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Re: Growing proteas

Check your soil.  Needs to be Acidic (generally) and defficient in
Phosphrus. The addition of P can even be toxic, Likewise adjusting soil via
lime to free P can be a problem.  Here in Hawaii they are grown in
weathered alluminium/Iron Oxide soils, (very defficient in P and acid )
your typical Pineapple soils because few other plants will grow on it.
The Black Acacia should not be a problem (they are weeds on Maui were
Protea are commercially grown) maybe able to help with nitrogen fixation,
but I am sur the roots will fight it out and the protea may loose (it has
shallow roots and never a good system)...

MTF

>Anyone with any experience growing proteas?  I live in coastal So
>California and want to grow proteas beneath a very large black acacia tree.
>It's western facing so gets full sun most of the day (the tree foliage
>starts at least 20 feet up, little water, sand-based soil (unfortunately
>alkaline), and dry summer/rainy winter.
>
>Which proteas would you recommend here?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nan
>
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>Nan Sterman, "gardening addict"
>Olivenhain, California
>Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
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>So goes an old chinese proverb:
>         If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
>         If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
>         If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
>         If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener


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