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When to fertilize trees?
When is the best time of year to fertilize deciduous trees. If it makes
a difference, I live in central Kentucky in zone 6. Hank |
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When to fertilize trees?
On Wed, 07 May 2003 17:20:22 GMT, "Hank" wrote:
When is the best time of year to fertilize deciduous trees. If it makes a difference, I live in central Kentucky in zone 6. Hank Winter is the best time to fertilize deciduous trees. The easiest way to to apply 34-0-0 fertilizer in a whirlybird hand crank spreader under the drip line when the ground is wet. |
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When to fertilize trees?
"Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 07 May 2003 17:20:22 GMT, "Hank" wrote: When is the best time of year to fertilize deciduous trees. If it makes a difference, I live in central Kentucky in zone 6. Hank Winter is the best time to fertilize deciduous trees. The easiest way to to apply 34-0-0 fertilizer in a whirlybird hand crank spreader under the drip line when the ground is wet. That's *when* I've been fertilizing but I've been applying 19-19-19. I hope that's OK. Hank |
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When to fertilize trees?
Phisherman wrote:
On Wed, 07 May 2003 17:20:22 GMT, "Hank" wrote: When is the best time of year to fertilize deciduous trees. If it makes a difference, I live in central Kentucky in zone 6. Hank Winter is the best time to fertilize deciduous trees. The easiest way to to apply 34-0-0 fertilizer in a whirlybird hand crank spreader under the drip line when the ground is wet. It's best to time the fertilizer so the plant can use it in spring as it comes out of winter dormancy, as a tree uses fertilizer most efficiently in spring and it should be available then. If you have a 1 LB coffee can you can fill it half full of 10-10-10 and use it on a 10 foot tall shrub with a ten foot wide breadth. I would use 5-10-10 if it was a tree primarily used for flowers. In zone 6 a small amounts of pre winter fertilizer may be useful too, but not so late as to freeze any new growth spurts. Types of fertilzer are specific to certain plants, but then that is beyond the scope of this huh? TK |
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When to fertilize trees?
fertilize trees once in spring just before they start growing, and again in
fall AFTER they are dormant.You should be using a slow release fertilizer for this. The ratios on the bag dont matter. In most cases, using balanced fertlizers under 15-15-15 will add lots of alkaline filler material to the soil. Other than that, it dosent matter, because plants dont read the labels. The only thing I would recommend is that you use a balanced fertilizer- one that has at least some of all the macro nutrients, N, P, and K. Toad |
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