Beginner Gardening: Should I repot my Desert Rose?, 1 by fatcaudex

fatcaudex wrote:
Hi everyone!

This is my first post on Dave's Garden, and it seems like there's some very cool people here! I love Desert Roses (hence my username here :)

I heard that when you re-pot these plants, not to change the pot size to a size that is too much bigger than the original. The caudex gets fatters when the plant is largely pot-bound. For other plants, pruning (clipping the tips fo new growth) and keeping it potbound. I stuck to the pot-bound advice for my Desert Roses, and follow both instructions for my Operculicarya decaryi (and this plant is getting a thicker woodier stem now, and I've only had it for about 3-4 months).

Good luck!