Thanks Rick, Adeniumgirl, Dutchlady, PlantmanagerKaren, and anyone I missed! Adeniumgirl, you're the one who mentioned this site on the old GW site and brought me here.
Rick, the seedlings were doing great until about 10 days ago when I decided they needed to come out of the community pot and get their own pots.
They were under the LED, but I only have two panels currently and all of my plants just won't fit under them. So, I moved them out under the two 4-light florescent lights. The plants are fine, but some have lost >50% of their leaves.
I had to move that light up recently because I have some large ones. Well, moving that light up decreased the intensity enough that some of the plants (most actually) started going dormant. Two days ago, I installed an extra ballast into each fixture which doubled the power going to each bulb (1.7X produced light). It's called overdriving if anyone is interested. It allows you to get H.O. florescent results from a standard bulb, and fixture.
Rick, you had also commented on your dislike for the form of Obesum "stick with ball on top". I have some pictures of one of the tap root snipped Obesums that you might find interesting. This plant is 4 months old.
If you wished, you could snip the bottom of the caudex and you would get a wider base of roots. Just an idea if that's not wide enough for your tastes.
Those Obesum X Crispum are AMAZING.
They all already have multiple spots branching or starting to. Actually, all leaf nodes appear to be branching. They are all about 3" tall, and over 1/2" across at the caudex. I cannot wait to see what this spring and summer will bring!
For awhile, I thought that one of the DQ's was variegated. It's still possible, but not sure. ALL of the DK's, DQ's, and the Socos are doing amazingly well. Excellent branching on the DQ's and DK's, and the sheer size of the Socos. All amazing.
Now I need some more basic Obesum seed for experimentation. I don't think I have mentioned this elsewhere, but I am hoping to start supplying at least South Texas with Adenium.
Sorry this was so long!
