by Emery Davis <laeraton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Topref wrote:
> We have quite a large Japanese Maple but this spring it isn't
flouri****ng as
> well as it has in the past. Is there anything I can add to the soil in
the
> form of nutrients that will give it a boost?
>
>
It's probably unhappy about all the water it got last year.
Your best bet is 40 grams of osmocote hydrangea granules spread around
the drip line. Some bone meal in the same area would be OK too.
Depending on whether your "Japanese Maple" is Acer palmatum or Acer
japoni***,
you could water in a light liquid feed: 1/4 strength for the former,
1/2 strength for
the latter.
Whatever you do don't give it a lot of water, or a lot of nitrogen feed.
-E
