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What type of plants are you interested in growing? This poll is closed. |
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| Perennials! |
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142 | 20.91% |
| Annuals! |
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30 | 4.42% |
| Woody plants! |
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62 | 9.13% |
| Succulent plants! |
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171 | 25.18% |
| Tropical plants! |
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60 | 8.84% |
| Non-vascular plants are the best! |
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31 | 4.57% |
| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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183 | 26.95% |
| Total: | 679 votes | ||
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kedo posted:Cross post from A/T coz I always forget this subforum exists! Hoping I'm not late, but there are a few quirks with rhododendrons or azaleas. They need a low pH soil, limestone is a killer for them. They love ericaceous compost. Be wary also of your water pH. If the water in your area is very hard, try to use rainwater instead. For people who wish to plant them outdoors, rhodos love rain. Like a lot. They love the shadow of the undergrowth, and despair with a too much sunny exposition. Even if your soil is full of limestone, you can plant them anyway if you follow these steps : - dig a large ( 1m ) and deep pit ( 60 cm at least). When they grow, they grow fast. I sometimes read they don't make a deep root system. That's wrong. Given time, they will (mines are a perfect example of this). - you don't want roots enter in contact with limetone. You need to use geotextile felt (don't know how to translate this in US) to have a draining layer wich will resist to the roots. I sometimes hear people telling it is useless. The first years, it won't make a difference. But under the action of soil life and weather, pH will get higher. And when you'll see the signs of chlorose, it could be too late. - plant them in a mix of ericaceous compost and standard compost. The result, rhodo- pornogrophy:  DSC00452 par PicardyBeet The big one is two meters high and three meters wide. Give them space  DSC00453 par PicardyBeet  DSC00457 par PicardyBeet When I saved this little guy, he was the saddest shrub I ever saw. Only a trunk and a few yellow leaves. That was 5 years ago.  DSC00460 par PicardyBeet  DSC00459 par PicardyBeet
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