Blue Hydrangea
By Annella
- 2 Aug, 2013
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With shades of pink and fresh lime flowers
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What fertiliser/colour do you use for making it to bloom in blue?
22 Aug, 2013
Tea bags.
Rusty nails for pink. ;-)
GQT. Lol.
29 Aug, 2013
Hi Mouldy, tea bags for blue???
30 Aug, 2013
And what colour do you get from G&T???!!!
Katarina I use a Hydrangea colourant called Vitax on my blue ones but haven't used it this year so hints of pink are showing on some of them :o))
30 Aug, 2013
Thank you.
30 Aug, 2013
Yes, Katarina.
It's the tannin in teabags that effect the chemical change.
With rusty nails iron oxide does the job.
1 Sep, 2013
And when do you dig it around Hydrangea? And how many bags are required for the colour change?
1 Sep, 2013
I'm not sure, Katirina, how many bags or how much loose tea should be used.
I asked one of the city gardeners, about the different colours of the plant, in March just gone & that's all he told me.
I was curious to know why he was taking rusty nails out of a large jar of water & pushing them into the earth around the plant.
I guess the teabags should be applied at around the same time, when the plant is coming out of it's winter dormancy.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. :-(
1 Sep, 2013
This was interesting information. That about rusty nail I knew before, that one on tea bags was something new. Thank you for sharing it.
2 Sep, 2013
I just hope it works, Katarina.
I can't see why it shouldn't, if you use caution.
By that I mean add teabags or loose tea gradually, until you have the desired effect.
Let me know the results, if you decide to try it.
I'm just guessing, but the nails may turn the soil acidic, while the teabags turn it alkaline.
2 Sep, 2013
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I love these colours :O)
2 Aug, 2013