enoki79

i'm in northern California.

actually i was trying to say that i was NOT successful at raking the root at all and it's all balled up really tight. repotting involved moving the entire ball and putting soil around it more or less.

will check soil to see if it's too wet.

will definitely look into the lime, acid soil, and light but it's very stormy and cold up here at the moment. how many hours of sunlight should i strive for? it's 50 degrees here right now and i'm shivering at my desk. is there any way to keep the plant a little warmer? i'm confounded because my neighbor has an azalea that bloomed this past year on his/her windowsill and i can see it is healthy and green. maybe i will ask him/her about it.

some books in the past told me to prune. someone told me that pruning 'shocked' my plant too much. at this point i don't want to hurt my tree ever again, since it seems to have gone downhill ever since the pruning 2 years ago. +(

thank you to everyone, please keep it coming!