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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: Lilac Fertilizer
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Date: Sat, 18-May-85 09:52:33 EDT
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> Also, should ashes be just as beneficial to  other deciduous 
> flowering shrubs like forsythia, quince, etc?
> What about deciduous azaleas (Exburies)?

	Woodland shrubs like azaleas, camelias, rhododendrons
and other members of the camelia and laurel family like very
acid soil (like that created on the forest floor through all
the leaf mold). I can't imagine that ash would do them any good.

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jcpatilla

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