Re: azaleas & rhodies - no blooms?
- Subject: Re: [SG] azaleas & rhodies - no blooms?
- From: W* B*
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:32:50 -0700
sammyshuwumum wrote:
> I have several different azaleas & rhodies in different beds in my
> yard. There are several shrubs with no or very very few blooms, in
> the same beds with those which are blooming profusely (so, I figure
> it's not the growing conditions). Any ideas? Will applications of
> HollyTone increase blooms for next year (or just make the plant
> "happy")?
> TIA
> ==================================================
>
> Judy
> Zone 7 (close-in SS, MD)
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Judy Cosler
> 1524 Red Oak Drive
> Silver Spring, MD 20910
To all who wonder why they don't bloom every year and equally profusely:
No one I know throughout the ARS has a clue about what to do. Plants that are
well established and healthy exhibit this behavior. My solution is to plant a
lot of them and enjoy them when they do bloom.
The only solution that I can recommend is to follow the advice to be found at
www.soilfoodweb.com. Rhododendrons have a very complex environmental
relationships with the soil.
--
Walter Brooks Jr.
29814 11th Ave SW
Federal Way, WA 98023-8210
253-941-3854
c1w2brooks@qwest.net
