For more information Look up "TREE FOOD"
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/T/index.html

The problem is that when we promote the idea that we feed trees people tend
to think more is better as if fertilizer like nitrogen was food. The result
is very common - over fertilizing.

Autotrophs make their own food. Heterotrophs have to have it made for them.

Trees are autotrophs and animals, humans are heterotrophs.

There are exceptions like the Ghost Flower which has no chlorophyll. This
plant must get its food - carbohydrates from other plants by way of the
bicarbohydrate transfer of plants.


Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.