--
G'day Jade,

You wrote: ....
........................You didn't answer the question... how do you 'harden
off' plants? I've never
heard of this before....
Jade.

I am referring to their ability to 'take' Sun shine.

Often these days, you go out shopping and see a selection of plants, and
they all look really healthy and 'flush'. The people who have prepared them
for 'market' have usually made a point of protecting them from the full
strength of the Australian sun. When people take these plants home, and
then plant them in the so called ideal conditions that the label recommends,
many find the plants can not 'hack it', .....such is life!

It's the same as you or I going out in the sun on the first day of
summer, (exempt you will look better than me in swimmers), with some tan,
you might not get burnt, with no tan we will both get burnt!

In the old days Nursery men boasted about how 'sun hardened' their stock
was, now they have to present the plants as 'flush and leafy' as they can or
no retailer will stock their plants.........such is life!


China
Wingham
NSW

--
G'day Jade,

You wrote: ....
........................You didn't answer the question... how do you 'harden
off' plants? I've never
heard of this before....
Jade.

I am referring to their ability to 'take' Sun shine.

Often these days, you go out shopping and see a selection of plants, and
they all look really healthy and 'flush'. The people who have prepared them
for 'market' have usually made a point of protecting them from the full
strength of the Australian sun. When people take these plants home, and
then plant them in the so called ideal conditions that the label recommends,
many find the plants can not 'hack it', .....such is life!

It's the same as you or I going out in the sun on the first day of
summer, (exempt you will look better than me in swimmers), with some tan,
you might not get burnt, with no tan we will both get burnt!

In the old days Nursery men boasted about how 'sun hardened' their stock
was, now they have to present the plants as 'flush and leafy' as they can or
no retailer will stock their plants.........such is life!


China
Wingham
NSW

--
G'day Jade,

You wrote: ....
........................You didn't answer the question... how do you 'harden
off' plants? I've never
heard of this before....
Jade.

I am referring to their ability to 'take' Sun shine.

Often these days, you go out shopping and see a selection of plants, and
they all look really healthy and 'flush'. The people who have prepared them
for 'market' have usually made a point of protecting them from the full
strength of the Australian sun. When people take these plants home, and
then plant them in the so called ideal conditions that the label recommends,
many find the plants can not 'hack it', .....such is life!

It's the same as you or I going out in the sun on the first day of
summer, (exempt you will look better than me in swimmers), with some tan,
you might not get burnt, with no tan we will both get burnt!

In the old days Nursery men boasted about how 'sun hardened' their stock
was, now they have to present the plants as 'flush and leafy' as they can or
no retailer will stock their plants.........such is life!


China
Wingham
NSW

On 25 Feb 2004 13:49:27 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

I had 6 Camellias to start with, all only about 10cm tall, two have
since died. I think the first one was due to a lack of water, but the
second died despite me watering it with a hose every other day.
Perhaps I didn't water it deeply enough.

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

On 25 Feb 2004 13:49:27 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

I had 6 Camellias to start with, all only about 10cm tall, two have
since died. I think the first one was due to a lack of water, but the
second died despite me watering it with a hose every other day.
Perhaps I didn't water it deeply enough.

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

On 25 Feb 2004 13:49:27 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

I had 6 Camellias to start with, all only about 10cm tall, two have
since died. I think the first one was due to a lack of water, but the
second died despite me watering it with a hose every other day.
Perhaps I didn't water it deeply enough.

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

On 25 Feb 2004 13:49:27 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

I had 6 Camellias to start with, all only about 10cm tall, two have
since died. I think the first one was due to a lack of water, but the
second died despite me watering it with a hose every other day.
Perhaps I didn't water it deeply enough.

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

(Han Chung) writes:
Could it also be too much sunlight?

Too much heat could have dried out the soil, leading to the plant's
demise. Camelias can get sunburnt, and you will see this near the top
of the shrub on the sunny side: where for a dozen or more leaves half
of a leaf will have turned brown within a day or two of a particularly
scorching day. But I don't think moderate sunburn will kill the shrub.
They like morning sun, but do best where they don't receive the full
blast of the western sun in Summer.
--
John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

Ken Oaf wrote in message . ..

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

I was hoping to save a buck or two by going for the very young
Camellias, but I think in future, I'll be going for the more mature
ones.

Is this the case with Magnolias as well?

Regards,

Han.

On 29 Feb 2004 22:42:53 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

I was hoping to save a buck or two by going for the very young
Camellias, but I think in future, I'll be going for the more mature
ones.

Is this the case with Magnolias as well?

Magnolias have a better chance of survival when young than camellias.

On 29 Feb 2004 22:42:53 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

I was hoping to save a buck or two by going for the very young
Camellias, but I think in future, I'll be going for the more mature
ones.

Is this the case with Magnolias as well?

Magnolias have a better chance of survival when young than camellias.

On 29 Feb 2004 22:42:53 -0800, (Han Chung) wrote:

You are lucky to still have 4 left. I have found that camellias as young as
that have a greater than 75% mortality rate if planted in the ground. The
nursery who sold them to you should not have done so.

If you buy 3 year old plants (75cm or so high), the mortality rate drops to less
than 10%

I was hoping to save a buck or two by going for the very young
Camellias, but I think in future, I'll be going for the more mature
ones.

Is this the case with Magnolias as well?

Magnolias have a better chance of survival when young than camellias.