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For what it's worth, when your tree develops a mycorrhizal mantle, fertilizer on any part of the soil will feed the tree.

However, placing just one cake on a pot is an insufficient means of feeding a tree. It was often proposed as a way to keep your tree from growing too much. One of our late members actually gave a talk about not fertilizing your trees...just repot! All this information is outmoded and keeps trees weak.

What you want for younger trees or trees in training is a powerhouse of a tree that provides more growth than you thought possible. This growth is the artist's palette, as Michael Persiano pointed out. Without that growth you are limited, and a weak tree is never good to work on.

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Chris Johnston
"She was a critic, and lots fo critics who aren't called to do what they write about grow jealous and mean and small in their disappointment." - Stephen King, Duma Key
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