Start Desert Rose From Seeds

Inspired by Maria from Maria's Garden, I made a miniature version of her bathtub method for starting desert rose from seeds. It's really easy to do with only a few supplies. If you'd love to experiment this, let's check it out with us.

Plastic tub

Pumice rock

Some sand

Adenium seeds

Plastic bottle

Before sowing the seeds, remember to soak them first in water. If your seeds are more fresh, then soaking for 2-4 hours can compensate for moisture loss over time. If the seeds are a bit older, then soaking for 24 hours will help soften up the shell & boost germination rate. Unlike some hard-shelled seeds, you don't need to file adenium seeds. Their shells are not too hard.

There are some good potting mix choices you can choose:

• Soil: gives your seeds lots of good nutrients, but might be too much for their early stages
• Sand: retains moisture & drains well, giving seeds a nice environment to start up
• Perlite: keeps moisture & is sterile so harmful bacteria have less chance of attack

If you're doing this on a small scale, put a little bit of the potting mix into the container. Here I used 3 parts.

Put in some pumice rock & give our tub some nice water. The purpose of this water tank is to moisturize our baby seeds during the first couple weeks growing up. You can replace the water every day if you see the rocks are dried up. I do it 2 times a day - morning & afternoon. It really helps the growth.

Here are two of my little experiment. On the 24th this month, they'll be a month old. I'm super excited. Trust me, watching your babies grow up nice & strong every day has never been more satisfying. That's basically all you need to do to start your own plants from seeds. Let me know if you have any questions about this. Happy growing!