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Azalea's won't bloom
I bought this hardy version from Home depot while it was in bloom. Now, since
the blooms have gone south, how do I get it to bloom again? i live in NYC area as far as zones go. Do I have to wait till fall? BTW, its in a 12" inch container. |
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Azalea's won't bloom
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 14:56:01 -0400, Wishy13764 wrote:
I bought this hardy version from Home depot while it was in bloom. Now, since the blooms have gone south, how do I get it to bloom again? i live in NYC area as far as zones go. Do I have to wait till fall? BTW, its in a 12" inch container. They bloom once a year. You have to wait until next spring. Take good care of it though this year. Keep it watered and fed. |
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Azalea's won't bloom
On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:28:19 -0400, Tom Randy
wrote: On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 14:56:01 -0400, Wishy13764 wrote: I bought this hardy version from Home depot while it was in bloom. Now, since the blooms have gone south, how do I get it to bloom again? i live in NYC area as far as zones go. Do I have to wait till fall? BTW, its in a 12" inch container. They bloom once a year. You have to wait until next spring. Take good care of it though this year. Keep it watered and fed. I ran into this when buying a beautiful flowering azalea from a local nursery. Bloomed up a storm, then retreated into sullen foliage. A Japanese nursery later told me that unlike most nurseries, they grow their azaleas out of doors, so they follow their natural cycle, but the one I had bought elsewhere had been forced in a greenhouse. OK, so now I know better. As to size of container, it all depends on size of plant. You need to check occasionally that the rootlets aren't poking out of the bottom of the container. If so, it needs repotting. Or the roots can migrate upward along the sides of the plant which is also an indicator that it doesn't have enough room. You can "tap" it out and check from time to time; doesn't hurt the plant if done carefully. Keep it watered, yes, but what about "fed". Aren't there times when one should cut back on fertilizer? I'm talking from Zone 8/24, So. Calif Coastal, so not sure about OP's zone. Is it indoors? In NY, I would assume it would have to be, at least part of the year. Don't let the air conditioner blow on it and keep it off the radiator, but give it plenty of light. (You know that...g) -- Persephone |
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