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Azelia needs help
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 2:24 pm
by sheba53
This Azelia followed me home from the nursery.

I have repotted, is this the right size pot

Do I need to give special fert or can I use miracle gro as for my other trees

thanks for any ideas. sheba53

Re: Azelia needs help
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 3:48 pm
by Jamie
not bad

if your happy with the size of the trunk i wouldnt be concerned about pot size as long as you didnt take to many roots off and you can keep the soil to its liking.
as for azalea they need a different fert, you can get an azalea and camelia fert for this, miracle gro do one especially. im not big on azalea so this is about as much help as i can give, others with more knowledge on them should be able to help
jamie

Re: Azelia needs help
Posted: November 14th, 2009, 7:54 pm
by kcpoole
I fertilise them just like every other tree I have

nothing special for them
prune the tips back to 2 leafes, and is will shoot bakc like mad, then as they new shoots grow keep trimming bak to 2 leaves and you will get good leaf reduction
Stop pruning mid autumn if you want it to flower as any later you will be cutting the flower buds
Ken