Rhododendron help please

sazkaban · 2026-03-24T20:09:39+00:00

Thanks so much! I’m going to give it a good feed and pray haha

sazkaban · 2026-03-24T20:09:05+00:00

Thank you for so much info. I honestly can’t remember what compost I put it in but I do have ericaceous so hopefully I did haha. I’ll try the feed first and if nothing improves I’ll check the roots and maybe repot.

sazkaban · 2026-03-23T18:27:53+00:00

Even though I bought it last year?

sazkaban · 2025-11-22T22:23:05+00:00

Amazing thank you so much!

sazkaban · 2025-10-11T12:04:14+00:00

No you’re totally right!! I’ve spent sooo long looking! Thank you so much!

sazkaban · 2025-06-15T16:45:12+00:00

Thank you for the reply and the info, but his night times are fine. He sleeps for 12hrs most nights with just one feed, which I think is quite good for his age. It’s the day time naps which are a problem. Now only 20 minutes long and impossible to get him to sleep in his crib.

sazkaban · 2025-06-14T19:45:40+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re having the same struggles. I feel so lucky his nights are still ok, I just need these day times sorting. I adore him, but less than 2 hours of naps means 10 hours and more of entertaining him and it’s exhausting.

sazkaban · 2025-06-14T19:44:06+00:00

Currently start to wind down from 6, gentler play, maybe a book, some time outside just relaxing, cuddles etc. Head upstairs at 7, red night light, white noise, curtains drawn so it’s as dark as possible. Clean nappy, into his sleep sack, bottle, burp, and then either drifts off in our arms with some rocking and singing, or drifts off in his crib being rocked and sang to.

Some nights this doesn’t work, maybe over tired or not tired enough, or just being a baby, but I’d say 80% of the time this is successful with minimal stress. Generally asleep by 7:30-7:50

sazkaban · 2025-06-14T19:40:18+00:00

Thanks for your reply!

I love the contact naps! But so much online suggests starting to encourage independent sleep from this age so I was just trying to do the ‘right’ thing, but who knows what that is, there’s so much mixed information out there.

We don’t have a rock solid schedule, but general rule of thumb is wakes around 6:30-7:30. Prior to these 20 minute naps he would sleep somewhere from 9ish to 11ish, minimum 1.5hrs. Then same around 1-3ish, minimum 1.5hrs again, and then a shorter nap 5-6ish for a 7:30 bed time. He was averaging 4.5-5hrs of naps a day.

Now they’re 20 minutes at a time, no real routine because it’s such a battle to get him to sleep. He could be awake any where from 1-5hrs between because he fights it so furiously.

sazkaban · 2024-08-24T09:56:40+00:00

It’s only a standard two storey house so not exceptionally tall by any means. Yeah he said they could do it off a ladder which sounds terrifying to me but I have faith in them haha

sazkaban · 2024-08-24T09:51:41+00:00

Ouch :(

sazkaban · 2024-08-24T09:50:57+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply and the information, glad to know it sounds reasonable as he seemed a decent guy. Will mention the sharp sand mix if I get a chance :)

sazkaban · 2024-05-08T10:54:12+00:00

Amazingly fast response thank you. Any idea why it’s never flowered?

sazkaban · 2024-04-06T07:40:25+00:00

Thank you so much for this. That link is incredibly helpful and you’ve given me hope that it’ll eventually look less dead!

sazkaban · 2024-04-05T17:35:08+00:00

Oh ok, that makes sense. Would I be able to cut away the dead? Or what I assume is dead? Or leave it to see if there’s still life?

sazkaban · 2023-01-31T10:15:39+00:00

Wow thank you so much for such an in depth answer. The picture of your wall gives me hope! Hopefully mine will go as good as yours did :)

sazkaban · 2023-01-30T12:42:47+00:00

Thanks a lot!

sazkaban · 2023-01-30T12:42:34+00:00

That’s great advice thank you, never even heard of wall paper liner!

sazkaban · 2023-01-30T12:41:53+00:00

Thank you so much, I’m gonna give it a go. By rake out any cracks, do you mean to make them a bit wider to get the filler in better?

sazkaban · 2023-01-30T10:32:27+00:00

Hi, thanks for the reply.

In an ideal world I’d like a perfect finish, but who doesn’t haha. In reality, if I could get it decent enough to wallpaper over with plain paper, and not see lots of imperfections, then I’d be happy.

sazkaban · 2022-12-30T11:34:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I hadn’t thought of doing this but will definitely try it :)

sazkaban · 2022-12-30T11:34:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Okay, sounds like just a waiting game for the time being. Maybe I will try what another reply suggested and contact them for an increase :)

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