On behalf of the District 8 Planning Committee for the 2004 Spring ARS Conference, I wish to extend a warm invitation to all rhododendron and azalea...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Jan 16, 2004 3:46 pm
On this subject, let me offer my two-bits. 1. There is ample study at various university labs to indicate the presence of specific mycorrhiza in soil will...
For several years now I have fretted over my outdoor planted pots of azalea and rhododendron seeds which germinated just before winter or during short warm ...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Jan 16, 2004 9:07 pm
About eight years ago, there was an excellent article in the ARS Journal about this very thing. Perhaps someone may remember which issue and save us all the...
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JOT
JimPatsy@...
Jan 18, 2004 4:35 pm
lots of luck! remember ,several years ago i tried to get some help besides bayleton. no help, to the fact we have to get ahead of this problem! i can't afford...
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JOT
JimPatsy@...
Jan 18, 2004 8:02 pm
oops! sorry ,this went out to everyone! ... From: "JOT" <JimPatsy@...> To: <azaleas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:34 AM ...
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Ed Collins
azaleaed@...
Jan 19, 2004 1:54 pm
Hi Bill, Last year Vivian Abney (East Fork Nursery) told me about a new product that eliminated petal blight. It is called PCNB and is a granular product that...
Hi everyone--I'm Hank Schannen of RareFind Nursery in Jackson NJ, and new to this group--but a 40 year veteran of the Rhododendrons and Azaleas. I did not...
I saw the note on PCNB--if you go to Google and plug in "petal blight and PCNB" , you will get a very large number of hits--going further you will see that...
Hank, welcome to the azalea group. I am Mike Creel in South Carolina, a native azalea freelance propagator (in real life a news and magazine writer in state ...
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William F. Bode
wfbode@...
Jan 20, 2004 3:30 pm
Hi Y'all: I would like to share this info about petal blight from my friends at LSU Ag Ctr. Bill Bode...
Since I had trouble opening the attachments on Bill Bode's email on the topic (thanks for pursuing it, Bill), I figured others may also, so I copied them...
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Joe Schild
azaleajoe@...
Jan 20, 2004 5:49 pm
Welcome Hank of RareFind, We are always happy to have new folks on the list and especially if one has as much experience as you indicate. Opinions, ideas,...
Shana, Contrary to what one often reads about azalea's needing partial shade and moderate temperatures, many of us in Texas have had great success with placing...
I believe the blooms will last longer if the plants have at least afternoon shade. Will Ferrell ... From: Bob Stelloh To: azaleas@yahoogroups.com Cc:...
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Booper5@...
Jan 25, 2004 8:57 pm
Delaware Valley will not do in full sun for me in South CArolina but do well in the shade....
Rick, my experience is that the blooms last longer and there is significantly less problem with lace bugs when the plants receive afternoon shade. I do not...
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JOT
JimPatsy@...
Jan 29, 2004 3:11 pm
my daughter in sinapore hasn't noticed any azaleas there but will check .but you are about 2/3 hundred miles north and could make a big difference. i'll be...
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Lightfoot, Paul
pllightfo@...
Jan 29, 2004 3:33 pm
Does anyone in a cold area have experience growing the evergreen cultivars 'Joe Gable', 'Palestrina', and 'Pink Discovery'? Can they really be hardy to -20F,...
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William F. Bode
wfbode@...
Jan 29, 2004 3:58 pm
Paul; Suggest you contact Dr. Bob Lyons at bob lyons@... he has experience with cold weather and azaleas. Bill Bode...
Roslyn in not in a zone where such temperatures occur. Such ratings thus cannot be based upon their own experience. They doubtless depend on rating input from...
I have a pretty strong feeling we should not be discussing email viruses on this mail list, because our focus is azaleas, and because there are lots of...
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E. WHITE SMITH
bovees@...
Jan 29, 2004 6:44 pm
You also might want to think about Vireya Rhododendrons. See our web site, and we ship world wide. E. WHITE SMITH www.bovees.com ... .but ... time ... of ... ...
Where I work we received a notice from our webmaster and network adminstrator this week to be alert to incoming messages caused by the MyDoom virus. In brief...
This spring and summer I will be venturing into entirely new territory for me - crossing evergreen azaleas (primarily tetraploid cultivars) onto to deciduous...
Has any one used "ROOTECH GEL" in rooting native azaleas? Earl...
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Joe and Brenda
joe.klim@...
Jan 30, 2004 3:11 am
Paul, I do not live in a particularly cold area (Washington DC), but I have grown many supposedly super hardy azaleas to use in my hybridization ...
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Laura Wetzel
azalea@...
Jan 30, 2004 3:42 am
Hello Paul, I tried to delete the bottom part of this message, but deleted the entire message, so if the repetitive part is attached, I apologize. I live in...
