When to stop fertilizing for growth?
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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 MoreWhen to stop pinching new growth on Blueberry Plants
Comments (16)Very good to see this question. Its one that we've been answering for 20 years or so now. YES pinching out is a great way to provide shape to your bush YES pinching out will increase your crop the following year from that specific branch by up to 400% YES you should stop before the wood starts to harden. Normally we pinch out from late June. Only on canes that are getting taller than the overall bush. These will then branch from the cut during July and August. and the fruit buds that would previously only formed on that once cane, will now form on all the new branches. Each cane will normally only be pinched once.We will stop pinching in early August. We have grown blueberries commercially in the UK since 1959, aswell as tending young plants for our mail order business, so we've tested every method possible. Summer pinching definetly works! I hope that helps...See MoreOk having a brain fart. When to stop fertilizing plants
Comments (5)Gardenweed, Just to let you know, wood ashes have no nitrogen value. However, they will turn acidic to alkaline soil. Gardeners need to be aware of what plants prefer a high PH or a low PH, and should look at ashes as though they are applying lime to their soil to 'soften' it. As an example, Lupines prefer acidic soil as do Azaleas and Rhodies. I do use ashes in the gardens so as not to waste what our wood stove provides, but am careful of where it is placed. Lots of perennials do benefit from wood ashes - Phlox, Buddleias, Echinaceas, Lavendars, etc. - especially in my gardens where the soil can reach acidic levels of 4.5 PH. Here is a link that might be useful: Wood Ash Value in the Gardens/ Purdue Univ....See MoreWhen do I stop fertilizing my container Clems?
Comments (4)Well I stopped in October as suggested and they are still thick and green. Hmmm...hannesdp, it would appear that the calendar for South Africa is quite different than for Texas! In April-May mine are just coming to life - not going dormant, and if I pruned hard in July as suggested, I think they would surely die!...See Morekatyajini
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