AusBonsai

It's this time of the year again when Brisbane city coulcil is cleaning up "Green rubbish". My neighbour across the road chopped down his azalea bush and dug up the stump to throw away. Damn! I have asked him before if I could have it and he said NO. I liked this azalea because it has double flowers and different flower colours on the same branch (pink flowers and white flowers).
anyway, the tap-root was chopped (by him). I cleaned the stump up and found quite alot of fine surface roots that spread horizontally (this may be a good thing). I guess that this is not a good time to collect it (didn't have a choice ) and wonder if it will survive.
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It will be fine mate - long as it didnt dry out too much whilst waiting for the dump truck!

i reckon doing the same thing you did with the myrtle mate it worked for that i would do the same thing pal it looks like a good trunk, it should come up good, its pretty big

Good heavens! I didn't know azalea trunks got that big.

Ron wrote:Good heavens! I didn't know azalea trunks got that big.

yes mate, do a google search and you will find some crackers, they have been ground grown for a fair while though mate, and watched over carefully.

jamie

Great find! I am in the process of digging an azalea almost that size at the moment, I may remove it tonight.

Yeah, it was ground grown and got big...but not really big. The big base of the trunk was under the soil line before and I didn't know It got that. Yet I've seen much bigger trunk before. I actually dug up some big ones last winter and they recovered well. However, I have some leaf disease of some sort: brown spores attached to underside of leaves.

Leigh, I think it was left out there for a bout 7 hours. I didn't see it when I left for work. The good thing is it was covered by some of its own chopped off branches.

Jamie, thanks for reminding me. I'll give it the same treatment that I gave the myrtle. Let's hope it works as I know that myrtles are much tougher. Just remember I need to get more sphagnum moss.

Hey Kvan, why did he say you could'nt have it if he was going to throw it out???

Jester wrote:Hey Kvan, why did he say you could'nt have it if he was going to throw it out???

Well, I asked him last year when it was in flowers and he just moved in. I think he doesn't want to look after the plants so he gets rid of them now. Maybe he forgot that I wanted it (I was willing to pay some $$$ for it too).

Lucky Boy
Soak well with seasol and keep out of direct sun fro a cople of weeks and you should be good I think if it has not dried out too much
I took some out in the heat of summer a few years ago and they were good

You will find out in a few weeks no doubt

Ken

Thanks Ken. It's soaking in water + seasol + ST for now. Will get it potted in grow box tomorrow.

what a huge find and free to a good home, how would you think about sealing the ends of the cuts. For you ideas in the ground or use a strofoam box
Bdog

Good score mate. I can see some nice movement

Yes Shannon, will consider styling for those movements it if it does survive and bDog, I haven't seal the cuts yet as open cuts will help soaking it more effectively. However, I'll seal those with steri-prun or wound dressing before putting in grow box.

i don't think asking anyone for their azalea while its flowering is a good idea hahhaha you ask them when its not
anyways u got a mass of fine roots i hope your tree survives as i collected one that size too last year and i watched it die slowly still cut about it
good luck


.minh