Bonsainoob88
Mame
Hi everyone, I have had this satsuki azalea for just under a year and when I got it the plant was heavily rootbound but I decided to wait till after this spring bloom to repot . However the plant never formed flower buds .
So on 28th of march I repotted it in a mixture of pumice , pine bark and ericaceous compost .
Alot of the roots got damaged because of how badly root bound it was and I tried to get as much of the old soil mix away . So it's sat In a shady part of the greenhouse since then and it has gradually shedded its leaves and looks like it could be slowing down the shedding now .
As a note the weather has been terrible in the northeast for spring time so I don't think it's been too hot for it .
The greenhouse is south facing but only gets sun from sunrise till about 2pm
So my questions are.
Will a feed help it or do more damage ?
Should I put it in a north facing area till it stops shedding?
Will all the areas where its shedded leaves become deadwood ?
It didn't get any flower buds to form is that because it was in terrible soil and heavily root bound ?
Thanks guys for any help saving this plant as I really would like to get it back to its former glory
So on 28th of march I repotted it in a mixture of pumice , pine bark and ericaceous compost .
Alot of the roots got damaged because of how badly root bound it was and I tried to get as much of the old soil mix away . So it's sat In a shady part of the greenhouse since then and it has gradually shedded its leaves and looks like it could be slowing down the shedding now .
As a note the weather has been terrible in the northeast for spring time so I don't think it's been too hot for it .
The greenhouse is south facing but only gets sun from sunrise till about 2pm
So my questions are.
Will a feed help it or do more damage ?
Should I put it in a north facing area till it stops shedding?
Will all the areas where its shedded leaves become deadwood ?
It didn't get any flower buds to form is that because it was in terrible soil and heavily root bound ?
Thanks guys for any help saving this plant as I really would like to get it back to its former glory