Caudex

 Sunday, 2 July 2023

I was at my terrace, working on my adeniums, also known as dessert rose and while at it, read.cash came to mind. I thought of writing the process of what I was currently working on.

I worked on my plants till the daylight was out. I then took a bath to remove all the dust and dirt and then I logged in to read.cash. As I browsed thru read.cash I immediately felt a sense of déjà vu.

I really missed this.

The last article I made was in January 2023 and before that, April 2022.

There are a few reasons why I stopped writing, laziness is one of them, but the very main reason is that I lost my BCH in Coins.ph.

I have at least 2BCH in there and it is all lost when Coins.ph updated their system. I sent them an email but I got no reply at all. I was dismayed, discouraged and disappointed.

Anyways, enough of that, back to my main topic for this article.

Caudex.

What is a caudex? It is a stem of a plant but sometimes known as rootstock. I would prefer rootstock than a stem as based on the structure of the plant, I really thought that it is a root.

Dessert rose has the most beautiful caudex of all plants as they are huge and that is why I expose them. I usually work on this once a year. It is also a good plant to be made into bonsai.

Each plant owner has its own way of exposing caudex. This is mine so I hope I won’t get bashed.

As I have a limited space, I use spoon and a stick to remove the soil and clean off the caudex. It will also slow down the process which I prefer as this can also be a form of a stress reliever. I really felt lighter and happier when doing this.

Once all the soil is removed, the little roots are being cut-off. Sometimes I just left it and let it grow more.

I then replanted them, exposing the newly cleaned caudex.

This afternoon, I finished three adeniums. I still have more to work on for some other time.

What about you? How did you spend your Sunday?

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 That’s all for now folks.

Thanks for dropping by.

Love lots, Judith.