How long along the season do you keep fertilizing pines?

[Mike Corazzi]

Stop now or keep it up until it gets cold?
Or even do it WHILE it's cold?

Been doing it every week to 1 1/2 weeks with moderately blue Miracle Gro.
???

 

[Eric Group]

If it was a slow release fert, you'd need to stop earlier, but with a Miracle Grow and chemical ferts like that, I'd say you are fine fertilizing until Deciduous leaves are dropping their leaves, and starting again when the buds swell... Most people don't recommend fertilizing much over the winter.

 

[mcpesq817]

I usually fertilize into November. I stop once I start overwintering my trees.

 

[Geo]

"moderately blue Miracle Gro." Love that!
Completely out of the pine reality here. The pinions, and several others, grow in the Sierra de la Lagunas,where they do get a half assed dormancy. I am at sea level. I use the "pool blue" MG, all freaking year. But, since I can't really move away from some organics in the pot(desert), I just feed them once a month. Wonder if I should give them more as the organics get old and break down? This was not intended to be a hijack. Sorry. In hind sight.

 

[0soyoung]

I'm in zone 8. I 'feed' my pines all winter long, stopping in February. I resume after new shoots and needles have hardened (for decandled JBP, that doesn't happen until later this month).

 

[sorce]

"moderately blue Miracle Gro."

Love that too!

Wonder if I should give them more as the organics get old and break down?

I would. Hit em with the fish too if you can. The fish is great!

Do we ever get to see them? I know I haven't missed ALL your tree threads!

Sorce

 

[M. Frary]

I use the dark blue.

 

[Dav4]

Mine's more of a muddy brown color...I mix fish emulsion in with my MG.

Also, I fertilize into November when night time temps are consistently falling into the 30's. My more refined JBPs and JRPs get a break from ferts until the second flush of growth has hardened off, which is usually around now. Everything else gets fed continuously through the growing season, and I don't bother changing the ferts as the season changes.

 

[jeanluc83]

I remember reading that organic fertilizers stop working below a certain temperature. I think it has to do with the bacteria needed to break it down not being active.

 

[mcpesq817]

Mine's more of a muddy brown color...I mix fish emulsion in with my MG.

Also, I fertilize into November when night time temps are consistently falling into the 30's. My more refined JBPs and JRPs get a break from ferts until the second flush of growth has hardened off, which is usually around now. Everything else gets fed continuously through the growing season, and I don't bother changing the ferts as the season changes.

Pretty much what I do. I usually do double strength MG plus double fish and seaweed in the same mix. Also, in spring I throw some fertilizer in tea bags or use Biogold for a light continual release during the growing season.

 

[Geo]

Sorce: I had a few treesomegranite,Jasmine,Leechee,Pearl Berry,collected Acacia, a BIG Delonix. Because of my inexperience and Odile's ferocity, most of them were flattened beneath a tumbled wall. Still have the Delonix though (big 6 footer in a pot-root pruned and pruned every year). We moved (no choice- too much damage) and now I am back on track. But I really don't have anything to show right now. Thanks for the fert heads up. Maybe after a few months of fish dinners for them,I will have something more.

Found a bug. Capital "P" registers as a smiley.

 

[Anthony]

Testing Osmocote Plus, let you know how it goes.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Geo]

Did you receive much shite from Joaquin, Anthony?

 

[Anthony]

Geo.

you lost me ?
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Eric Group]

Geo.

you lost me ?
Good Day
Anthony

He is asking if the Hurricane got you...

Honestly I suspect the spin off rain from that storm is hurting my city as bad as anywhere in the world currently! Half the city is flooded... Roads washed out, bridges threatened... Whole city is shut DOWN tomorrow... Crazy!! Many businesses and homes had water up to 6-8ft high indoors... Creeks turned into raging rivers, ponds overflowing and blowing out their dams... Scary stuff!

 

[Adair M]

I keep the fertilizer on in the fall until the summer candles harden off. Which for our area is sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

That's when we can pull old needles, select buds (thin excess shoots resulting from decandling), wire, and style.

And, perform "Soji". This is the removal of the top 1/2 to 3/4 inch of old soil, and replace it with fresh soil. We do this for trees we are not planning to repot I the spring. Soji removes that "crust" of soil that can prevent good drainage, removes old moss that might start creeping up the trunk and ruining the bark, removes old organic fertilizer crumbs, removes weeds and weed seeds, and it just looks good to have a fresh layer of soil! When we pull needles, many fall on the soil. Doing Soji cleans that up as well.

I learned about Soji at Boon's. I have never seen it described in any books. Maybe it's there, and I just missed it. But Soji makes the soil last longer and promotes healthier trees.

 

[sorce]

brown

MG plus double fish and seaweed

I was hesitant with this!

But if you boys are mixing, I am too!

I feed the resulting wasps to my spiders. What fun!

Sorce

 

[sorce]

Stop now or keep it up until it gets cold?
Or even do it WHILE it's cold?

Been doing it every week to 1 1/2 weeks with moderately blue Miracle Gro.
???

Mike,

It only matters if they are in final training stages or not.

Or if you waste some towards the end.

No big deal!

Sorce

 

[Anthony]

Oh, thanks Eric,

Trinidad is about 1/2 a degree out of the normal Hurricane path. What it did was draw off our rain, so we are back to Dry Season.
Legend has it God is a Trinidadian, and so the island is known as the Blessed Isle.
Now we have to invest in about 3 more desalination plants.
Let's hope God stays in residence.
Good Day
Anthony


Adair,

the way our soil works, the organic disappears, and you tip the pot. About 1/2 inch of loose stone falls off and we remix in some new compost, or simply sprinkle the compost on and it waters in.

 

[Geo]

Oh, thanks Eric,

Trinidad is about 1/2 a degree out of the normal Hurricane path. What it did was draw off our rain, so we are back to Dry Season.
Legend has it God is a Trinidadian, and so the island is known as the Blessed Isle.
Now we have to invest in about 3 more desalination plants.
Let's hope God stays in residence.
Good Day
Anthony


Adair,

the way our soil works, the organic disappears, and you tip the pot. About 1/2 inch of loose stone falls off and we remix in some new compost, or simply sprinkle the compost on and it waters in.


Anthony, Oct 5, 2015 at 6:16 AM
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Our dry season appears to be starting here too. A little early. You mentioned the organics disappearing. I potted up a Wild Allamandra vine in gravel and coir about May, All the coir has floated to the top, So I will spoon it out and change to some of my own compost this time. Thanks for the tip, Anthony and Adair.