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I came to water my Desert rose. But, I realised that the base of the branches and the top of the trunck feels a little empty/airy. I kinda forgot to water it for maybe a month. So, I am thinking the branches are like that, because they have no water to store? Will my DR be allright?
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Are they soft and squishy? If so you have over watered, and the plant probably won't live. They are such fussy plants, they need lot of heat, not too much water, and special cactus mix if transplanting them. Try giving it a squeeze test, see if it is soft? If you are buying one of them in the store, make sure you do the sqeeze test, because if they are soft, leave them there! Good Luck. 

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Well, after watering it, it got worse. I thought it needed water as it was weeks it didn't get water. So, I thought maybe the water reserves were empty.
It does get a lot of sun.
I squeezed it a couple of days ago. It feels squishier.
It will probably not survive. But, you never know. I will let it dry. No more water for a long long time.
It does get a lot of sun.
I squeezed it a couple of days ago. It feels squishier.
It will probably not survive. But, you never know. I will let it dry. No more water for a long long time.
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Update.
The plant is still living. A bunch of leaves are growing at the bottom of the trunck and there is even a few flowers!!! But, the top part is still the same. Not worse. I've been thinking of chopping off the top part. Should I do that??? Then, keep the remaining intact branches to start new plants.
The plant is still living. A bunch of leaves are growing at the bottom of the trunck and there is even a few flowers!!! But, the top part is still the same. Not worse. I've been thinking of chopping off the top part. Should I do that??? Then, keep the remaining intact branches to start new plants.
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Here are some pictures:
It looks like something is oozing out!?!?
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2890.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2891.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2892.jpg[/img]
If you could tell me where to cut, it would be great! Also, what do I do after cutting it??? Let it dry or put something on the cut?
It looks like something is oozing out!?!?
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2890.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2891.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac230/B4power/IMG_2892.jpg[/img]
If you could tell me where to cut, it would be great! Also, what do I do after cutting it??? Let it dry or put something on the cut?
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I saw what you meant about it sort of seeping fluid, (which is poisonous, by the way) I wouldn't be touching that, unless you are going to make poison arrows

I "think' I would start at the top and just take the absolute deadest stuff off, then leave it and see how that goes. Do it slowly in stages, you might have to cut on an angle, by the looks of the dead parts.
If I kill your plant, YIKES!!! I will take all the blame, lol.

Seriously though just go real slow, on the pruning. There was a very extensive thread on the desert rose plants awhile back, if you look and try and find it, the person on there had fantasic desert roses. You might contact them, and send your pictures and information, BEFORE pruning??? Hopefully they can give you more help than me?
If you do hear from them, please let us know what they say? Would really be interesting, to know what they say. Good Luck.

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Well I haven't found it easy to reproduce them. I seem to have enough trouble keeping mine going. Although they are in a state of dormancy right now.
Sounds like I would just leave well enough alone. If it's still alive and growing, it's doing fantastic, considering the way it looked. I really thought it was a goner!!!!
Sounds like I would just leave well enough alone. If it's still alive and growing, it's doing fantastic, considering the way it looked. I really thought it was a goner!!!!
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Your Adenium was not rotted it was very thirsty most likely. Take and trim off all the bad parts up top so that the plant will not be giving its energy to any of that. All the branches you cut off up top will in time sprout new growth and new branching from the cut points.
If you had not watered it for several weeks I cant see how it could have been rotted. But that damage looks a lot like cold damage. Was this plant subjected to cold temps?
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If you had not watered it for several weeks I cant see how it could have been rotted. But that damage looks a lot like cold damage. Was this plant subjected to cold temps?
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Yea, spends it's time all year round infront of a window facing south. Winters here can be cold and that happened after winter. So, that might be my answer.Creationsings wrote:Your Adenium was not rotted it was very thirsty most likely. Take and trim off all the bad parts up top so that the plant will not be giving its energy to any of that. All the branches you cut off up top will in time sprout new growth and new branching from the cut points.
If you had not watered it for several weeks I cant see how it could have been rotted. But that damage looks a lot like cold damage. Was this plant subjected to cold temps?
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I guess I will take it out of there, leave that weird brownish part there and water the plant. It has been months that I havn't watered it.
It is still like in the pictures, except I cutted the top branches that were brown.
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