Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Rhododendron and other Ericaceae => Topic started by: grenadier on May 29, 2016, 06:27:07 PM
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Please can anyone advise me on whether or not it is okay to continue giving a liquid feed to 3 rhododendrons that I have growing in pots whilst they are coming into flower. I ask because I was once told to stop feeding clematis once it starts to flower as it shorten the bloom time. I wondered if this was so with rhododendrons.
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enmag
seaweed extract
and ericaceous feed -
if you have only got three try
http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/homebase-ericaceous-plant-feed---1l-321150 (http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/homebase-ericaceous-plant-feed---1l-321150)
or if you have a wilco nearby
http://www.wilko.com/plant-food+fertilisers/wilko-ericaceous-feed-1l/invt/0342205
(http://www.wilko.com/plant-food+fertilisers/wilko-ericaceous-feed-1l/invt/0342205)
I keep satsuki azaleas so I don't feed them before they flower - but afterwards they get everything
I also use this on all the azaleas - particularly cuttings
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/322093303691?lpid=122&chn=ps&googleloc=9046374&poi=&campaignid=207297426&device=c&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=pla-156022126866&adtype=pla&crdt=0 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/322093303691?lpid=122&chn=ps&googleloc=9046374&poi=&campaignid=207297426&device=c&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=pla-156022126866&adtype=pla&crdt=0)
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I notice that of the two 'Tin Shed' bought products the Homebase product is the one on which the NPK figures are shown as printed on the label. I suppose the Wilco choice may be the same but I remember opting not to buy tomato fertiliser from them simply because no NPK figures were printed on the label.