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| I was just wondering when I should start that broccoli you gave me at the swap.
Also, I just got a camellia today and I wanted to know if I could repot it now, or if I should wait til after it blooms... it looks pretty pot bound. |
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| The whole plant. So happy I finally got a camellia, been waiting forever :). |
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- Posted by aharriedmom 8B (My Page) on Tue, Jul 10, 12 at 17:15
| I can't offer you any advice about the camellia but I recently got three from a friend. He was going to mow and they were volunteers from an established tree-size camellia. One is only just holding on (or maybe it's even dead and holding its leaves - I dunno). One is showing a wee bit of new growth, slowly. And go figure, the one that I paid the least attention to - because it was tiny and I put it in an out of the way spot - has suddenly grown about 2 inches of new growth and several new leaves on the side. It's so out of the way, I don't even know if it get shade in the afternoon or if so, what time. It does have morning shade as there are some tall cedars about 20 feet east of it. Good luck with yours! They are such beautiful plants. |
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| In 8B I guessing you should be able to start broccoli seed in August. Here in 10A I have to wait until mid-September and hope we don't get drown out by rain or a hurricane, but if we do I can always restart as late as early December for a short season of 60 days at best. Perhaps some north Florida folks will come along soon to give you their experience.... Tom |
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- Posted by tom123 z9 Fl. (tbyrnes@cfl.rr.com) on Tue, Jul 10, 12 at 21:53
| I would plant the Camellia right away. Now is a good time for it to develop roots. You should pull the roots apart as best you can or even use a knife to cut through them. Rootbound is good as long as you don't allow them to continue to grow in a circle. Make sure you plant the camellia where the rootball is at soil level. They will die if you plant them too deep. They like some shade and they like water. They tend to grow very slowly, but they will last for a hundred years if they are planted right and in a good spot. Espoma makes a great organic fertilizer for them. Keep an eye out for white flies. It helps if you spray them with a soap mixture every once and a while. I hope you enjoy your plants. I love them. |
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| Thanks Tom & Tom :). Gonna try out the Camellia in a smart pot with gritty mix... wish me luck! |
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| Camellias are slow growers but I do know that they like a northern exposure. They seem to like to be left alone. My two, bought and planted 8 yrs. ago bloom like crazy in winter. They are in a nor-east exposure. Even after 8 years they are only about 3-4 ft tall but that doesn't affect their blooming a lot. |
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