With much of the major growing season having come to a close – fall is usually a time reserved for clean up and maintenance; to prep your trees and plants for the coming winter. While there’s certainly much to be done, one of the things not always commonly associated with the fall is fertilizing your trees.
In the past, the basic concept was to fertilize plants in the spring to give them the kind of nutrient boost they’d need to thrive in the summer. Although this isn’t entirely wrong (and in some ways a great time to fertilize depending on the plant) – new research has indicated that it’s the fall, not the spring, that is the best time to fertilize plants – especially established trees. So what’s the reason for the sudden shift in thinking?
In the past, the basic concept was to fertilize plants in the spring to give them the kind of nutrient boost they’d need to thrive in the summer. Although this isn’t entirely wrong (and in some ways a great time to fertilize depending on the plant) – new research has indicated that it’s the fall, not the spring, that is the best time to fertilize plants – especially established trees. So what’s the reason for the sudden shift in thinking?
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