![]() ![]() That being said, we’ve had somewhat frequent light rains. Because of our previous experience, I have been hesitant to water too much. Seems to be evenly distributed around the tree – not limited to one branch or side. Just today I noticed about 1/4 of the leaves on the tree are starting to shrivel up and get crunchy. Made sure to plant slightly above the root ball, added fresh topsoil, and mulched. We picked a new spot (opposite side of the yard from where the previous two died as we knew those were due to overwatering and bad drainage). We did our best to pull away all the burlap to let the roots breathe. Typical with HD, the root ball had a lot of clay packed into it. We JUST planted a Bloodgood from Home Depot about 4 weeks back. Our Japanese Maple victim count is up to two over here and I’m worried we’re nearing three. My husband and I are well versed at killing trees. Fertilizer with something organic like fish emulsion fertilizer, Millorganite, or another organic fertilizer. That’s what all plants, especially Japanese maples need.īut not all of us have good soil in our yards so what do we do. For years and years vegetation falls to the earth and rots and becomes topsoil. Really good topsoil is just that, organic matter. What a Japanese maple really needs is good rich soil that contains a significant amount of organic matter. What Should I Use to Fertilize My Japanese Maple? Most ornamental plants physically cannot grow fast enough to use that much nitrogen and the overload of nitrogen will kill them almost immediately. Nitrogen drives top growth, vegetative growth, on plants. A bag of 14-14-14 garden fertilizer contains 14% Nitrogen, 14% Phosphorous and 14% potassium.Īnd as soon as you apply it and it gets wet, bam! All 14% of that nitrogen is released immediately. Garden fertilizers are designed to be immediate release. ![]()
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