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Post  jeffrey Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:37 pm

New in my collection this Satsuki.
advise you which pot, or is this pot right.
Regards, Jeffrey

[img]Satsuki azalea Dscn0710[/img]

[img]Satsuki azalea Dscn0711[/img]
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Post  JimLewis Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:46 pm

I'd rather see a pot with vertical sides, and if blue I'd rather see a darker blue (or a green).
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Post  ItalianCopper Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:13 pm

Maybe something like this:
Satsuki azalea Satsuki

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Post  Kev Bailey Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:29 pm

A bit deeper would be better for the health of the Azalea, I think.
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Post  shimsuki Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:36 pm

Kev Bailey wrote:A bit deeper would be better for the health of the Azalea, I think.


I agree.


Do you know what variety this is?
It appears you have a some moss growing on the trunk, get that off. Moss will eat away at an azaleas extremely thin bark. The best way to remove it is by scraping it off with a chopstick or a small wooden skewer.


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Post  Todd Ellis Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:02 am

A toothbrush is another great tool for removing moss on trunks. Nylon bristles are less "destructive" to softer trunk bark.
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Post  Guest Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:33 am

Hi Jeffrey

I like yor new tree, I hope you will have it for many years...
I like the dark blue pot option.

Moss is easily removed with a iron solution called OE70 FER+, the product is not made for this, but i works, and does not collour the trunk. In a doubble solution painted on the roots an trunk with a small brush on a cloudy day, can you after 1 or 2 hours,very, very easy remowe the moss, as the moss has lost the grip.

Kind regards Yvonne

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Post  Guest Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:40 am

Dear Jeffrey

As you can see on my photo, is it not important with a big pot for an azalea....My tree has been in this pot for 5 years......I have tried to find a glazed pot for the tree, for at least the last 3 years, and I am still searching.
I dont find a pot, that emphasize the elegance off the roots like this one.
Does anyone have a suggestion?.

Satsuki azalea Satzuk10

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Post  jeffrey Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:54 pm

very nice pot combination Yvonne Graubaek.
Is no moss on the trunk, is the picture I think.
I do not know what kind it is, you can not even see what kind of flowers?
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Post  Guest Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:34 pm

Dear Jeffrey

I did not mean to take ower your topic, I just wanted to show you, that an azalea maybe dont need a big pot after all, my azalea was in a big pot too when I bought it. And then I had this question about the pottype....

I am happy you like my tree and pot combination.

I have not removed moss with photoshop...but the way I have described. It can be done very precise, as you this way dont have to brush or scrabe, but just pluck the "painted" moss off with a tweezer.

The azalea is an "Ohsakazuki", it have red flowers.

Kind regards Yvonne

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Post  Guest Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:58 pm

Jeffrey,

IMHO- when you got a shallower pot for your tree...be sure to have a good size mound too (like Yvonne's tree) .it would help in increasing the volume of soil. again for the health of your tree.

regards,
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Post  jeffrey Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:27 am

what do you think of these pots?

[img]Satsuki azalea 3_16611[/img]

[img]Satsuki azalea 2_6512[/img]
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Post  Guest Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:30 pm

Hi Jeffry

Could you give us the meassures of the blue pot, and the two options.

Kind regards Yvonne

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Post  John Quinn Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:40 pm

I did not mean to take ower your topic, I just wanted to show you, that an azalea maybe dont need a big pot after all, my azalea was in a big pot too when I bought it.

Remember also that your local climate and watering habits will impact your pot choices. Summer temperatures in the 100F or 38C range may make it difficult to maintain health in a very small pot. Probably not common in the Netherlands though!
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Post  Russell Coker Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:49 pm

I think the pot in the virtual is a reasonable choice - and deep enough.

Jun, shallow pots and mounded soil are not a good combination for satsuki (any azalea) in areas with long, hot summers and/or hard winters.

I'm eager to see it in a nicer pot, and in flower!

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Post  jeffrey Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:17 am

What is the difference between a one and Satsuki Rhododendron indicum. Question
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Post  Russell Coker Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:50 am

I'm sorry Jeffrey, I don't understand your question.

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Post  jeffrey Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:21 pm

The name, Satsuki or Rhododendron indicum.
what is the difference between these trees


sorry for my english Embarassed
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Post  JimLewis Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:44 pm

Satsuki is the Japanese name. R. indicum is the scientific name. Otherwise, little or no difference.

The Japanese, and lately others, have created myriads of artificial/commercial 'cultivars' (named varieties {for lack of a better word at the moment}) of R. indicum (and indicum hybrids with other Rhododendron species) -- all under the name 'Satsuki."

If you want a look inside the world of Azaleas and their hundreds or thousands of cultivars, get hold of a copy of Fred C. Galle's "Azaleas."
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Post  Russell Coker Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:03 pm

jeffrey wrote:sorry for my english Embarassed

That's ok, now I understand.

"Satsuki" is the Japanese name for this late blooming group of azaleas. It means "5th moon" or "month", going back to the old lunar calendar. In Japan the height of the satsuki season is actually the first week of June. It is about a month earlier for me here on the Gulf Coast. All of the other azaleas - wild deciduous species, the early blooming evergreen "kurume" hybrids, assorted garden varieties and wild evergreen species like "miyama kurishima" - are simply referred to as "tsutsuji". Try to find a copy of the book A Brocade Pillow, it explains how and when they were developed.

So "satsuki" and "Rhododendron indicum" refer to the same plant, one in Japanese and the other in Latin.

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Post  bumblebee Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:55 pm

So Russell, can all the azaleas can be refered to as Satsuki? I've been wondering. You know I have azaleas, but in pots, not so much. I've killed 2 so far.

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Post  Russell Coker Sun Dec 05, 2010 4:15 pm

Libby,

No. All satsuki are azaleas, but not all azaleas are satsuki. It's like all azaleas are Rhododendrons, but not all rhododendrons are azaleas!

Many of the new azalea hybrids available in the South have satsuki "blood' that shows up as late (May/June) blooms and repeat fall blooms like 'wachet', 'conversation piece' and 'Sir Robert'. The big box "Encore" hybrids released by Flowerwood Nurseries have no satsuki in them. Our big, old standards like "Formosa" and "George Tabor" are from the "Indica" group, but are not R. indicum.

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Post  jeffrey Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:31 pm

It is difficult to understand.
But if I see a book by Satsuki show there are names example Satsuki Nikko and in the other photo Rhododendron indicum.
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Post  Russell Coker Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:51 pm

Rhododendron indicum is very general, like Homo sapiens. Rhododendron indicum 'Nikko' is specific, the variety of satsuki is Nikko. You could be Homo sapiens 'Jeffrey'. Very Happy

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Post  Toche Sun Dec 05, 2010 10:42 pm

Hi hall, Smile

Rhododendron indicum is very general, like Homo sapiens. Rhododendron indicum 'Nikko' is specific, the variety of satsuki is Nikko. You could be Homo sapiens 'Jeffrey'.


That's right,Satsuki azalea Hihi0 but the Satsuki are also hybrids of Rh Indicun and Rh Tamurae ... and few other

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