When should I start using fertilizer on my mango trees again
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8 years ago
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Tony Doe(Miami, Florida 10b)
8 years agoTony Doe(Miami, Florida 10b)
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When should I stop fertilizing my fruit trees?
Comments (8)Fish fert is mostly for N and N is to induce greater vigor. When trees are small, I like to get them to size as quickly as possible but once they are bearing meaningful fruit I am careful to not overstimulate vegetative growth with excessive N- damaging fruit quality and making trees and fruit more susceptible to pest problems. Fall fertilization is not dangerous and is actually helpful to get N to the buds before mid spring and get growth to most vigorous start. It is late summer N that can sometimes postpone dormancy and hardening off that protects trees from winter damage. This danger is highly exagerated in the literature in my opinion as you get exactly the same results here when we have early summer drought and then soaking rain in mid-august. Some trees do get a late surge of vigorous growth which itself can suffer winter kill but by my observation the rest of the tree does fine. I'd be curious of the observations of others on this point. This is one of many observations I've made over the years that makes me ever vigilant to expert BS even as I continue to go to pedigreed experts for certain kinds of advice. Speaking of the advice of pedigreed experts, Cornell recommends a general application of 2 pounds N per 1,000 sq ft annually for general orchard maintenance if you are not doing a soil and tissue analysis kind of program....See MoreShould I fertilize my newly planted tree?
Comments (1)OMG.. will you stop trying to love it to death ... it does not need to be fed.. nor thrived ... nor stimulated .. [though i have cussed out many a plant] read how to water at the link.. and follow it precisely ... proper water for up to 3 years at this size.. IS ALL IT NEEDS ... if you do not perfect moisture at root depth.. it will die ... and no other goo will stop such ... save your money on the other voodoo stuff .. ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MoreWhen do I start watering and fertilizing my clivia?
Comments (3)Hi, I have mine in the ground, the one that gets morning sun has bloomed, the one in the shade has not. You are right, they don't like to be too wet. The fertilizer recommended to me was water soluble 20-20-20, mixed at half strength, used once a month. They are supposed to have a dormancy period for about 12-14 weeks, during that period don't over water or fertilize. The dormancy period is after blooming, mine bloomed in October. The huge Florida grasshoppers love them, one of mine got quite a haircut. I have both the orange and yellow, yellow has yet to show it's stuff....See MoreWhen should I start to fertilize?
Comments (16)Schmoo, The stored nutrients are from the previous fall. Autumn fertilizing is supported by science. The imbalance would be created, for example, if the soil was already rich in phosphorous. If you applied a 'complete fertilizer' making phosphorous over abundant this would suppress plant growth by making micro nutrients unavailable. Here is Whitcomb, Establishment and Maintenance of Landscape Plants pg. 452 "The widespread practice of applying 10-20-10 or 10-10-5 or similar "complete" analysis fertilizer, without the aid of a soil test to see what is needed, is asking for problems." on pg 454 "The best time to fertilize most existing woody landscape plants is in the fall." He discusses how wet, cold, poorly aerated spring soil will not support optimal nutrient uptake....See Morepbcbob
8 years agoTony Doe(Miami, Florida 10b)
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