Our experience with a recent demonstration garden planting has been that inexperienced, over-zealous mulchers have actually piled on mulch that resulted in...
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bsperling
bsperlinus
Jul 1, 2011 5:10 pm
As the original question was about hardwood mulch, I have to repeat what Don Voss told me: hardwood mulch is much more resistant to water penetration than...
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michael.campbell3@...
mike_threeshot
Jul 1, 2011 11:58 pm
It will be fine, just pretend it never happened. ... From: "natalie gluck" <nsgluck@...> To: azaleas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011...
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Steve Henning
hevestenning
Jul 2, 2011 2:07 pm
Original message sent to Natalie: Hi Natalie, Thanks for asking the azalea group. I can see two possible problems with the hardwood mulch. 1) If you were...
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Mark
prometheus4096
Jul 3, 2011 5:24 am
I put many cutting pots into bags as kind of suggested. Today I checked on them. Many have turned brown. They seem to turn brown from the stem into the leaves....
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Ron Rabideau
rhodyrexx
Jul 3, 2011 12:23 pm
Mark, That brown looks like a fungal disease such as phytopthera. It happens sometimes. In the future you could try disinfecting the cuttings(and all your...
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Bob Stelloh
oakhillbob
Jul 5, 2011 2:56 am
There will be a joint ASA/ARS convention in Asheville on May 4-6, 2012. We now have some preliminary information about it on the ASA website page ...
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Nicholas Yarmoshuk
rhodosrus@...
Jul 5, 2011 11:43 am
Bob . . . Is there not some confusion with the dates. . . . you state May 4 -6. . . . . but further down on the ASA page is says 4 - 8. Those are Friday to...
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Tadeusz Dauksza
iltkyao
Jul 5, 2011 5:50 pm
For those that open the flyer for the 2012 convention the pdf can be "Rotated" by clicking on the "view"Â and then selecting clockwise or just click using...
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Errol Shim
errol.shim@...
Jul 5, 2011 6:46 pm
[this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] What types of Azalea grow best in Zip codes 45069 and which types in this zip code area, at the 10 years...
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Larry Wallace
uuallace
Jul 5, 2011 7:22 pm
Search Rhododendrons here: http://www.rhododendron.org/search_multi.htm Search Azaleas here: http://www.rhododendron.org/search_multi_azalea.htm We had a wet...
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William C. Miller III
azaleabill
Jul 5, 2011 8:15 pm
Hi Errol, In terms of evergreen azaleas, I'd start with the Girard hybrids from the Girard Nursery in Geneva, Ohio. Then I'd recommend the Schroeder hybrids...
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Bob Stelloh
oakhillbob
Jul 6, 2011 12:48 am
Nick, Thanks for looking so closely. Yes, there is some confusion with dates, and that will be true for a while until the details get worked out. Like many...
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Bob Stelloh
oakhillbob
Jul 8, 2011 12:29 pm
[ please send a CC of any reply to Michael Fix <mpfix@...> ]...
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Steve Henning
hevestenning
Jul 8, 2011 9:51 pm
Original message sent to Michael:========================= Hi Michael, Thanks for asking the azalea group. Miracid is more of a problem than a solution. I...
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Mike Creel
mikeacreel
Jul 9, 2011 8:16 pm
I have seen such damage as you describe in azaleas that were over-fertilized in a nursery, before I purchased and planted them. They showed initial great...
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bsperling
bsperlinus
Jul 9, 2011 10:07 pm
Several recent emails have mentioned again the use of pine bark and long fiber sphagnum moss in soils and as a mulch (pine bark) on top. I've heard this for a...
Barry, I have also heard that pine needles and pine bark do nothing to change the pH. There was a study report but this was a very long time ago and I don't ...
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Ron Rabideau
rhodyrexx
Jul 10, 2011 1:20 pm
Great article but it doesn't address the topic- does pine bark lower the pH when used as a mulch? (or mixed into the soil). The article discusses pine bark as...
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Steve Henning
hevestenning
Jul 10, 2011 2:00 pm
Very good point Barry. I did some digging and found: United Nations Forest & Agriculture Organization <http://www.fao.org/docrep/X0453E/X0453e09.htm> "Finely...
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Ron Rabideau
rhodyrexx
Jul 10, 2011 2:38 pm
I did some digging and found this article: http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=223401 I didn't read the entire article,...
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Ron Rabideau
rhodyrexx
Jul 10, 2011 2:42 pm
And yet another article: http://permaculturetokyo.blogspot.com/2006/05/mulling-over-mulch.html -- Ron Rabideau Camden, NJ Zone 6b-7a...
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Steve Henning
hevestenning
Jul 10, 2011 2:53 pm
The University of Wisconsin Extension published a paper <http://wood.uwex.edu/2010/11/18/pine-needles-cause/> that states: "Pine needles and oak leaves both...
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Ron Rabideau
rhodyrexx
Jul 10, 2011 3:07 pm
My take on organic mulches is that they provide far more benefit than potentially altering the pH. The addition of organic matter to a soil can ameliorate the...
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William Shearer
william_swed...
Jul 10, 2011 3:13 pm
Hello Barry, et. al. If you are looking to maintain a low pH or contributing to lowering soil pH, then it is pine NEEDLES that one should be using as a mulch /...
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Steve Henning
hevestenning
Jul 10, 2011 3:26 pm
Looking at these articles, I come to a couple conclusions: 1) Acidic mulches such as oak leaves, pine bark and pine needles have a negligible effect on the pH...
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William Shearer
william_swed...
Jul 10, 2011 11:37 pm
Ron, Interesting that you should mention oak leaves, I too was going to mention oak leaves, along with beech leaves as soil amendments/mulch. I have a regular ...
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bsperling
bsperlinus
Jul 10, 2011 11:46 pm
Just back from the No. Va cutting exchange and I picked up a small plant called 'Dr. Curtis Aldifer'. This is on p. 300 of Galle as a vivid red semi-double...
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Nicholas Yarmoshuk
rhodosrus@...
Jul 11, 2011 12:10 am
Ron too am a great fan of shredded oak leaves. How do you mulch with the fine shredded oak leave and do not experience this material blowing away in the first...
