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You can fertilize your tree right after root pruning, but it's largely a useless thing to do. The roots aren't going to be using most, if any, of the fertilizer right after the root pruning operation. It will take at least a couple of week before the plant's damaged roots will be able to use fertilizer. However, if the tree wasn't root pruned that drastically and there smaller feeder roots left, fertilizing could help push things along.

11-May-2007	#2
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	You can fertilize your tree right after root pruning, but it's largely a useless thing to do. The roots aren't going to be using most, if any, of the fertilizer right after the root pruning operation. It will take at least a couple of week before the plant's damaged roots will be able to use fertilizer. However, if the tree wasn't root pruned that drastically and there smaller feeder roots left, fertilizing could help push things along.