Ademium Obesum

Jackyboy · Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject: Ademium Obesum

Hello,

I need some info about the Ademium Obesum. Feeding, advice, growing environment, ect...

There is one at the garden centre that I want to get and trained as a Bonsai.

Cheers,

JB.

Tuppence2 · Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

http://mgonline.com/desertrose.html

Hello.

This might be of help.

Penny. Smile

Jackyboy · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:30 am Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Cheers Penny, Very Happy

Interesting site, I've been visiting a few last nite as well. I haven't found one with more detailed info.

All of them recommends to fertilise, but doesn't metion what fertiliser to use?

I have the feeling it should be more on the phosphate and the potash since it is a cacti and give flowers at the same time.

I'm biased now... May be I'll go for a black olive bonsai instead but they are still small!

Tuppence2 · Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Hello

Black Olives sound great.

Pleased you enjoyed looking at the site.

Ask one of the "old-timers" about the fertilizers (time as in length of knowledge, of course! Smile

).

Or you could put a search in Google for "fertilizing rock roses" and see what comes up.

Good luck with whatever you decide to grow.

Bye.

Jackyboy · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Cheers Penny,

I'll decide and visit the garden centre on the weekend..... If there is enough positive feedback I might consider to buy both trees Smile

Jackyboy · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:05 am Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

I found a very helpful site about fertilising the Adenium... It just a cacti feed with high phosphate and low nitrogen.

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/7290/

May be change to a higher potash feed bwfore the flowering season?

JB

Tuppence2 · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Thanks for the link, Jackyboy. What a good site.

Hope to hear whether you got them both.

Penny Smile

Jackyboy · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

I finally bought the adenium.
Very Happy

I did not buy the olive tree, there were about 6 of them and all of them were badly shaped.

Will still re-consider if they have new stock.

Tuppence2 · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Olive trees sound very exotic to me. Great to have one. Good luck with it.

Post photos when you can - we'd all like to see it.

Penny

Jackyboy · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:57 am Post subject: Re: Ademium Obesum

Hi, here are the pics. It needs a repotting since I'm not quite happy with that soil mix.

Should be flowering soon as there was about 5 on the shelf there and couple of them have started to give flowers.

http://www.bonsaihelp.co.uk/album_page.php?pic_id=128

Hope they get a new batch of olive soon as I will consider buying one too. Cool

I'm spending too much on Bonsai! Confused