Rock solid Azalea rootball.

[Maiden69]

I did the same to a 3 gal encore the first week of May. I thought it was a large one, but noticed they were two when I started cleaning out the soil. I took a look at them last night and they look good, so you should be safe as long as there were some good roots close to the trunk.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Azaleas ain’t no Shrinking Violets!

cheers
DSD sends

 

[Mapleminx]

Azaleas ain’t no Shrinking Violets!

cheers
DSD sends

She has me babying her, it’s been getting cold at night and because I believe she has enough stress already I’ve been including her in the “temperature shuffle” along with my tropicals.

Bug sprayed her yesterday (no sign of insects but just a precaution for anything too tiny to see). I have very hard water and haven’t got much rainwater stored so she’s also been sipping my mineral water. Purchased a plant friendly solution to remove limescale from faucet water so once that turns up I’ll set a few tubs marinating and test it out.

The new baby Azalee on the ”latest purchase page” was also repotted into Kanuma the same day (was potbound in peat with a damp layer of sphagnum on top during its shipping). Not the best time for a repot but I wanted to prevent a similar fate asap. This li’l one is thriving at least

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

She has me babying her, it’s been getting cold at night and because I believe she has enough stress already I’ve been including her in the “temperature shuffle” along with my tropicals.

Wishing you the best on a healthy recovery! It seems to be the hardest thing about doing any extensive work on a tree is waiting … perhaps patiently for those signs that everything’s gonna be aright.

Ryan Neil mentioned a lag of about 14 days after root work before the roots respond with new growth. In our location I’ve been thinking more on the line of 4-6 weeks after extensive rootwork for visible signs of healthiness. For branch work it seems more like 2-4 weeks.

From observations of azalea’s response I think this can happen in a number of ways, pushing multiple leaves at the ends of branches, back budding down a trimmed branch or a progressive back budding up the trunk to the branches. All seem to me to be indicators the wait is over.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Mapleminx]

Wishing you the best on a healthy recovery! It seems to be the hardest thing about doing any extensive work on a tree is waiting … perhaps patiently for those signs that everything’s gonna be aright.

Ryan Neil mentioned a lag of about 14 days after root work before the roots respond with new growth. In our location I’ve been thinking more on the line of 4-6 weeks after extensive rootwork for visible signs of healthiness. For branch work it seems more like 2-4 weeks.

From observations of azalea’s response I think this can happen in a number of ways, pushing multiple leaves at the ends of branches, back budding down a trimmed branch or a progressive back budding up the trunk to the branches. All seem to me to be indicators the wait is over.

Cheers
DSD sends

Oh I don’t expect to see any signs of recovery anytime soon, what I am looking out for is signs things are not going the other way. I expect her to be stalled for a couple of months at least and if that’s the case I’d take it as a more positive sign than a death dive.