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Old 12-11-2012, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Chapelboro
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We got a bit of rain in Chapel Hill yesterday. Wasn't a whole lot, but enough to make things damp.
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Old 12-11-2012, 02:34 PM
 
Location: At the NC-SC Border
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I have a bunch of azaleas dying! At first I couldn't figure out why they were all turning yellow and then it dawned it on me that it hasn't rained! I never think about watering this time of year...
Mine are yellowing a bit too...like they usually do this time of year. I alway put about a bushel of "fine pine" around each one after I get all the leaves up from around them. They usually come back nice in late winter. They also compete with the gigantic oak they sit under. I'll keep a close eye on them anyway...thanks for the heads up.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:17 PM
 
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Mine are yellowing a bit too...like they usually do this time of year. I alway put about a bushel of "fine pine" around each one after I get all the leaves up from around them. They usually come back nice in late winter. They also compete with the gigantic oak they sit under. I'll keep a close eye on them anyway...thanks for the heads up.
Yellowing/dropping of leaves is normal behavior for azaleas. We have a mix of evergreen and deciduous azaleas - many yellow leaves now but they'll be fine.
Unless they're newly planted, I wouldn't worry about watering.

Frank
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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Yellowing/dropping of leaves is normal behavior for azaleas. We have a mix of evergreen and deciduous azaleas - many yellow leaves now but they'll be fine.
Unless they're newly planted, I wouldn't worry about watering.

Frank
Mine have never, ever turned yellow and lost leaves in the 10 years I've lived in this house.
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Old 12-11-2012, 03:52 PM
 
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Mine have never, ever turned yellow and lost leaves in the 10 years I've lived in this house.
They may not have turned yellow, but I bet they've dropped leaves. Even evergreen azaleas do - If they didn't you would have leaves from the outer ends of each stem back to the root. White or pale pink colored azaleas tend toward yellowing leaves, the darker flowers tend towards red.
Unless the soil is really, really dry - or they're newly planted - water is not required.
Azaleas are vulnerable to a root rot fungus called Phytophthora and other fungal diseases. So well drained soil is best.

Frank
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Old 12-11-2012, 07:31 PM
 
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We've been in the Triangle for more than 13 years now, and at least half that time we've been in a drought. They seem to happen with distressing frequency here, and I'm not sure why. I know the mountains absorb a lot of the moisture as fronts pass over them, but you'd think we'd get more from the Atlantic. I've just resigned myself to having to drag the hose around every year or two.
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Old 12-12-2012, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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It rained tonight in Chapel Hill!
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Old 12-12-2012, 08:49 PM
 
Location: My House
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Your rain dance worked, little mama.
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Old 12-13-2012, 12:26 AM
 
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I'm reading this post and guess what? it's raining outside!
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Old 12-13-2012, 07:47 AM
 
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We got a lot of rain yesterday. But for some odd reason I think Northern Wake County get a lot more rain than the southern part. I can use Falls Lake as a measuring stick of how dry it's been. It's a little low now, but nowhere near the drought stages we had a few years ago. The boat ramps are a very good measuring stick.
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