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- 2. Seed Pods- not quite ripe
- 3. Let’s start at the very beginning... AZALEA SEED PODS
- 4. Rhododendron Seed Pods
- 5. SEEDS SIDE BY SIDE Azalea Rhododendron
- 6. The Planting Begins …...... The Growing Mix Peat Moss - 20L Perlite - 10L Pro-Mix -10L
- 7. Assemble Seed Packs Label Pots Fill pots Tamp lightly
- 8. shake small quantity of seed into hand
- 9. sprinkle seed sparsely on surface
- 10. Place seeded pots in tray to soak Drain on pad of newspaper
- 11. Seal pots in plastic food storage bags
- 12. Sealed bags under lights….. Note slight layer of condensation
- 13. Trays about 12” from light Light period 14 Hours +/- …. cool white tubes Germination can
- 14. Seedlings stay in bags until ~2nd set leaves Crowded pots should be thinned Gradually open bags
- 15. Seedlings still in Plastic 8-10 weeks
- 16. Many pots of seedlings ….. …… about ready to transplant
- 17. seedlings ready for transplant
- 18. Transplant lots of roots
- 19. seedlings ~ Feb1 from late Oct. sowing
- 20. seedlings transplanted to 6-cell packs
- 21. into tray to be watered, drain on paper
- 22. Azaleas Rhodies
- 23. R. mucronulatum seedlings
- 24. each 6-cell pack has a vinyl label with seed lot info
- 25. Growing Cabinet with Transplants
- 26. Transplanted Seedling Care Water from bottom- we use rain water Water with a dilute ( 1/8)
- 27. about the 6-month stage Most azaleas and small leaf rhodies will need to be pinched Fast
- 28. Precocious ARS’01 #390
- 30. …. more of this one later….
- 31. Plants as they might appear ~ 6 months
- 32. (aureum x ‘Prelude’) BPT#80-5 X (yakushimanum x aureum) Berg (WEA)
- 34. ‘Minas Grand Pre’ x ‘Tantramar’ (PET)
- 35. Azaleas in 6-pack ~5 months Azalea seedlings
- 36. Well - rooted seedlings are ready to go outside by mid-June to mid-July A week or
- 37. Preparation of Nursery Bed- June ’04 Potato patch
- 38. Nursery bed - mostly dug up Claymore 50% shade on last years plants Early June
- 39. Rhodie Soil Preparation Early June Well dug soil, good drainage Amended with ~1/3 organic material Reasonably
- 40. Rhodie Planting Techniques Site: sun / half shade Give wind protection Plant same depth as in
- 41. Seedlings in Nursery … late July mulch
- 42. View of partly planted 2001 nursery
- 43. Shade cloth over 2003 seedling bed
- 44. labels - printed both ends 2 inserted in each row Ground-level view of seedlings
- 45. …speaking of labels embossable wired aluminum labels
- 46. ‘Haaga’ x ‘Barbara Cook’
- 48. shade cloth removed early autumn
- 49. Oct19/04 seedling bed with fall colors
- 50. AZALEA SEEDLINGS IN AUTUMN
- 51. Winterization Erect a baffle to give wind protection Extra mulch can be applied Evergreen branches may
- 52. baffle for winter partly installed Oct20/04 Claymore
- 53. Baffle for wind protection
- 54. early spring seedlings after first winter
- 55. seedlings after first winter
- 56. 2002 seedlings after a full year checking for weeds
- 57. 2002 seedlings after a full year
- 58. late summer- shade off last year’s seedlings
- 59. Spring Jobs Fertilize, if needed Renew mulch Prune rhodies as soon as new vegetative shoots elongate
- 60. spring jobs to enhance seedlings
- 61. AR99 #31 Bravo x R. sutchuenese prune to enhance bushiness AR99#31 Bravo x R. sutchuenense
- 63. Multiple new shoots Usually get as least two-three new shoots
- 64. Seedling Progress - year 1
- 65. Seedling Progress - year 2 good foliage even at this early stage
- 66. the precocious ARS’01 #390 Seedling Progress - year 2
- 67. The precocious ARS’01 #390
- 68. Seedling Progress (azaleas have progress too!) ~July2/04
- 69. siblings AR96-61( Alstrup) (Janet Blair x Sham’s Candy) x unknown hyb. white/dark blotch
- 70. ARS92-765 Barbara Cook x Janet Blair affectionately known as ‘Sproeten’
- 71. buds with very frilly edges
- 72. ‘Sproeten’ truss
- 73. ARS92 #940 Janet Blair X Orange Marmalade
- 74. ARS’92 #608 series of siblings [(Big Deal x Donna Hardgrove) x (Golden Star x Catalgla)] x
- 75. ARS’92 #608 series of siblings Sibling #7
- 76. ARS’92 #608 large ivory sibling aka “Ivory Cloud”
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