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Guide for Fertilizing
Hello,
I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, plants and the lawns. I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Comments? Thanks, John |
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On Oct 2, 7:16*am, "John Reichert"
wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, *plants and the lawns. * I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, *Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. * I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Comments? Thanks, John All of the above get along just fine in nature without anyone fertilizing them. One of the problems many homeowners face is landscaping that grows so fast it takes a lot of work to keep it under control. Giving it more fertilizer just makes it grow even faster. I have a wide assortment of trees, shrubs, etc, and the only things I fertilize are the lawn and any other plant that needs it for some specific reason, ie it's not doing well, I want it to grow faster, etc. For the lawn, I fertilize twice, once in Spring at the time for crabgrass pre-emergent, once in early Sept, once in mid Oct. |
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Guide for Fertilizing
Thanks for the comments. I still have crabgrass spouting throughout the
yard, garden and lawn. I did not put apply a pre-emergent this spring for crabgrass. My question, if I had, would it still be working to prevent the germination of crabgrass and other noxious weeds at this late date. I re-seeded about weeks ago with a tall fescue which is really taking off. If a pre-emergent was still in the soil, I think the germination of the fescue would have been significantly reduced, yes? Thanks, John wrote in message ... On Oct 2, 7:16 am, "John Reichert" wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, plants and the lawns. I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Comments? Thanks, John All of the above get along just fine in nature without anyone fertilizing them. One of the problems many homeowners face is landscaping that grows so fast it takes a lot of work to keep it under control. Giving it more fertilizer just makes it grow even faster. I have a wide assortment of trees, shrubs, etc, and the only things I fertilize are the lawn and any other plant that needs it for some specific reason, ie it's not doing well, I want it to grow faster, etc. For the lawn, I fertilize twice, once in Spring at the time for crabgrass pre-emergent, once in early Sept, once in mid Oct. |
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Guide for Fertilizing
John Reichert said:
Hello, I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, plants and the lawns. I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above Why would you want to use a "typical lawn fertilizer" on plants such as you've listed. Are they turf grasses? Hint: they have different needs than a grass. and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Why outside the drip line? Most of the intake of the tree is /within/ the drip line. -- Eggs -Two cows standing next to each other in a field, Daisy says to Dolly "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaimed Daisy. |
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On Oct 3, 4:22*pm, "John Reichert"
wrote: Thanks for the comments. *I still have crabgrass spouting throughout the yard, garden and lawn. *I did not put apply a pre-emergent this spring for crabgrass. *My question, if I had, would it still be working to prevent the germination of crabgrass and other noxious weeds at this late date. *I re-seeded about weeks ago with a tall *fescue which is really taking off. If a pre-emergent was still in the soil, I think the germination of the fescue would have been significantly reduced, yes? Thanks, John You didn't tell us where you're located, but unless it's someplace really warm, crabgrass isn't germinating now, as it's Fall. Pre- emergent works by preventing germination for a month or so in late Spring during the window when it does germinate with rising temps. And the typical pre-emergent inhibits the germination of many other weeds, grass, etc during that period. If you're seeding at the same time or recently, there are pre-emergents, eg Tupersan that you can still use that will not interfere with the grass germinating. wrote in message ... On Oct 2, 7:16 am, "John Reichert" wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, plants and the lawns. I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Comments? Thanks, John All of the above get along just fine in nature without anyone fertilizing them. * One of the problems many homeowners face is landscaping that grows so fast it takes a lot of work to keep it under control. *Giving it more fertilizer just makes it grow even faster. I have a wide assortment of trees, shrubs, etc, and the only things I fertilize are the lawn and any other plant that needs it for some specific reason, ie it's not doing well, I want it to grow faster, etc. * *For the lawn, I fertilize twice, once in Spring at the time for crabgrass pre-emergent, once in early Sept, once in mid Oct.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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wrote in message ... On Oct 3, 4:22 pm, "John Reichert" wrote: Thanks for the comments. I still have crabgrass spouting throughout the yard, garden and lawn. I did not put apply a pre-emergent this spring for crabgrass. My question, if I had, would it still be working to prevent the germination of crabgrass and other noxious weeds at this late date. I re-seeded about weeks ago with a tall fescue which is really taking off. If a pre-emergent was still in the soil, I think the germination of the fescue would have been significantly reduced, yes? Thanks, John You didn't tell us where you're located, but unless it's someplace really warm, crabgrass isn't germinating now, as it's Fall. Pre- emergent works by preventing germination for a month or so in late Spring during the window when it does germinate with rising temps. And the typical pre-emergent inhibits the germination of many other weeds, grass, etc during that period. If you're seeding at the same time or recently, there are pre-emergents, eg Tupersan that you can still use that will not interfere with the grass germinating. I live in the Louisville, KY area. I was still pulling young weeds and crab grss from my garden this week. I don't expect a killing frost for a few weeks. Thanks, John wrote in message ... On Oct 2, 7:16 am, "John Reichert" wrote: Hello, I'm looking for a general guide as to time of year and type of fertilizer, for feeding all outdoor permanent shrubs, large and small trees, some ornamental, plants and the lawns. I have some Dogwoods, ornamental fruit trees, shade trees, azaleas, English Ivy, Pachysandra, Rhododendrons, hollies, and other shrubs around the house. I live in the Louisville KY area. I was thinking I couldn't go seriously wrong just using a typical lawn fertilizer for all the above and begin applying it within the next month. For the trees, drive a metal 1 inch diameter pipe about a foot into the ground outside the drip line and fill with the fertilizer. Comments? Thanks, John All of the above get along just fine in nature without anyone fertilizing them. One of the problems many homeowners face is landscaping that grows so fast it takes a lot of work to keep it under control. Giving it more fertilizer just makes it grow even faster. I have a wide assortment of trees, shrubs, etc, and the only things I fertilize are the lawn and any other plant that needs it for some specific reason, ie it's not doing well, I want it to grow faster, etc. For the lawn, I fertilize twice, once in Spring at the time for crabgrass pre-emergent, once in early Sept, once in mid Oct.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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