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22 Northern California Camellia Society be watered to avoid burning the surface roots. Dry fertilizer must go through a molding process before it becomes available for plant food. For that reason, I apply a weak solution of liquid fertilizer, such as Likwid Gro, in the first watering following the application of dry fertilizer. The liquid fertilizer serves two purposes: (l) It moistens the dry fertilizer, and (2) it furnishes plant food readily available to the camellias while the decaying process is taking place in the dry fertilizer. The solution of liquid fertilizer, using Likwid Gro, should be 1 to 1280. The following formula will give the above proportions when applying liquid fertilizer through the garden hose, the applicator or proportioner being in the ratio 1 to 16. One part dilute solution of fertilizer passes into the hose stream to 16 parts of water. Formula for Dilute Solution of Liquid Fertilizer 1. Place 1 cup of Likwid Gro in a 5-gallon jar or crock and fill with water. This is the dilute solution which is 1 part fertilizer to 80 parts water. Applying this solution through the proportioner into the hose stream at the rate of 1 part dilute solution to 16 parts water gives a solution of 1 to 1280 at the hose nozzle. A stronger solution of Likwid Gro should not be applied as it may burn the roots and injure the plants. Likwid Gro has a high acid as well as nitrogen content. The above solution in water of pH 7 at the tap will give pH of about 5 at the nozzle. 2. For the small garden, or when it is desirous to fertilize only a few plants, use 1Y2 teaspoons of Likwid Gro to 1 gallon of water and apply directly to the plants. In my own garden I apply two additional feedings of liquid fertilizer of the above proportions: one application about April 15 and another about June 1. There should be no further fertilizing of plants of blooming size during the summer months, since an additional application will stimulate a second cycle of growth which will check bud development. Use of Phosphoric Acid Following the discontinuance of fertilizer, I start using phosphoric acid in the watering solution. Apply the first such watering about June 21, or three weeks after the last application of liquid fertilizer and follow through every three weeks during the summer. I water with phosphoric acid solution every third watering during the summer where the watering is on a weekly basis. Last year, the summer of 1947, I tried watering with phosphoric acid solution every week, but found that it stimulated too much growth, vigorous plants often putting out three cycles of growth in a year. At this rate one gets growth but sacrifices flower buds. The following formulas may be followed in applying phosphoric acid: 1. For hand watering, put 10 C.c. of phosphoric acid in a gallon jUg, which makes a dilute solution to keep on hand for this purpose. Mix Y2 cup of dilute solution to a gallon of water and apply to the plants. 2. For application through the garden hose, using a proportioner in the ratio 1 to 16: Put 10 c.c. of phosphoric acid, commercial grade 85 0 , in a 5gallon jar and fill the jar with water. This dilute solution taken through the proportioner, 1 to 16, will give a pH of about 5 at the hose nozzle when the water at the tap has a pH of 7.5. The amount of phosphoric acid in the dilute solution may be varied according to the pH of the tap water. The ideal pH at the hose nozzle is about 5 to 5.5. Phosphoric acid applied in hard water with a high pH or alkaline content, neutralizes the alkali and lowers the pH, making the water acid.
Where camellias are grown in containers, it is advisable to correct for the alkalinity of the water. Constant application of water, bearing sodium in the absence of other salts, causes the soil to become alkaline. Water, bearing sodium, also seals the top soil so that water cannot permeate the root balL and it becomes dry and contracted, allowing the water to run down between the earth ball and the sides of the container. The plant is slowly poisoned and may die for lack of sufficient moisture. Phosphoric acid is also a good fertilizer, providing mild feedings of phosphorous, one of the essential elements in stimulating healthy root growth and general plant health; (l) California Agriculture, Vol. 3, January 1949, p. 3. W. D. Doneen, Associate Irrigaticn Agronomist, University of California Experiment Station at Davis. The above talk was given at the January 3, 1949 meeting of the N.C.C.S. Berkeley Show (continued from page 9) used papier mache to form a setting of gently sloping hills, planted to camellia trees, bearing red, pink, white, and variegated blooms. At the foot of the hills, a mirror was used to represent a lake. A gardener figurine with wheelbarrow was hauling a tubbed plant to its new location. The composition showed a marked degree of creative ability and artistic talent, as well as an understanding of the environment preferred by camellias. CLASSES AND AWARDS 1. SINGLE. One Bloom. PINK I-Dr. Walker Wells (Shin Akebcno) 2-A. R. Carstensen (Shin Akebono) 3-George Celeste (Pink Amabilis) RED OR ROSE I-Dr. Walker Wells (John Illges) 2-Dr. G. M. Grismore (Kreena) 3-Dr. R. M. Cutter (Unnamed Seedling) VARIEGATED I-Dr. Walker Wells (Amabils Vgt) 2-B. W. Hollingshead (Amabilis Vgt) 3-A. R. Carstensen (Amabilis Vgt) Northern California Camellia Society 23 WHITE I-A. R. Carstensen (Amabilis) 2-Dr. Walker Wells (Amabilis) 2. SEMI-DOUBLE. One Bloom. PINK I-Dr. Walker Wells (Mrs. Howard Asper) 2-H. L. Paige (Queen Bessie) 3-H. D. Brown (Della Robbia) LADY CLARE I-J. G. Parmelee 2-B. W. S. Hollingshead 3-Helen D. Brown RED I-H. D. Brown (Flame) 2-C. Breschini (H. A. Downing) 3-A. E. Morrison (Flame) VARIEGATED I-C. Breschini (King Lear) 2-Dr. G. W. Richmond (A. Audusson Vgt) 3-Mrs. C. M. Hoskinson (Ville de Nantes) NAGASAKI I-A. R. Carstensen 2-D. L. Feathers 3-B. W. S. Hollingshead DONCKELARI I-Robert M. Hoffman (Middletoni) 3-Dr. G. M. Grismore (Tea Garden) 3-Mrs. C. M. Hoskinson (English) WHITE l-e. Breschini (White Giant) 2-Mrs. C. M. Hoskinson (Haku Tsuru) 3-A. R. Carstensen (Finlandia) LOTUS I-John D. Vasquez 2-The Misses Daniel 3-Mrs. C. M. Hoskinson 3. INCOMPLETE DOUBLE, LARGE PETALS. One Bloom. PINK I-Otto M. Butzke (Gov. Earl Warren) 2-H. D. Brown (Herme Pink) 3-D. L. Feathers (Kumasaka) RED I-H. L. Paige (Margaret Higden) 2-B. W. Hollingshead (Rose Glory) 3-Dr. G. M. Grismore (Mathotiana) VARIEGATED I-H. A. Wescott (Cap!. Martin's Fav,) 2-C. Breschini (Colonial Lady) 3-H. L. Paige (A. Audusson Vgt) HERME I-A. R. Carstensen 2-Helen D. Brown 3-Kenneth J. While WHITE I-A. R. Carstensen (Otome While) 2-Rcbert Moore (White Crane) 3-Dr. G. M. Grismore (Haku Tsuru) 4. INCOMPLETE DOUBLE, SMALL INNER PETALS. One Bloom. PINK I-Mrs. Paul L. May (Kumasaka) 2-H. V. Mitchell (Lady Mary Cromartie) 3-H. D. Erown (Pink Countess of Orkney)
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