Thanks Karen-
I have heavy clay soil, so when I planted my camellias 2 years ago, I dug out about 12 inches of soil in that bed they are in and backfilled it with the "azalea mix" from our landscape supply store. They have a soil just for acid loving plants. Then, using that same soil, I raised the bed another foot. You can sort of tell in the pictures that the bed is higher than the edge of the lawn. Anyway, I used the azalea, camellia, rhododendron granuals to feed them all and just feed them as scheduled per the bag's instructions. I also foliage feed them with the Muracid stuff during the growing season. This past spring/summer I took my left over coffee from the pot and poured it on one or the other of them. I diluted whatever was left in the pot from that morning by half and poured it on. I also saved the coffee grounds and about once a month I pulled back the mulch and sprinkled the grounds around the base, then pushed the mulch back. I used pine bark mulch since that is supposedly acidic as it breaks down. All that to say, I thought I had done overkill with the acid boosting, but it looks like it just took some time to "take hold." Ha!
Jamie
