This is my adenium, received two months ago. I'm in zone 7b, Bayonne NJ and it's currently under 3 spider farmer SF-1000s enclosed in mylar curtains with Mylar on the walls and surface. Plan to move outside once it warms. Have a lot of questions so any advice I greatly appreciate.
When I first received it was one very long stem with roughly 7-8 buds. Since there appear to be two new stems growing and last I counted 31 buds. The caudex is skinny and my goal is to fatten it up and I want to chop it so multiple shoots grow with multiple blooms on each. I don't know where exactly id chop it and when the best time to do so. My GF got this for me and she'd like to see all the buds bloom. First question is where would you chop and when would be the best time to do so?
2nd question is it came in garden soil. I have 50+ lbs of Diatomaceous Earth, pumice, lava rock, fir bark etc. I really want to move it to better draining soil and was wondering if I could just switch the soil out? I've repotted my other 11 Bonsai trees and there was a day or two where some leaves would drop but they're all since thriving. In my setup it's roughly 80 degrees with a humidifier. Also I've read the pot should be no less than 1 1/2" from the caudex and as u can see the pot it came in is tall but not wide.
3rd question is if I do cut how would I propogate?
4th question is I recently planted 20 adenium seeds and was wondering how long to leave the humidity dome on for and would a low powered grow light up close be better than having it where it is now (about 3 feet under SF-1000)? Also in regards to pruning, is it necessary and what's the best way and why?
Thank you everyone for all the help, have a safe and wonderful day.
