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Is anyone trying these new varieties? heavily scented and been developed in Germany to grow in normal soil due to there rootstock development...be interesting to see how they grow here.
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Karl, I don't know anything about them but if you mean normal soil in the sense of none acid soils what a boon for people with neutral soils. You should defiantly get some as it is probably closest you will get to a Rhodo with a name similar to yours!!!!!! :lol: :wink:
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Ha ha..never noticed the name jas!, yes normal if there is such a thing, could be a revelation if they do what it says on tin.
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Inkarho rootstocks can in theory have any Rhododendron variety grafted onto them. After quite a lot of excitement when they were introduced several trials suggested they only extended the pH range slightly. An RHS study [why have the RHS not got this on their web site?] showed no benefit at pH 8.

An old Telegraph article suggests they work up to a pH of 7.5, but note that information came from nurserymen selling them!

I think most growers now recognise they make growing Rhododendrons possible where they couldn't quite be grown before, maybe pH7 with care on soil amelioration.

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That Chad, he's a mine of information. icon_study icon_cheers

So it looks like more fake news. icon_scratch It's getting as dodgy as the Oval Office on here. :roll: :lol: Now I know how Donald feels. icon_thumright
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I suppose time will tell, i have all the literature here from the growers. I will report back if i get it flowering and continued healthy plants.
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What is your soil pH now Karl?
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Chad, that's something i'll need to test properly in near future, not naturally acidic that's for sure. some of the issues here go further than soil p.h though, I have high water retention on bottom 3rd of garden.. hence raised beds and heavy clay on other parts.
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