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spruce · 23-04-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet Baraclough

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from "john martin" lid contains these words:

a short while ago put some Pieris Forest Flame in some pots with some new
john innes no 3 soil.

the growing tip leaves instead of being red have turned a pale yellow.

Do you mean, they were red when they emerged and are now yellow. Or,
they emerged yellow (when you expected them to be red).

If its the latter, many pieris do that throughout their lives, and the
new yellow shoots soon turn red (or pink) as they expand and mature.

However, JI no 3 contains lime, and pieris prefer acid soils. They
would do better in an ericaceous compost.

http://www.gardeningdata.co.uk/soil/...john_innes.php

Janet

Janet
Which Gardeninga couple of years ago published a article saying that" not much use for shrubs in pots using ericaseous compost as within weeks with compost containg lime would be washed out with watering" but only with shrubs in pots, just a thought
Spruce