What is the correct fertilizer for a japanese maple.?

Question

What is the correct fertilizer for a japanese maple.?

Answer 1

Any good NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) fertiliser will feed your tree and provide the extra nutrients it requires to keep it strong and healthy.

For my maples, I use a liquid Bonsai food that contains these in a good proportion - you can even buy them for specific genus of plants and shrubs/trees...

For the soil, I ensure that it is quite well gritted and contains a good meal of bone and is of a "composty" texture, such as J Innes No 2.

If your tree is outside, dig a small amount and mix this in with it's surroundings - it'll encourage lateral root growth (the tap root takes care of itself...).

If your maples are in pots, ensure that their soil is changed every year, outside of the growing season - be careful with the rootball...

I don't think there is a "correct" fertiliser, but all my Maples are thriving so much better since I changed to using a liquid feed.

I mix it in with the water when I give them their evening drink.

Twice a week is enough - you can hurt the roots by overfeeding...

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"will do"..?

Plants are alive too... They are not something that, if they die you say "oh well..." (though you may) - they require as much care as you or I do, if out of their natural enviroment, and just because they can't talk or wag their tail doesn't mean they don't interact.

Keeping a plant is a wonderful thing - give them what they need and they will give it you back tenfold.

A most rewarding relationship for both parties.

Answer 2

average NPK fertilizer will do.