I try to maintain my greenhouses at a minimum of 60F but the solarium is kept a bit warmer @ 64F (while we sleep) and 66F otherwise (it is a living space, so has to be comfortable). But they all surely do get plenty of light. The solarium has no supplemental lighting, at least none that would benefit plant-growing. The two greenhouse do get supplemental light (very strong T-5HO lighting) from 3:00 until 9:00 PM. They get shade from trees and from the house in the afternoon/evening.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)
The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
Name: David Laderoute Zone 5B/6 - NW MO (Zone 5b) Ignoring Zones altogether
Ursula - I was just trying to figure how tall your plant is. When I stand up, even with plants on a table, "eye height" is a pretty tall plant. BTW - Did you ever see what might be doing the pollinating?
I am just getting started with Adenium (first plant acquired July '14) and still quite ignorant.
Ken - Thanks for all that info. Do you ever notice what does the pollinating of your Plumeria?
What Ken said goes also for my Adeniums. I honestly don't know.
Here is the tall Adenium ca 10 years ago. At this point I had grown it for about 20 years. Nowadays I have a pot with several pieces of this going.
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Give PEACE a chance!
Love how happy looking your new ones grow Ken. But I agree with Rick, I would hold off doing anything with them. Wait for mid to late Spring. I usually wait for my temps to be at 70F before I start digging around my Adenium, just to be on the safe side, easier to help the roots heal after being disturbed.
Name: David Laderoute Zone 5B/6 - NW MO (Zone 5b) Ignoring Zones altogether
Ursula - now I can see what you mean by eye height.
And though I am a newby with Adenium, I have grown a lot of different things and agree with Tarev.
I do Bonsai and for someone with my growing requirements, it is recommended to never mess with roots during the winter when most are dormant or quasi-dormant.
Mine are not dormant, at least don't appear so. Mother Nature is sort of confused here. Too late anyway. They are all repotted. I am not the least bit worried. The potting media was damp and I won't water the plants for a few days. I will just lightly mist the leaves daily. They will all be fine.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)
The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
I have a good feeling about your seedlings Ken, I suspect they will be fine.
Ursula kindly sent me some seeds a while ago and they are all up and running. They did stretch a bit due to low light, it was warm, high 70's/low 80's, but cloudy outside and I had too much company over the holidays and did not have the room to bring them inside to put under lights. They are inside under lights now and hopefully they will adjust and grow wide and tall.
Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open.
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Give PEACE a chance!
It seems to invite more fungal rotting, especially when weather is already cooler. It thrives on being dry. It's okay maybe during hot days, it is really actively growing and loves water. But in winter I would not do it. Even in my very hot area during summer, it does not mind the sun, rain is welcome for it but we do not have that either during summer, only in Fall to winter. So I do away with misting. Just letting Mother Nature do the rain when it comes, and got to let this plant dry fast, then protected indoors as it goes into dormancy for the rest of the cold season.
In some sense it reminds me how I treat my cacti, keep dry in winter..water okay during warmer weather.
Name: David Laderoute Zone 5B/6 - NW MO (Zone 5b) Ignoring Zones altogether
Me thinks the misting may be yet another case of something works in one locality, but perhaps not another. Also where/how something is grown in a given locality. It is always great to get different perspectives - fills up the brain faster though.
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Give PEACE a chance!
I just do mine like that, if it goes well I keep that manner of growing it. I also took a cue from my Plumeria. When it is dormant, keep it dry. Adeniums on the other hand, do not drop its leaves always, but is still in some state of dormancy. So best to be very careful in the watering/misting aspect during winter season.
I have plants so confused now, Tarev, that I don't think they or I know what they need. I have misted/sprayed the Adenium as well as all the plumeria, orchids, fiddle leaf, bromeliads.....................oh, never mind, just all my tropical plants, ever since they have been brought into the solarium. They all seem to be thriving. I sort of do things based on intuition. Perhaps that intuition is based on experience but growing Ademium is something new for me. David may be right. Different growing conditions call for different growing methods. I don't know. Oftentimes, plants tell me what they want/need. Perhaps it is sort of like reading tea leaves. Their leaves are the window to there health status.
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)
The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
Name: tarev San Joaquin County, CA (Zone 9b) Give PEACE a chance!
Just do what you think will work. I oftentimes do the same..like when we discuss orchids in the orchids forum, what they do with their plants, won't apply to my area. So I just pick what I think will work.
Name: David Laderoute Zone 5B/6 - NW MO (Zone 5b) Ignoring Zones altogether
drdawg said: I have misted/sprayed the Adenium as well as all the plumeria, orchids, fiddle leaf, bromeliads.....................oh, never mind, just all my tropical plants, ever since they have been brought into the solarium..
Yep - mostly me too. My Bird of paradise and Gingers in my Living room would bite the dust if I did not mist them. Even in my kitchen, I mist the orchids twice a week between feeding. And I too mist just about anything Tropical inside or in my basement. Down there, even running a humidifier, I can barely keep the humidity at 40 %. With the furnace running quite a bit for the past 4 or so weeks, it is very dry.