Hopewell Nursery is HD plant supplier in our region. This azalea is not an Encore hybrid azalea. Encore's are patented and require a license to resell which is usually mentioned on the tag. They are also usually sold in encore printed pots. You can cut it back hard now, just remember to seal the cuts. Branches should also be cut flush to the truck to minimize deep scarring.
It seems like the nurseries plant several cuttings to fill out the pots faster. Good for them, bad for us.
Forsoothe, what's been going on with you lately? You have been so helpful and conducive to civil discourse.
elmers is water soluble so it will only hold til the first rain. I'd say maybe a cool experiment in a dry climate but with the frequency of rain we get here it might not be worth the risk
I've heard of some people using it, but I doubt it will hold up in the elements.
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Most azaleas are basal dominant so by the time they get old enough to fill a large pot like that they have usually thrown a few basal suckers to give a clump like this. I know the propagators often put a couple of cuttings together but that's not the only thing that gives clump azaleas. IMHO it is likely this is a single plant with many trunks from the base. It is Possible to split the clump up into individuals but probably better to selectively prune to keep a single larger base rather than several skinny trunks. Multi trunk or clump style may be possible but that depends on the arrangement of those trunks. Sometimes none of them synchronize with others so there's no harmony of trunk design.
Elmer's is only water clean-upable. When it drys it may get sticky, but who cares, don't fondle the wounds. Whatever is used to cover the wound only has to preclude pests & pathogens and mostly to prevent drying up of the edge of cambium and its pulling away from the underlying wood until the tree has a chance to do its own magic, usually not a long process. Elmer's doesn't stain the wound and will eventually fall off or peel off and leave the wound clean, wood looking. The money you save by not buying the Approved Gunk from Japan can be applied to your next case of beer.
I have stopped drinking, but not for long.Forsoothe, what's been going on with you lately? You have been so helpful and conducive to civil discourse.
In the US market multiple trunks are the result of nursery practices of always planting more than one individual in a container. They are doing it with houseplants now, too. It guarantees that the pot can be sold at an earlier age, even at a reduced price, and none are returned to them for credit. There is only enough value in a pot to handle it once, and when they are dealing with giant chains that will force them to credit them for unsalable goods, it becomes a big deal handling them a second time from 1,794 branches. So, it's standard practice now. That, and the fact that commercial nurseries are large corporations now, not family operations where the quality of the potted plant represented the honor and horticultural expertise of the propagator. Now it's an accounting entry. The world is run by accountants and lawyers. We're doomed.
word, I havent gotten their wood glue wet but it makes sense
I know Titebond III is waterproof.
Better than Gorilla glue, I guess.
