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25-Sep-2007
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Sep-2007
Location: ca
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Good and bad about 10-52-8 fertilizer ???
Hello,
This summer I used a 10-52-8 fertilizer on my pines and maples and I had great results, in terms of getting new shots! I also thought this is too good to be true. Do you have any comments and/or experience with similar fertilizer proportion? Thanks, C- |
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25-Sep-2007
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bonsaiTALK Master
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Is this a liquid? Did you use full strength? I have used a high P-K liquid on some blooming tropicals, but not on pines or other evergreens.
Interesting
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25-Sep-2007
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Behr Appleby
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While the 'P' number in fertilizer is well recognized for promoting blooms in flowering species and usually sold as such, it is also the 'key' nutrient used by plants to promote root development...This is sometimes a good thing and sometimes not...If one uses this to an advantage for root development it can be a very useful tool regardless of species...The important thing is to learn to recognize the 'needs' of your trees and your goal for the tree...
Regards Behr 
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25-Sep-2007
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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Sep-2007
Location: ca
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I used full strength solid fertilizer!
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26-Sep-2007
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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
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I thought that a tree would uptake only what it needs...or can use.
True? Or not? Pat
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26-Sep-2007
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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True.
Once a tree is growing as fast as it can (determined by species and local conditions), further feed won't make it grow faster. However, in bonsai there are particular conventions with respect to fertilizing that provide a large margin for adjustment. Bonsai growers tend to avoid over fertilizing (for obvious reasons), which means our trees are adequately fed, but this tends to be a long way from 'fed to capacity' (i.e. as much as the plant can cope with). As a rule, we feed enough to keep our trees healthy, but no more and this is evidenced by the fact that we are usually on the lookout for any signs of deficiency (yellowing of new leaves etc.). As a rule, we are usually feeding at the lower end of the tree's capacity for nutrient uptake which means that, in general, bonsai have the capacity to utilize quite a lot more than we give them. So, when we give them a bolus dose of any particular fertilizer component, we can usually see a response to it in the tree, for example, a bolus dose of high nitrogen will usually result in a noticable growth spurt.
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