A fruit tree can be a friend or foe; it's all about understanding its needs. Peach, plum, or pear: here's the fertilizer your tree needs and how to apply it.

Wood ash, which is literally ash from burned wood, can be used as fertilizer for fruit trees due, to its ability to provide nutrients. Here's how to use it.

Fertilizers with an NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) ratio of 10-10-10 are widely used to fertilize fruit trees, as these nutrients are essential for healthy growth, developing a strong ...

We fertilize just about all our fruit trees and vines once in January with a soil application and that's it. Q: My gorgeous, dark green, full and old jasmine has stopped blooming.

Use quality, 100 percent compost, not a soil mix. When fruit trees produce fruit early, having the fertilizer available in late spring and early summer when the fruit is enlarging is desirable.

Garden references vary about how much fertilizer to apply to trees and shrubs. A general rule is to use 1/4 to 1/2 pound of nitrogen per inch of diameter for trees 6 inches or more in diameter at ...

If you are fertilizing the tree you should cut back. One application early in the spring is sufficient, and you can use fruit tree spikes or a fertilizer designed for fruit trees.

Fertilizers with an NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) ratio of 10-10-10 are widely used to fertilize fruit trees, as these nutrients are essential for healthy growth, developing a strong ...