My daughter and partner are renovating an old house.
This weekend Tom got hold of a bobcat and the front yard got levelled. He saved the azaleas for me
While Tom is a great diesel mechanic you may note by the trunk damage on these that he's not the world's most experienced Bobcat operator
They were both thoughtful enough to save these for me but not being experienced plant people, stored them on the font verandah, in full sun, until I could pick them up. You can see that by the time I arrived this afternoon all 3 were a little wilted.
Never mind, they ARE azaleas.
Back at home preparations for transplant - Shibui style.
First, shake off as much garden soil as I can.
Many people try to keep as much soil on the roots of collected plants as they can. I find that garden soil in pots is a recipe for disaster and get far better results by removing most of it before potting up with proper potting mix.
In this case I was pleased I did
These little buggers would no doubt have cause havoc if they had been left in the rootball
Another pleasant surprise - whoever planted these azaleas in the garden was thoughtful enough to shove the plastic labels right down in the rootball so I now know what variety 2 of them are
Now prune the top and the roots.
then pot up in orchid pots with good mix.
I reduced the roots of #2 a little more so it would fit into a 20 cm pot. The larger one went into a 30 cm pot.
Then, after watering them in well, a spot on the ground under a nursery bench to recover (or not )
I know some of you will be horrified to note that no Seasol was used in this project.
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I'm surprised you found room for it at the moment Neil, your benches must be packed after digging the grow beds this year. All I can think now is I need a bigger back yard!
Good luck with the tree Neil, I'm also too lazy to seasol
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Good luck with the tree Neil, I'm also too lazy to seasol
Cheers,
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I love collected azaleas
Nice score especially when dug by Machine
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Nice score especially when dug by Machine
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Glad you found those curl grubs...hate the things. Have a large bougy and a few of them ate their way up into the trunk.. Not happy!
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Question: where do you get you're grow pots from? I've been been cutting down left of nursery boys, but i like the squat size ones you have
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Not so well Zim. I threw out the first 2 today, the others still struggling. I guess the tough life they have endured before digging and the rough bobcat treatment and sun they received was just too much. These are the 1st azaleas I have lostHowd these go?
These are orchid pots from The Orchid Pot Company in port Macquarie - http://www.orchidpotco.com/where do you get you're grow pots from?
Some nurseries and clubs also stock these as grow pots.
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