[quote="GigiPlumeria"]I decided to repot one of my grafted adeniums that had just one bud. Having successfully repotted my new other adeniums with no trouble I was "emboldened" (bad idea
) to follow those videos of undoing the knot or stretching the roots and putting rocks (or styro) in between the adenium roots so they can breath and encourage developing big caudex. (You know those videos that show you how to do it and make it look really easy.)
In the process I broke not just one but 3 big roots (after I already trimmed the inside smaller roots). I had no choice but cut off what I broke (all roots
) so as you can see, my adenium has totally no roots. I put cinnamon on the cut and it is sitting on a sanitized bottom of a styro cup. It has a dry fresh media.
My dilemma, do I trim the sides and apply rooting hormone or will this root without trimming the sides? Can I leave it the way it is now on the media or hang it dry? Do I remove all leaves (which I normally do but want to wait until spring to cut the stems) now or just wait for them to fall off? There is one bud, which per my experience will not reflower again until it is established. It is in the garage where it gets the heat minus the humidity when it rains.
Gigi,
The good news is you are starting with a very healthy plant (no rot). The plant will root better if you carve the edge off the circumference of the base and apply rooting powder mixed with fungicide powder, but it will also root without this. Hopefully the base has calloused since you kept the base dry. You won't be loosing much momentum if you rework the base and repot it.
Defoliate most of the leaves (75%) from the bottom as there are no roots to support so many leaves. If you can sacrifice your single bloom that would help direct a little more energy to the plants recovery.
It's important to create a tight union between the plant's bottom and the styrofoam. You've got a nice fork in the branches which can be used to tie down the plant snug in the pot. I think that that would be helpful here.
