Satsuki Azalea "Chinzan" Repot

[Robert E Holt]

No, it is just moisture wicking up the trunk. It mm has been raining here all week.

Good to hear. This one is coming along nicely, I would hate to see it lose ground from rot.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Sippy is starting to show off a bit, too:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update,

Filling in a little more.

 

[GrimLore]

Filling in a little more.

A "little" is an understatement! Very nice!

Grimmy

 

[JoeR]

Hey @Mellow Mullet , remember those two azaleas you sent me? I think they’re Dads White or something along those lines? Are they satsuki? They’re just starting to grow now, and I’m not sure if I should repot now or wait until after they bloom. I don’t even know if they will bloom this year. What’s your opinion?

 

[barrosinc]

intense colors! Cool

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Hey @Mellow Mullet , remember those two azaleas you sent me? I think they’re Dads White or something along those lines? Are they satsuki? They’re just starting to grow now, and I’m not sure if I should repot now or wait until after they bloom. I don’t even know if they will bloom this year. What’s your opinion?

Yes, they are Satsukis, dads white is for sure. Do you remember what they marked? Here, I repot before they bloom, at least a month before. Usually late Feb or early March.

They should bloom, the ones I still have from the same batch are loaded with buds.

 

[JoeR]

Yes, they are Satsukis, dads white is for sure. Do you remember what they marked? Here, I repot before they bloom, at least a month before. Usually late Feb or early March.

They should bloom, the ones I still have from the same batch are loaded with buds.

I found the tags, dads white is for sure the name. I cant remember what the blooms are supposed to be like so that’ll be a nice surprise! They are just now growing, but I can’t tell if they have flower buds or not. I think they do, but these are actually my only satsuki sadly so I’m inexperienced.

Is it too late to repot? Here’s some of one of the two.

 

[JudyB]

Yes, they are Satsukis, dads white is for sure. Do you remember what they marked? Here, I repot before they bloom, at least a month before. Usually late Feb or early March.

They should bloom, the ones I still have from the same batch are loaded with buds.

Do you repot before they bloom in your area because it gets so hot after? And in cooler zones, repotting after blooming is the norm?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

I see lots of buds, they are in the center of they new growth. I called them "dad's white" because they came from cutting off a Satsukis that my dad has that we don't know the name of. When my cuttings bloomed, I marked them with the color and type of flower. The mother plant has five or six different colors/variations. Since yours is a white it has the potential to eventually develop all of the variations.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Do you repot before they bloom in your area because it gets so hot after? And in cooler zones, repotting after blooming is the norm?

Judy,

Yes, that is why, it usually starts getting really hot here is May. So Repotting after an April/May bloom is too late, they struggle and early in my attempts, I lost a couple. So now I repot before, at least a month or so ahead of flowering to let them get adjusted before the show. This is for satsukis. For Kurumes, Indicas, and those that are in between, I do it after flowering since they usually bloom late January/ early February, this year is unusual as it was very cold late in the season so they did not start until late February.

 

[JoeR]

I see lots of buds, they are in the center of they new growth. I called them "dad's white" because they came from cutting off a Satsukis that my dad has that we don't know the name of. When my cuttings bloomed, I marked them with the color and type of flower. The mother plant has five or six different colors/variations. Since yours is a white it has the potential to eventually develop all of the variations.

Good to know, thanks. Any idea on if it’s safe to repot them today based on my area and the pictures?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Good to know, thanks. Any idea on if it’s safe to repot them today based on my area and the pictures?

I think you should be OK, The buds are not that full so it looks like they have a ways to go before the bloom.

 

[GrimLore]

Is it too late to repot?

Those won't bloom for a few weeks so as @Mellow Mullet said - go for it! The flower buds are all over ours but even smaller and I could easily repot up until the end of April or Early May here.

Grimmy

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update:

Here is Sippy showing off this spring.