How To Take Care Of Adenium Plant

Life form	Succulent
Family	Cutreous – Apocynaceae
Origin	East Africa
Easy growing	Easy with little difficulty
Size	In room conditions – up to 0.5 m, in natural – up to 3 m. By 5 years – 20 cm, to 10-12 years – 50 cm.
Growth rate	Average
Lifetime	Many years
Temperature	In summer: up to 95 ° F, in winter, if kept at rest, a temperature of 53,6-55.4 ° F is desirable, otherwise it is about 64,4 ° F.
Moisture	Moderate
Lighting	Full sun or light shadow
Soil	Suitable shop soil for succulents with a small addition of sand. For a mixture of own preparation, take: 3 parts of coarse sand or perlite, 2 parts of garden soil, 2 parts of humus (leafy earth), 1 part of charcoal and bone meal, lime or a little egg shell.
Watering	The top layer of the soil between watering should dry up in the summer. Watered approximately every 10-15 days, in November and February 1 time a month, in December and January almost no water.
Fertilizer	2-3 times during the summer by liquid fertilizer, alternating with conventional fertilizer with fertilizer for cacti.
Reproduction	The most suitable way is to multiply pre-soaked seeds, which are planted in a mixture of peat, perlite and sand. Sprout at high temperature not light. Spread by cuttings length of about 12 cm, which, after drying, placed in a loose substrate of sand, moss and perlite with the addition of fungicide. (When propagation cuttings do not form a caudex). Reproduction by layers is carried out with the help of a small notch on the stem, which is covered with moss. Propagate by grafting on another adenium or oleander.
Flowering	Flowers in color from pink to purple. Blooms for 4-5 years of life.
Transplant	In the spring, every 2 years
Features of care	A winter rest period is required.
Difficulties	Affected by a spider mite, mealybugs. Root rot is possible with excessive watering.
Air purification	–
Toxicity	The juice that is released during pruning irritates the skin, therefore avoid contact with the eyes.