Thread: Satsuki Azalea
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Old 7-Jun-2008   #52
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Originally Posted by Victrinia_Ensor
The one flower with the stripe is the only one with real color so far... all the rest are white or have a tiny fleck of pink. Any way to encourage more color next year??

Feeding before flowering (usually discouraged) encourages satsukis to produce more pink (their genetic default).
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