u/fuckeiry

hi! i recently acquired this root trained adenium arabicum, it came bare root. i do already have some adeniums but they’re not root trained like this one.

i’m sorry if these are dumb questions, i just don’t want to mess things up.

1. should i be continuing to root train? i won’t be doing any pruning now. im sure its going to go through some shock from being shipped and then potted.

2. i’m sorry if this question doesn’t make sense, i’m not quite sure how to word it.

i’m just confused on how much of the roots get buried and how much of it is left on the surface for aesthetics? am i just supposed to put it on a mound of substrate or a rock to show off the roots?

the roots come basically straight down like legs i guess lol. so i think the only way to show them off would be to have it on a mound so that the roots come down around the sides of the mound and then the bottomish half get buried. is that correct?

hopefully that made sense 😭 i can clarify if needed but appreciate any tips or advice! ty

bought him from plantaseca & potted him into a cooked earth pot. he is weird, i love him.

edited to add: SORRY for the typo in the title! its mammillaria bocasana* fred

maybe i’m being a little dramatic
like, in general my life is pretty good right now. i have a job i enjoy and pays well and i do good at. i have a loving, caring, supportive partner, we just got engaged a few months ago.

but i did have a falling out with some friends.. two of which i chose to cut out, they were just being Weird and shady. other two just “ghosted” me after cutting out those friends. which, whatever but still bums me out.

had a very recent, unexpected death in my close family and i’m feeling really down about it. my fiancé also got laid off earlier this year which has been a bit of a stressful time. ive also just been depressed about the state of my country (US) and scared.

i know life cant always be sunshine and roses, but all this happening has been weighing heavily on me. is there a light at the end of the tunnel?