GigiPlumeria said:@Aashna I think your double bloom desert roses are doing just fine. I don't think you really have to worry about it. You could do more damage with rot if you try to cut the tips during rainy season. Wait until your plant is more established and has grown. I did more damage checking my plants instead of just leaving them alone.
Well said
@gigiplumeria , will leave them alone and will see how they do.
Good luck on your cuttings. I have no luck with it. I tried making them callous. Tried sand and perlite but still no luck. I will wait till next spring to see if I will have better luck. For now, my new motto is to just leave them alone (suckers and all) and let them grow.
I pruned my oldest adenium sometime back as after uppotting it toppled because of heavy branches. It grows like crazy.
So I tried to propagate cuttings . Luckily this time cuttings survived but very slow growth rate.
I have cut from the top as well, like like because of this the growth rate is show. I saw one video which says that need to leave newest growth of leaves on the branch so that it's on the growth path.
I used coarse sand in a small pot , dried the cuttings for 2-3 days and after planting kept indoors for again 2-3 days . Didn't give water for 5 days as used slighlty moist media . Watered when the media was dry till the bottom. Recently added bit of soil and organic fertilizer (dried banana peels, onion peels , less quantity of dried tea leaves - all grinded in a powder form )for nutrition .
