where are you located? what conditions of soil, watering, sun exposure do you have?
I have never heard of fertilizing before planting.. just some phosphate for the
roots. and certainly not fertilizing every 3-4 months.


"Doctrupp" wrote:

Hello,
I'm currently trying to revive my pathetic looking Kwanzan Cherries.
I bought eight 20 foot tall trees last year. They were balled and
burlaped. They looked OK at first, but when we planted them,
gradually, many branches began dying off on almost all of them. One of
the trees gave up last August in the heat and just died. This year, a
few sparse branches are blooming on each and one just has shoots that
are flowering. I've fertilized the soil prior to planting and every
3-4 months with a long term fertilizer for flowering trees. I've
pruned the trees this year following instructions from a pruning book
for flowering trees. What can I do outside of regular watering and
fertilizing to keep the rest of these trees from dying. I'd like for
them to look like thick blooming cherries next year?



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