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@hillardjusti your desert rose has a nice form and it looks like you already checked the roots. The pictures look like the roots are healthy but the body is slightly sunburned. You can repot it in a well draining potting mix. I usually keep mine in the shade and wait a week after repotting before watering.
Here's a quote from
@deepsouth that might be helpful and hopefully he will also chime in:
"[find a new pot slightly bigger ....shallow dish type & azalea pots work well
if your current pot is 18" diameter ...a 20" diameter will work fine
make certain there is at least 1 drainage hole
potting media ....
you will need to make a fast draining, chunky-gritty potting mix ....the mix should be mostly inorganic such as
rock, sand, grit
A tried & true potting medium for adenium .....
Mix together:
1 Part: Coconut Coir -
1 Part: Redwood Bark (or) Orchid / Phalaenopsis Mix - Break-up, cut or crush larger stems & bark
1 Part: Poultry Grit (or) Pea Gravel > screen out dust
1 Part: Perlite - coarse > screen out dust
1 Part: Sand - coarse = Leveling, Horticultural, Builder's Sand > screen out fine sand & dust
1 Part: Lump charcoal - Break-up, Crush to 1/4" to ½" sized pieces > screen out dust
1 Part: Lava-rock – (volcanic cinders or pumice) > screen out dust
In a re-potting mix pinch?
You can safely substitute a half and half mixture of Orchid / Phalaenopsis Soil Mix & Cactus / Palm Mix
bump the side of pot with your palm while turning the pot, to loosen the root ball ... if the root-ball wont budge ....take a sharp, stiff bladed knife to make downward cuts along the inside wall of the pot
knock off all the old potting media ..... rinse with a water hose and allow to dry .... if you notice any broken roots, or roots that were damaged - as a preventative measure, sprinkle a powdered fungicide or cinnamon on damaged roots ....and allow the root-ball to air dry for about 10 to 14 days ....
next ....decide if you want to "raise the plant" ...this, to expose more of the root system ....if so:
place about an inch of rock in the bottom of pot .... place root-ball in pot, and take notice of where the top of the plant sits in the pot ....
if too low ...throw a few hand fulls of fresh potting media in bottom ..... if too high, take out some of the rock
now is a good time to layer in a slow release pellet type fertilzer .
once the root-ball is set where you want it ...back-fill around root-ball ..... then saturate plant
adenium have only 2 seasons -
dry and wet
dry = winter months
wet = summer months]"
My desert roses do well facing the morning sun.
