deepsouth said:
A bushier top - means more stems .....................to force branching along stems - cut the last inch or two off stems (or remove bunching of leaves that sometimes grow at
the end of stems
There can't be a better pruning guide than this.
The trick to get branching along the stems has just changed the whole game for me.
Yeah, the cuts have already started to loose the dried fibre and turn into the "normal skin"(lack of appropriate word) of the plant.
A learning- never prune before the monsoon/rainy season, the wounds trap water and become more susceptible to catch fungus/rot.
The plants are either in full sun all the time or in a balcony opening both East and South, where they get adequate sun.
Only once have I seen an adenium losing all its leaves, that too was not in dormancy. But it flowered like crazy then, zero leaves but full of flowers.
deepsouth said:
Spring months -
Usually - i will:repot, lift & prune all at the same time - in early spring here that means
I do the same. Agree word to word.
Your plants are really beautiful and well shaped/consistent in form.
Noticed the use of shallow pots.
Just read your post on a different thread that the plant requires only 1/3 depth of soil.
Will surely plant some of mine in similar pots.
Thanks again for your time. :)
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