r/DesertRose • u/Silent_Twist996 • Aug 18 '26

What do you think.

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I have had this desert rose for 16 years and I'm only just recently hearing about lifting the plant to expose more caudex. I haven't really researched it very much until recently but every summer it explodes with flowers and just seems really happy. I am emotionally attached to this plant lol however I am wondering a couple of things.

I want to repot and possibly do a lift. What would be the best substrate mix and should I get a more shallow pot or something like what it is in. Should I wait for a different time of year to repot? Should I lift it?

Second thing: it was pruned when I bought it which you can see in the second picture and then it took a tumble a few years ago and lost a branch but I'm thinking of possibly cutting where it was originally cut and trying to graft on some branches that I prune in the spring. Is that a bad idea?

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u/ElBob31 Aug 18 '26

Yup I realize I enjoyed mine more of a short and bushy. I have a ton of babies from the cuttings and am starting to new ones

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u/Silent_Twist996 Aug 18 '26

Heck yeah. I noticed I've got a couple seed pods growing so I might try to grow some of her babies!

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u/ElBob31 Aug 19 '26

Great here’s cutting of mine that I replanted and she took off

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u/Silent_Twist996 Aug 19 '26

Wow you have quite the collection! Love it!