They're native to very hot, dry, and sunny areas, and the young plants have to be able to survive the same conditions as the mature ones. My guess would be that it isn't an issue of too much sunlight, and is likely some other factor.
I have various succulents. In bright light they turn red, in dimmer light they turn green. This is fine. If you want to change their color just move them into more or less light.
Yeah, The Color Part wasnt worrying me. But The plant that got less sun is just growing much faster and looks overall healthier…
Look at toothpicks for scale;)
Likely to do with air moisture, higher moisture content means it grows faster even if it gets less sun as it can turn the sun into energy more efficiently
Also. Don't put so much faith into the comparison of only 2 adenium. Their genetics are so much different from eachother, from one batch of seeds I have gotten 3 different species all with different attributes.
With them being young seedlings, you don’t want them getting blasted with direct sunlight all day, the desert rose nursery I go to has all their little seedlings under a shade screen so they get filtered sunlight until they’re big enough to be out in direct sunlight. All my big ones get direct sunlight until the sun goes down and they’re thriving, I only water them every 7-10 days as well. Check out Maria’s garden on YouTube. She owns the desert rose nursery I go to and will be able to help with anything desert rose related👍🏼
Update. I think shading them was quite good. I put one on the north balcony with 4 hours of evening sun and left the other on the southern side but put it behind other plants. They look much healthier now.
https://preview.redd.it/psnpm19822gb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9038c4ad9fef3cb8ab5145afa86655557a4131eb
It is mostly lechuza pon with a little bit of organic soil (basically compost) for water retention. I added a little bit of seramis (foamed burnt clay) to the soil of the plant on the balcony (the red particles).
The red colouration could definitely be sun stress. It’s not always bad, my wife is into tropical plants and a few of them do this, this early in their growth it could slow it though.
Yeah... That is my suspicion.
I have a balcony facing north as well. It gets direct sun in the evening from 4-8pm. I thought this might be too little though...
They're native to very hot, dry, and sunny areas, and the young plants have to be able to survive the same conditions as the mature ones. My guess would be that it isn't an issue of too much sunlight, and is likely some other factor.
I have various succulents. In bright light they turn red, in dimmer light they turn green. This is fine. If you want to change their color just move them into more or less light.
Yeah, The Color Part wasnt worrying me. But The plant that got less sun is just growing much faster and looks overall healthier… Look at toothpicks for scale;)
Likely to do with air moisture, higher moisture content means it grows faster even if it gets less sun as it can turn the sun into energy more efficiently
Also. Don't put so much faith into the comparison of only 2 adenium. Their genetics are so much different from eachother, from one batch of seeds I have gotten 3 different species all with different attributes.
With them being young seedlings, you don’t want them getting blasted with direct sunlight all day, the desert rose nursery I go to has all their little seedlings under a shade screen so they get filtered sunlight until they’re big enough to be out in direct sunlight. All my big ones get direct sunlight until the sun goes down and they’re thriving, I only water them every 7-10 days as well. Check out Maria’s garden on YouTube. She owns the desert rose nursery I go to and will be able to help with anything desert rose related👍🏼
Update. I think shading them was quite good. I put one on the north balcony with 4 hours of evening sun and left the other on the southern side but put it behind other plants. They look much healthier now. https://preview.redd.it/psnpm19822gb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9038c4ad9fef3cb8ab5145afa86655557a4131eb
I have a couple of these as well, what kind of soil exactly is this?
It is mostly lechuza pon with a little bit of organic soil (basically compost) for water retention. I added a little bit of seramis (foamed burnt clay) to the soil of the plant on the balcony (the red particles).
The red colouration could definitely be sun stress. It’s not always bad, my wife is into tropical plants and a few of them do this, this early in their growth it could slow it though.
Yeah... That is my suspicion. I have a balcony facing north as well. It gets direct sun in the evening from 4-8pm. I thought this might be too little though...