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I received an Azalea 名媛直播 about 3 weeks ago and it was doing really well (East Facing window in the Midwest) and I was watering about once a week with some light spritzing of the leaves in between times and I'm seeing the soil is very, very dry constantly (I use a gauge to measure the soil moisture and it's bone dry). I upped my watering to twice a week and watering from beneath, but the soil becomes bone dry very quickly. The leaves are getting very dry now as well and I'm not seeing as much new growth as before. I don't want to start over watering it either but I'm afraid it's going to die with how dry it is.

When it was shipped to me, the soil was packed very dense, so I've tried loosing it up a bit and I know I can't repot it as it's just to early and it's still adjusting.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

When a tree gets dry it is time for watering. The correct way to water is to spray with a fine nozzle from above over the whole soil surface until there are a steady stream pouring out the drainage holes. This is repeated as soon as the surface looks dry again. In summer that can be as often as two times per day while in winter less than once a month.

And yes.....Azaleas cannot be grown indoors, you will need to move it outdoors.

I am having this same issue with my Satsuki azalea. Texas temperatures have been 100+ degrees, and the leaves are extremely dry. What did you end up doing to save yours? I scratched the shoots to make sure they were still green, but i am worried that if I don’t figure out how to save it, it will die.

Does anybody keep theirs in a greenhouse?

We don't know If TS saved the tree or not. When things go downhill that fast the chanse for recovery is very low.

Anyway. The tree cannot survive 100 degrees. That is when water start to boil

Greenhouses is used to get the temperature up for the plants around here. We only keep trees in Greenhouse during winter when temperature risk to go below 0 degrees, never in summer.

All you can do is to put your tree in shade and water well. But really, satsuki azalea is native to areas that are very humid in summer. I don't think it is possible to grow them in Texas climate. Are there any azaleas growing in gardens around you? Are there any people in your local bonsai clubs growing azaleas?

watering twice a week is nowhere near enough. I have been watering every day most days, when the temperatures are high twice a day. outside not in greenhouse or worse inside house.

Ivytanner wrote:

I am having this same issue with my Satsuki azalea. Texas temperatures have been 100+ degrees, and the leaves are extremely dry. What did you end up doing to save yours? I scratched the shoots to make sure they were still green, but i am worried that if I don’t figure out how to save it, it will die.

Does anybody keep theirs in a greenhouse?

It's not quite that hot here in Alabama and I water every day. Usually when it is over 95F I water twice a day, and I expect that most of August it will be that hot.

One way to tell hiw dry the soil is is to pull up a weed and feel the roots, but when it is hit I don't think you can over water.

It seems like Satsukis can be grown in Texas, however you should ask how people do it there, maybe they use shade nets on summer's peak to reduce transpiration? Put under other trees? But still the air is dry, wind will also play a role.

On our summer here, there are days that I would have to water twice, and there are ocasional heatwaves that goes around 100F / 38C, more sensitive trees goes under the shade net if necessary, but our summer is a bit humid, so it's not quite the same.

Provide a windshield and keep out of direct sun for all but the first or last hours of the day. Keep track of watering (Yes, twice a day is normal in hot periods when using coarse largely inorganic substrate)