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Old 07-12-2012, 10:54 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Ae Ae flowers - it took 4 years!

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Originally Posted by RAINFOREZT View Post
I am loosing varigation on the leaves. Do you have any tips from your 4 year experience?
check this thread..pls
Royal Hawaiian AeAe
Each year I've seen variegation run from from more white to more green. Once I started fertilizing regularly and sticking to the schedule, colors balanced out. Also had healthier leaves and faster growth when I brought the pH down with sulfur and performed a few mycorrhizae drenches.

One thing I see in your pics --- you should clear out the grass for a 5 to 6 ft hole and top with bark mulch. Or, since you have so many Ae pups, make it easier on yourself by planting in a row in a continuous trench. Mats 8 ft apart and trench 6 ft wide. Because of the grass lay a border of landscape timber and fill the planting area with 3 to 4 inches of bark mulch.

Even better --- get rid of the friggin' grass altogether! Right, Jon? (pitangadiego hates grass)
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