Help me with a boring satsuki

[Deep Sea Diver]

It’s been quarantined however I’ve continued to water and care for it on the slim chance there is a speck of life but it’s pretty crispy. The soil is loaded with fungus gnats. Unlike the others I used some of the potting soil it came in and mixed it with the new media at a pretty high ratio (50/50ish)… to further differentiate the Riverbend plants came in a kanuma mix while the Momo No Haru was in a more traditional nursery mix.

Yeah, pretty toasty. Was this azalea kept inside for part of its care? We don’t see a lot of fungus gnats in media once they go outside here.

There are multiple reasons I shift the azaleas here to a Kanuma based media. Darn near impossible to overwater, acidic, high CEC, signals dryness by color change, unlike bark/peat based mixes it doesn’t break down as quickly, and critters like fungus gnats don’t seem to like this media.

I may have a couple Momo no Haru second year cuttings out back if you are interested. PM me if so.

On a side note. I noticed the other day there are a number of Osakasuki/Kaho/Eikan second year whips out back. I may shift half to Kanuma and see if it possible to compare their growth.

cheers
DSD sends

 

[yashu]

Yeah, pretty toasty. Was this azalea kept inside for part of its care? We don’t see a lot of fungus gnats in media once they go outside here.

Never inside the house. It was doing the shuffle from the garage to outside along with my other cold sensitive trees earlier in the spring.

There are multiple reasons I shift the azaleas here to a Kanuma based media. Darn near impossible to overwater, acidic, high CEC, signals dryness by color change, unlike bark/peat based mixes it doesn’t break down as quickly, and critters like fungus gnats don’t seem to like this media.

I have not seen them in my Riverbend trees which are in a kanuma/DE mix. Those are doing quite well.

I may have a couple Momo no Haru second year cuttings out back if you are interested. PM me if so.

I will absolutely take you up on this…

On a side note. I noticed the other day there are a number of Osakasuki/Kaho/Eikan second year whips out back. I may shift half to Kanuma and see if it possible to compare their growth.

cheers
DSD sends

Thanks!!!