Hello Friends ! Today we will look into top 5 Adenium Tips and Hacks to apply during rainy
season in order to protect it from rot and fungus. Also a simple quiz question at the
end of the video. Stay tuned.. If you are a hobby gardener or interested
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bell icon and so that you wont miss any updates. Generally, for most plants, rain water has
lot of benefits that ordinary bore or tap water. And growth of plants is accelerated
in rains and they appear lusher, greener and cleaner in rainy season.
Please do not skip these few important scientific reasons, am gonna discuss before listing out
the top 5 hacks and tips. It will hardly take a minute.
Well, There are many reasons why rainwater is more suitable for plants than tap water
or bore water, but the most important is simple chemistry � The rain water is free of chlorine
and fluoride which is a cause for leaf burning specially at edges. And more over it has extra
oxygen in form of h2o2 � that is hydrogen peroxide in small amounts, which is so beneficial
for plants. I have separate videos on H2O2 in gardening and also leaf browning and leaf
yellowing topics � you can check that later from my channel.
Another important concept to remember is: Since air is 78 percent nitrogen and nitrogen
during rain, is available for immediate uptake for leaves and roots, and this makes the plant
more green and lushy. THE BAD NEWS IS ADENIUMS AND SUCCULENT PLANTS
MUST BE PROTECTED IN RAINY SEASON TO PREVENT THEM FROM ROTTING. The problem of death in
adenium during the rainy season is NOT from rain. Just like how other plants benefit from
rain, Adenium too can derive these benefits of rain, but we need to protect it from rot
in rainy season by following some simple practical tips to help Adenium.
Now we will look into top 5 important tips and hacks to protect adenium in rainy season.
1. SHIFTING Adeniums to Shelter from Rains: This is the First thing you think about to
protect adeniums from rotting in rains, specially if its raining heavily and almost daily. But
this is not always practical for many of us. One reason because it also requires sunlight
for proper growth and flowering and also for practical reasons like lack of space and stuff
like that. You can also consider building a temporary shelter by tying a waterproof
plastic sheet or any other similar solution specially if the rain drops are too big and
can hit the soft flowers and buds and damage them. But if you have strong winds blowing,
this might fail. 2. SOIL check: Recheck the soil drainage system.
Firstly check the drainage holes and secondly, the soil quality for draining out water immediately.
You can consider changing the potting mix and choose a much more well draining type
of soil. You can mix something like orchid mix or cactus mix into the soil or lots of
perlite, piece of pine bark, more sand and pebbles and things like that. Also do not
add any fertilizer into this mix - Because as I already said, during the rainy season
Nitrogen in the air is already high. 3. USE OF A FUNGICIDE: You have to use fungicide
in many situations in rainy season. Firstly spray a fungicide at the beginning of rains
and if it raining more frequently, spray every 3-5 days, then atleast weekly once. Then also
if you are repotting adenium, you can water your adenium plant with a very dilute solution
of fungicide. What I use is a fungicide powder called SAAF � tahts its brand name. Its
actually Carbendazim 12% + Mancozeb 63% WP. SO it�s a Double action fungicide - systemic
as well as contact fungicide. For beginners, Contact fungicide effect is from spraying
on the plant and systemic effect by getting absorbed from the roots into the water conducting
tissues of the plant � like how we use systemic antibiotic injections intravenously and topical
or contact creams or ointments on our skin � that�s similar to contact fungicide.
The Dosage of this fungicide: You can use a quarter teaspoon per liter of water to spray
this fungicide and little more diluted if you are watering your plant.
4. PROTECTING YOUR BABY ADENIUMS OR SMALL ADENIUMS, Better shift them to shelter and
do not expose them to Rains, because the roots are young and not strong and can rot easily.
5. Then Coming to a Simple Adenium Hack in rainy season: Take a polythene sheet. You
can also cut this sheet from your shopping bag. Then cover it around the plant and container
like this and tie a twist tie or any wire tightly around the stem. This hack can be
used if you are not following any of the tips I mentioned in the video, but still want to
protect it from rain. What you can do is � use this hack plus
spray a fungicide once a week over the plant. I think this should be the minimum effort
to save adenium from rains. Before the Quiz question, You can checkout
this update on my previous video on Adenium Hacks where I had cut the main root of this
adenium. Now I feel, I should remove the plastic lid installed few months ago and repot this
adenium properly. You can check that video from a card linked at top right corner of
this video. So, Lastly todays simple QUIZ question. What
do you call the Water and Food conducting tissues of a plants? Please write the answer
in the comments section below the video.
So, there we have it folks. If you have more adenium hacks and ideas please share them
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