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Spring is the time to fertilize your trees. If, however, your trees are newly planted., in the past few years:, and you’ve used plenty of good soil for backfilling, they probably don’t need it this year. Wait till next. But street trees, planted in the narrow parking between sidewalk and curb, may suffer from mineral depletion. So probably do some of your yard trees. You can tell if the leaves are paler than normal and the growth slower. To fertilize shade trees... Measure the diameter of the trunk 3 feet above the ground. Use 2 lbs. of 5-10-5fertilizer for each inch of diameter. Use a soil augur or posthole digger (if you have neither) to dig holes around your street trees. A crow bar will do for trees in your yard. Make holes 15 to 24 inches deep if you can and about 18 inches ?part around the dripline of the trees (the area beneath the ends of the longest branches.) Distribute the fertilizer equally among the holes, than fill the holes with good soil. A mixture of equal parts topsoil, sand, and peat moss is good for this purpose. It provides aeration and water access as well as filling the space.
Hints
Cut tulips, hyacinths and other flowers grown from bulbs using a sharp knife. Do not cut the leaves as this may harm the plant. When flowers fade on the plant remove them before seeds form. Seed formation takes stored food from the plant say hortiCOL.
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