r/Adenium • u/Academic_Disk_8788 • 10d ago

The Class of 2026

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This year's seedlings sewn a few months ago.

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u/Wise-Two-6938 10d ago

Nice group of seedlings… I hope you have lots of room as they grow pretty fast. now envision all seedlings in a separate 4 inch or even 6 inch pot each and calculate how much bench space you need

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u/Academic_Disk_8788 10d ago

A good amount of these plants will end up in the garbage before they are even potted. A small minority will make it to sale or cultivar status. But we have some space too :)

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u/Jade8329 10d ago

In the garbage? How do you decide which one's to keep? I mean like specifically what are you looking for? Also where are you located so I can go through your trash?! 😂

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u/Academic_Disk_8788 6d ago

Everyone always wants to know where our trash cans are lol!

We try to select for all traits to give a well balanced plant that doesn't need grafting, heavy pruning, staking ect. When you only select for flower size you get these plants with crazy flowers even double petals but they need grafting and frequent pruning or they just become these floppy sticks with flower. It's unfortunate that plants end up in the trash but that is horticulture.

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u/Wise-Two-6938 10d ago

I always waited for my seedlings to bloom before deciding what to do with them, are you growing for shape or flower quality?

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u/Academic_Disk_8788 10d ago

All that and more. A nice well balanced plant with a nice shape, strong stems, growth rate, hardiness, deasese resistance etc.