Hardy gloxiniamow Soil ph

Hardy gloxiniamow Soil ph
Greg Ruckert (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:05:54 PDT)

Adam,
Your tree peonies want the soil to be slightly alkaline. We apply lime
twice each year (and ash from the fire continuously). The chlorosis would
suggest that you need to add iron (iron chelates).
Your azaleas, like camellias and rhododendrons however want a lower ph (by
preferably 1-2 units).
Cheers,
GregRuckert
Nairne,
South Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Fikso" <adam14113@ameritech.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Hardy gloxinia

I wonder if I should do the same. A few of my tree peonies show some
chlorosis in the last two years. . However, most plants, including azaleas
do very well. I'm puzzled. And Lycoris have done especially well this
year, seed pods on al including squamigera (which may be balloons, even if
they're bigger than usual by different species).