (or all?) vines and from trees of genus Ficus I know 2 for sure - it is possible with Ficus religiosa and Ficus nerifolia. All other I tried were not capable. (I tried with about 15 other)

I'm not sure if exactely this batch but all my videos on this subject are on: ru-vid.com/group/PLS8RRXnTw_pWKeC2jSGRRrtbtSwq720ib And amongs them the most advanced in training I think is this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_T2zuD90iBA.html

Hello patrickeman, that is an interesting idea. My DH Adenium are so very dwarf and growing so very slowly that I would be afraid that they'll either won't survive it or will but I won't live sufficiently long to see it with nice roots :-) I'm 73. smiling face, smiling face, smiling face. But seriously - one way that might be practical and now that You inspired me i might try it - is first graft them on obesum - which makes them grow and thicken way faster - I did that few times - and they loose all their curliness, and then do the surgery so they would be again on their own roots and regain curliness.. Looks like You are good on original thinking.

@@GardenSvideos right, they’re so small i’m afraid to do the surgery on radial roots. maybe i’ll just train it with a rock underneath. thanks for your insights. appreciate your videos. :)

@@patrickeman I have a bunch of them because I made my own seeds, and recently we had so much rain that I had to transplant them because some of them started to die from root rot and to my surplice some are growing all roots horizontally all on its own. In the past, when I had very few and non of them grew all their roots horizontally, what I did was that during transplanting I cut on some of them the 'tap' root - the root that went straight down. Dry the cut a little and only then planted the plant into bonsai pot. It worked. I live in Hawaii and in January - February we get more rains than rest of the year. Usually. Where do You live?

@@GardenSvideos i live in philippines. we get lot of rain around july or august ok i’ll try the rock under the roots first if it will help making the roots go radial or horizontal. i’m afraid i might kill the only on i have. i have done the surgery on a few arabicum obesum tho hehe

Thank You for reply @@patrickemanand I like Your videos.

Hello. Yes I heard of it and no I did not tried it - yeat. But do You think that it would be substitute for drying Adenium root cuts?

@@GardenSvideos After the root cuts, I spray all the cuts with Daconil Fungicide and let it dry for a few minutes. Then I apply the liquid bandage over the cuts and let that dry for 5-10 minutes before repotting. The liquid bandage is an antiseptic and seals the cut. I've had no problems with this method.

@@plcc07777 this is very interesting. Thank You very much for the reply. What is the thickest root of Adenium that You processed this way and how did it look next time You were transplanting that Adenium?

@@GardenSvideos About the size of the cuttings in your video. Another tip...I use this same method for propagation and it works for me. Give it a try and let me know what you think of the results. This is a method I've developed on my own with great success.

The weather the weather, the more draining medium I'll use from available ingredients. Here is a video about mixture I used few years back: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BFcAYLiNTbk.html

Yes. if done correctly. :-)

@@GardenSvideos Thanks for the fast response.

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The root cut should have been cut first. The thicker the cut the longer drying. Otherwise it can start to rot. And after the drying it is good to planted in sterile environment such as perlite with dust sifted off.

@@GardenSvideos thanks

@@saurabhkshirsagar4851 You are very welcom

@@GardenSvideos how often do you water if planted in just perlite?

@@kimlatimer7329 well I try to water as needed. If perlite was not used previously (and particles smaller than 3 mm crossed sifted away before use), the perlite might dry faster than later, because it's full of air.

Yes. :-)

Hello Kim Latimer. I dried these plants away from sun but in place where there is a breeze - for drying and ventilation. As for parts catching rot during drying - when that happened to me with plants that had about less than 5 inch across cut then just like You I cut the infected area and kept drying it, but on very big cut that I did recently (about 1/2 a year ago - plant that was growing almost 8 years in the ground - I just let it be and it healed under the rot and the rot dried and I peeled it. But because I didn't tried this to deal with the problem on smaller plants I can't say from experience if it'll work so I'm happy that You recut it. Another 'trick' that I tried and it did work for me was that I dried that re-cut place with electric hair dryer for an hour or so (but set up NOT on hot) and then dried the whole plant for a week or so - this way the re-cut part was not less dry then the rest. I hope this writing will help. Oh and also - it helped in my case to turn the plant every 2 days or so - to prevent from being moist on the bottom - or hand it - all that to help air circulation. OK - now I ran out of advices already. Hope this will heplp.

@@GardenSvideos I don’t understand what you mean by turning the plant.

@@GardenSvideos I could cover most of bottom like you did when you separated the roots. I could put plastic under bottom leaving edges of plant exposed to perlite medium

@@kimlatimer7329 Yes I think so too - if I understand You well.

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Hello Kim Latimer, about nutrients - for few month there were no nutrients in perlite - the plant had nutrients only from storage from inside of its body - that slows the growth - unfortunately - but also help plant not to start to rot. About water: It is important that the container has good drainage holes and perlite be sifted from dust - so that the moisture can not stay - again that is because of rot danger. As for watering - it depends on temperature and wind to see when I should water again - one can stick finger into that clean perlite to see if it's clause to dry (but not dry yet - to water again. But when I plant seeds, I don't want even surface to be dry so I each day blow on the surface with mouth and if particles move I water. If somebody would see me in the morning blowing then that person would think that I look funny :-)

So I need to rinse the bag of perlite in a screened bowl to remove all dust and that will wet the perlite enough to place my desert rose in it. Leave it alone in shaded area for 4 months? Spray it when it starts to feel dry.

@@kimlatimer7329 yes You can rinse it - or just sift it - but watch which direction the air is moving so You won't breath the dust - and it does not need to be in shade 4 month - once it starts to grow vigorously I'm putting it on sunshine - in about 2 month - unless it is a rainy season. cheers

Thank you so much for your advice and quick replies🥰😊I will keep you updated on her progress.

@@kimlatimer7329 You're very welcome.

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I don't know. Are they roting or just staying there and not growing?

@@GardenSvideos It's just sitting there not growing. It's not rotting.

@@debbryant4780 I have no idea why. To me every 3 (or in tropical winter 4) month is growth very visible. So far always.

Hello, thank You for the comment. You can write in English. What's up?

Hello hippymaster. I have 3 types of pests: One is caterpillar of a moth call Oleander Hawk moth. This caterpillar eats leaf of Adenium. I'm trying to find those caterpillar and give them to the wild chickens we have here. Another is miniature sucking insect call Red Spidermite. It lives on the underside of Adenium leaves and it can be easily seen with magnifier. This pest loves microscopes 'hair' on those leaves. Most of Adenium arabicum have such hair. That's why I plant way more seeds of A. arabickum than I need and thin them. Other varieties of Adenium have them rarely. Again, I thin the once that have this tiny 'hair'. Bigger problem is when nice old Adenium reverts to this type - starts to grow such leaves. This happened several times to me with grafted Adenium cultivar broccoli. After a year or so from such an attack they passed away. Currently I have 1 such individual. Third pest I have in some pots is ants and this problem I just ignore, because my potted plants are not indoors so it does not bother me and it does not seem to bother the plants. These are the only pests I know of on my plants other than fruit trees.

Hello da cunha manuel. Why do You think so? They don't look sick to me.