So doing a soil test of your fruit-tree bed would be a good idea to tailor the product to your exact needs. ... Fertilizer for fruit trees. Updated: Jan. 07, 2011, 2:22 p.m.

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 ...

Trees 12 years old and older are at the top limit of fertilizer and should receive 12 to 18 pounds of 8-8-8 or 13-13-13 per tree. A simple fact to remember is that one pint of 13-13-13 weighs ...

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 ...

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Blueberries do best with an acid fertilizer. Now (Feb.) is the time to fertilize fruit trees and bushes. Photo courtesy of the LSU AgCenter Fertilize grape vines, hardy fruit trees, such as apple ...

A. Hopkins Tropical Fruit Tree Nursery in Hendry County uses palm fertilizer with great success on its fruit trees. A granular, slow-release, palm fertilizer similar to 13-3-13 or 12-4-8 would be ...

Fruit trees need nitrogen and phosphorous to grow properly. You can supply this by using a fertilizer such as ammonium phosphate (16-20-0), or you can use a similar prepared citrus tree fertilizer.

Aim to fertilize fruit trees in spring or early summer. This timing allows the trees to absorb nutrients they can use for new growth and fruit production, says Lauren St. Germain Kidd, the owner ...