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Jun 13, 2022 7:58 PM CST
Name: James
North Louisiana (Zone 8b)
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adenium leaves turning yellow and falling off .. is perfectly normal

but when several leaves yellow at the same time, it signifies the plant is under-watered (for adenium, under-watered is far better than over-watered)

- Watering -

keep track of local temperatures ~

70's water once every 10 days or so
80's water once every 7 days or so
90's water once every 5 days or so
100's water once every 3 days or so

count any rainfall as a watering day

Do not water - if night lows are predicted to dip into 50's / 40's

water in several passes to completely saturate potting media from top to bottom

be certain water drains freely from & away from pot

never - ever let plant sit in water ....

do a restart .... if night lows are a sustained 50's all night ....gradually move plant outside .... .... leave plant outdoors 24/7

try for at least 6 hours full sun - follow temperature / watering above

for example - my plants start the day with filtered sun to about 11am ...then full sun to sunset ....if it is 90°, I need to water in about 5 days ...if it rains before then, I tack on a few more days

adenium respond to changes very slowly - so do not expect anything to happen anytime soon ...

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