Desert Rose Problems
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:55 pm
Hello everyone,I have wrote about my problems with my desert rose plant!I have a big desert rose plant that has about 6-7 limbs thjat come off the main trunk.One of the limbs are turning a brownish color,from the tip to about three quarters down the limb!The end where the leaves and flowers sprout out,is wrinkled up,and cracked!In the last couple days I have noticed that a tip of another branch is starting to wrinkle up!I have the tree in a south east doorwall,with my black olive,and birds of paridise plants!They are doing great!!I have been giving them light 120 watt(blue bulb)at least 2-3 extra hours a day!!I have not watered this plant much, maybe once a month,maybe not that much!!The tree hasn't had any leaves for about a month and a half!My camera is broken,and have not had a chance to get it fixed yet!Could the tips be drying out due to a lack of water?How wet should the soil be?I have a moisture meter,and it is reading really dry!What should it be reading?The meter has dry,moist,and wet.How often should I be watering the plant,and how much at a time?Also is their a chance the branch that is turning brownish is it possible it will come back,and if not should I prune it in now,or in the spring?Thanks again, Wayne p.s. live in Michigan