Must I fertilize my decandled pines in summer? – Bonsai Tonight

To hunt out out if a decandled pine wants fertilizer in summer, I test to behold how the summer buds note. If they’re valid, I comprise off on the fertilizer until later in the rising season (infrequently September or October). If the buds are modest or diminutive, I be conscious of whether or no longer or no longer the pine looks right in plunge.

If the length of the needles that grow over summer is infrequently appropriate for the tree, I’ll need until later in the season sooner than fertilizing. If the needles are infrequently diminutive, I’ll commence making exhaust of fertilizer.

Listed below are some examples.

The buds on the pine below are diminutive. The needles that establish over summer are constantly smaller than I’d love. I’ll fertilize this tree over summer.

Runt buds

The buds on the next tree are gigantic so I’ll comprise off on fertilizing until later in the season.

Crammed with life summer development

The tree below is in early phases of pattern. Unsurprisingly, the recent shoots are gigantic and plentiful.

If I’m attempting to assemble vigor and I desire a valid budding response, I’ll fertilize by summer. If I if truth be told get all of the buds I want and I simply are desirous to assemble bigger branch density, I’ll comprise off on the fertilizer for a month or two (on this case, I’ll comprise off on the fertilizer).

Crammed with life recent shoots

The pine below is more developed and the recent buds are diminutive. Although the tree is additionally diminutive, the summer needles are seemingly to be shorter than I’d love. This year I’ll fertilize by summer.

Relatively diminutive buds

I are seemingly to raise fertilizer on outdated trees that I’ve decandled or partly decandled, on trees which had been repotted, or on miniature trees that don’t get the identical reserves as elevated trees.

Mini pine

Until a tree is overly energetic, I’ll idea to fertilize all of my pines for as a minimal one or two months sooner than the trees boring down for iciness against the stay of the year.

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