On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:27:20 GMT, "Justin Wilson" wrote:



"Jangchub" wrote in message Pears do usually have
good fruit production every other year. I'm not
sure why you got two crops, but when you do, I suggest you side dress
the tree, out to the drip line using compost and organic fertilzer.
Something like Sustane, or LadyBug Brand.

Thanks Jang, I will. What will that do?


Normally, with trees it is rarely necessary to fertilize with anything
more than the few fertilizations used for the turf. I use LadyBug
Brand, granular fertilizer once a year and I have the greenest grass
on the block.

The certified organic fertilizers do not have any extraneous fillers,
everyhing in the bag is something which nourishes the soil. In the
case of LadyBug (sold at the Natural Gardener) there is a coating on
each granule of black strap molassas. This is also a wonderful
fixative for the soil an gives nourishment, and chelated iron to the
soil organisms, which churn the soil, and their excrement becomes part
of the whole process of using certified organic fertilizers.

Other cheaper brands like Scotts or whatever product is inorganically
derived nitrogen (UREA and the like) can and usually do burn the
organisms in the soil making the plants grow differently and have (to
use human terms) addiction to this non-organic measure.

Top coating soil with good compost is another way to give macro
organisms something to carry down into the soil, ingest and excrete in
the form of worm castings.

This is what I've done in the past, your experience may differ.