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Trees are a very high cost investment in your landscape. When properly selected and cared for they can grow and thrive in value. One of the areas over looked by many landscapers and tree services today is how healthy are the trees in your landscape. With regards to fertilization this could be the missing element that holds back your trees proper growth.
Not all trees need to be fertilized, and fertilizer is not food for the tree. A mature tree produces its own food in a natural process called photosynthesis where the tree or plant will produce sugars to feed itself. Fertilizers will not produce food for the tree but will be a catalyst for healthy photosynthesis the building blocks for producing food within the plant or trees own system. |
Fertilizers should only be used when needed a evaluation analysis test of your tree or soil should give the information needed to see if fertilizers are needed.
Evaluating if fertilizer is needed
This should help you decide if you need to add fertilization to your trees
Soil testing:
Growth patterns:
Is the tree growing correctly or poorly? Discolored leaves don’t normally mean your need fertilizer it could very well come from a lack of. How the twigs or branches are they growing or do they have dieback. Highly impacted soil or insect can also be a problem that have nothing to do with a lack of nurturance fertilization. All of these problem should be fix and counted out first before adding fertilization to your trees.
Age of tree:
Is a huge contributing factor to establishing fertilization. Young trees could absolutely use fertilizer to help them grow in their environment. It will help them speed up the process and get them to flourish faster.
Mix the right batch of fertilization:
Most Texas soil has the following nutrients Potassium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus Magnesium, Calcium and Sulfur. Depending on your soil test results we can determine what mixture will be right for your trees.
Evaluating if fertilizer is needed
This should help you decide if you need to add fertilization to your trees
Soil testing:
- Soil testing is vital for determining the following factors
- Acidity or alkalinity (PH)
- What nutrients are present
Growth patterns:
Is the tree growing correctly or poorly? Discolored leaves don’t normally mean your need fertilizer it could very well come from a lack of. How the twigs or branches are they growing or do they have dieback. Highly impacted soil or insect can also be a problem that have nothing to do with a lack of nurturance fertilization. All of these problem should be fix and counted out first before adding fertilization to your trees.
Age of tree:
Is a huge contributing factor to establishing fertilization. Young trees could absolutely use fertilizer to help them grow in their environment. It will help them speed up the process and get them to flourish faster.
Mix the right batch of fertilization:
Most Texas soil has the following nutrients Potassium, Nitrogen, Phosphorus Magnesium, Calcium and Sulfur. Depending on your soil test results we can determine what mixture will be right for your trees.
