camellias

hi everyone, i recentley brought 2 cammellia, one is called japonica rubescens major, and the other one is called williamsii debbie. i have watererd them but made the mistake of watering them with household water ive noticed over the passed 2 days that a couple of the leaves have gone yellow, is me watering them with houshold water to blame?, im planning on putting them in contaners and i know that they need the same soil as rhododendrones. before i plant them into the contaners is there anything that i could also be adding to the soil to give them the best start possible?. they are only small in 1.5 ltr pots.thanks for any help.

 

I doubt your couple of waterings, if that's all it was, is likely to be turning the leaves yellow just yet.
If its lower leaves I would not worry.

If it chlorosis its usually all the leaves showing yellowish.
I'm thinking ordinary ericaceoius compost would be ok to pot into.

In future years if you have to use tap water a once a year feed with sequestrene will sort out any problems regarding chlorosis.

 

Hi ,thanks for the help , just another quickie question, what is the best feed to buy with camelias? what should i be looking for when buy a good fertilizer? ,also do i need to mix anything else in with the soil to improve and help start these small camelias?, .