Thank you wanted to prune it back but thought the she would not be able to produce good growth again Is there any chance of getting the cuttings to root and produce a veritable forest of Rhodies It sounds like I planted at the perfect depth again Thank you Aley ---------- From: JOSE ALMANDOZ[SMTP:ALMAND@arrakis.es] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 3:12 PM To: woodyplants@mallorn.com Subject: Re: Roddies Aley, If the root ball was poorly established, it would prove a sage thing to prune heavily your bush. Rhodies can handle heavy pruning no prob: usually they sprout strongly. It will serve to 'activate' the plant. It is MOST impostant not to plant your rhodie too deep. The root surface should be right at soil level. If your natural soil is heavy or drainage a problem, your best bet is to grow your plant above the soil, in a raised bed. Take good care of keeping the soil moist but NEVER overwatered: the root system will rot in no time. Perhaps your dripping hose constant flow will be too much... Good luck! Jose -----Original Message----- From: (Aley) Diane Dornbusch <aley@primeline.net> To: 'woodyplants@mallorn.com' <woodyplants@mallorn.com> Date: miércoles 24 de junio de 1998 17:44 Subject: Roddies Dear Listmates I have just transplanted a suffering four foot rhododendron it was in strong sunlight all day long and suffered greatly. The rootball was not very well established, I had originally bought this plant at this size two years ago and wanted it growing near my pond and had hoped that my neighbors trees would grow enough to establish good shade. They didn't causing severe stress to the plant which lost all of her bottom leaves however there are two new sprout coming up from the bottom. I have now planted it under my birch trees which give lots of shade and gentle environment I have the area cover in cedar bark chips and have the run off from a dripping hose constantly flowing into the surrounding peat, sand, soil, mixture. I also managed to break off a branch and inserted the cuttings from this branch into the soil in the area of the dripping hose. Is there anything else I can do for her and for her offspring. Thank you Aley --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the message text UNSUBSCRIBE WOODYPLANTS
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