Fertilizing Fruit Trees

#fruit tree fertilization #Fertilizing Fruit trees #Organic fruit tree fertilization
Gary L. Heilig, retired MSU Extension Horticulture Educator how to fertilize fruit trees and the options available. Topic included:
How to determine if fertilizer is needed.
Fertilizing with granular fertilizers, stakes, and Ross Root Feeder.
When to fertilize.
How much to use
Recommended levels of nutrients in the soil
Evaluating annual growth
Comparative costs
Evaluating your fertilization program.

[@klomax7089]

Fantastic info, thank you! 👍🏽
I have a small peach tree I potted in a large container earlier this year so your in is right on time for me. 😊

[@mtyrer6432]

Thanks for the encouragement to fully observe and assess rather than just add to the soil load. Love your work!

[@mkwy8782]

Excellent-this is very much what I have been looking for-what, how much and when. Thank you!

[@trailrider2473]

Thanks for the info. I liked the tip about the light green leaves are a sign of needing nitrogen.

[@GaryHeilig]

Great, glad I could help.

[@ccthepope]

Gary, Yes very helpful! Thanks as always for posting these videos.

[@GaryHeilig]

You are welcome

[@clay3129]

Great video

[@victoriaburkhardt4402]

Hi Gary, I love your videos, so helpful and exactly on point. I'm in north central Missouri and have learned to value fruit tree recommendations based on what part of the country the expert is located.

[@SuperBubbles00]

Great information

[@GaryHeilig]

Thank you for taking the time to comment.

[@SteveRastaCahillconcertnetwork]

Love your videos, thank you !

[@roostershooter76]

The best fertilizer I’ve found is Epsom Salt, bone meal, and calcium nitrate. You can foliar feed calcium nitrate if you need to.

[@swampysanta5445]

need some potassium chloride or sulfate be a nice complete fertilizer

[@jayvantkalyankar2289]

I am from India,nice and useful 🙏

[@GaryHeilig]

I am glad you enjoyed it. By the way, I absolutely love indian food.

[@jayvantkalyankar2289]

@@GaryHeilig so nice of you 🙏

[@nghiatruong7110]

I had White Capote 07 years old , they flowers a lot , but no fruits setting , I live in Northern California. Can you help me how to take care that thanks

[@bobbrawley2612]

Funny closing credits. Not the credits the stumbling furberlizer. Ferterleazer, I mean fertilizer

[@TBR_LLC]

well done sir!

[@GaryHeilig]

Thank you. Let me know if you have a topic you are wondering about.

[@johnclarke6647]

I have some young fruit trees,peaches and apples. This summer I built a mulch ring around them. Underneath the mulch ring I put a cup of 5-10-10 and a half a cup of Epson salt and a little borax. This fall I will give them a good dose of Milo. What do you think? In the past I have given them a good dose of Milo and a sprinkling of 10-10-10 from my rotary spreader. My peaches produce wonderful peaches (Heart of Georgia) in good quantity. My apples have not borne fruit, yet. Hopefully next year. (McIntosh & Honey Crisp)

[@mtyrer6432]

hahahah - how was the Milo last year 😉?

[@johnclarke6647]

@@mtyrer6432 Milo is always good. It add micro nutrients to the soil. I like Scotts Turf Builder, though. Lime and Turf Builder are my favorites. I live in an area with a granite under layment. That makes the normal Ph of any soil about 4.5. I do several applications of peletized lime a year. I roll the yard at 5 on my Scotts big bucket rotary spreader. 7 if I am tired. I roll lime in the fall and early spring.

[@johnclarke6647]

@@mtyrer6432 we had a bad drought this year and I lost one apple tree and almost another. My peaches were to small this year due to the drought and a late cold spell. Hope next year is better.

[@DucPham-ok5ko]

Prune Asian pear for produce in summer or later winter ?
Where do you buy root feeder ?

[@DrODWest]

HOW DO YOU FERTILISE ORANGE OR LEMON FRUIT TREES WITH HEAVY MULCH AROUND THE TREES - FOR TREES A YEAR OR TWO OLD. PULL THE MULCH BACK OU PUT ON THE MULCH ?

[@memberson]

I have Peaches on my peach trees what can I spray on them to keep bugs off?

[@GaryHeilig]

That could be a complicated conversation, depending on what part of the country you are in. Organic or conventional?First insect spray should be on by the time the petals fall from apple flowers. Imidan is a great (fairly low toxicity) insecticide.It is only available in 4lb bags. I am working on a series of presentations on spraying fruit treebut they won't be ready in time for this year.

[@BrianBerriosOne]

@@GaryHeilig I will look forward to that presentation. Just planted 3 trees and have plenty of old apple and pear trees that I'm experimenting with. Massive neglect on those trees.

[@mkwy8782]

Malathion is commonly used

[@johnpalma7265]

Thanks

[@jamesgoodman8289]

Good info thanks what's the best time to prune fruit trees in South Carolina

[@mkwy8782]

I would guess January or February.

[@travissmith-wz5nc]

Menards and epsoma have a chicken manure fertilizer. It's a balanced fertilizer think a triple 5. So use 2 cups per inch of tree?

[@GaryHeilig]

Yes

[@travissmith-wz5nc]

What about in the fall? Could you use like a 3-14-42 or 6 24 24?

[@swampysanta5445]

fall-winter best time to apply it soaks in before the grass steals it in spring-summer

[@qayoomsahab3604]

Very informative. Kindly,may i know,One cup is equal to how many grams??????

[@mkwy8782]

128-if I remember correctly :)

[@DevaJones03]

I think i'm having a stroke here LOL

[@nghiatruong7110]

White sapote