Will azaleas survive in South Florida?

[SFDrake]

This is not how plants work. You can't just try to outscience & throw the kitchen sink at a plant that is not doing well.
Likely, it is both too wet and got too much fertilizer. The pH of your water seems low and soft.
When you do an adjustment, you make a small one and wait for a couple of months.

It seems that it is wilting now?

Yes it's wilting. I've just givin it distilled water, and gave it miracle grow (for acid loving plants) last week, I thought I was giving it enough time between waterings but maybe it remained too wet. Doesn't help with rain every day and 90% humidity in 96deg. I have it underneath my soffit now to regulate the water,. It still gets 4 hours of full sun in the am.

 

[SFDrake]

This is not how plants work. You can't just try to outscience & throw the kitchen sink at a plant that is not doing well.
Likely, it is both too wet and got too much fertilizer. The pH of your water seems low and soft.
When you do an adjustment, you make a small one and wait for a couple of months.

It seems that it is wilting now?

Yes it's wilting. I've just given it distilled water and Miracle Grow for acid loving plants. I thought that I was giving it enough time between watering, but the soil seems to stay wet. It was just one diluted watering of miracle grow a week ago. I was going to give it more today but the soil remains wet. It is some cheap Bonsai mix that I got with the plant.

 

[Russ1]

However an easy fix is to use distilled water and add a small amount of Miracid every week so the plants get nutrients as distilled water has no nutrients.

You could also cut your tap water with distilled water, 50/50 or more. That would reduce your hard water by 1/2 or more.

 

[Russ1]

Yes it's wilting. I've just given it distilled water and Miracle Grow for acid loving plants. I thought that I was giving it enough time between watering, but the soil seems to stay wet. It was just one diluted watering of miracle grow a week ago. I was going to give it more today but the soil remains wet. It is some cheap Bonsai mix that I got with the plant.

If the soil stays wet it probably means that the roots are not taking up water which means they are probably in bad shape. Watering more only makes it worse and fertilizer damages the roots even more. The best thing to do imo is put in a humid environment out of the wind but some gentle air flow to keep fungus from growing and hope for the best..

 

[SFDrake]

Thanks for the help guys! It's in the back of the bench where it can only get filtered sun and a light Breeze. Fingers are crossed I'm leaving it alone for now, the soil is still wet from a couple days ago. It's protected from the rain, now the waiting game