Hi,
I'm new to this forum and quite new to growing plants and am helping someone can help!!!
I went away for 2 weeks and the lady who watered my plants severely overwatered and I lost several of my succulents. Worse than that I found rot in the caudex of my Adenium (it was very squishy). I immediately took it out the soil and checked the roots which seem OK to my untrained eye. Before I went away the plant was acclimatising from a move to the outside and seemed to be doing well.
The rot was on the soil line and quite deep. It wasn't black but more of a grey/green colour and very mushy. I cut out all the rot from the caudex to the healthy flesh and covered it with cinnamon and have it inside in the air conditioning to dry (it's uncharacteristically rainy and cloudy here in the UAE right now).
My question is what do I do next? How long will it take to develop a callous and what do I do then? I'm worried it will rot again given that the hole I cut out is at the soil level.
This plant was a gift so I'm really hoping I can save it
I've seen many Adeniums in the wild and they seem very robust so I'm hoping it can recover.
Any advice for a newbie appreciated
Many thanks
