A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Desert rose Broken and needs help!

Wow .............I cant wait................

Here is my Broken desert rose from last year.
She has grown Nicely and is beginning her blooming stage.

When this blooming stage is done I will Prune her back a bit so she will be shorter and fuller.

That is soooooooo pretty Diane!

Very cool diane.

Warm climate plants for sure..

Diane--that is very very nice.

Thanks Lynne Dodge and Carol~

Dodge Remember,,,, They bloom from baby plants too!

I was Hoping you'd pop in here Joclyn to see how it was doing,,

I watch a video on Utube about pruning them back,, But that guy cut his branches it way down,, AND he said the cutting could be started for New plants. I will try it when I cut it back,, and will let you know if the cuttings take root, * I'll have to go back and see what he said again, it wasn't by grafting them though,*

pretty plant, nice container (as usual)

I have a tiny adenium , unfortunately the upper stim got broken, i dont know what to do to keep this little cutie, help me please 😔

Hello...
\First, I assume the plant is healthy, and merely broke off ?? If so, try the following:

1) first keep what is in the pot and care for it as if nothing is wrong--it could well keep growing.....and

IMO I think you should try to root the part that broke off.

do this:
2) Take the piece that broke off and do the following:

Dry the cutting for 48 hours in a warm, dry place.
Fill a pot with half peat moss and half sand.
Dip the stem in rooting solution and poke it 2 inches (5.1 cm) into the soil.
.... If you do not have 2 inches in the stem, just poke in around half, or so....
Mist the stem with a spray bottle every 2 days.
Put the pot in a location with 6 hours of indirect sunlight per day.

Good luck! and let us know how things go.