Subject: Fertilizing a 100 years old sugar maple?
From: "dhs" <dhs@mit.edu>
Organization: M.I.T.
Date: 24 Sep 1997 01:21:09 GMT
Message-ID: <MOD$970923.29264@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
I have two sugar maples which are 100 years old in front of my house.
Because of the road and a driveway, each tree has only roots under a
quarter of its foliage. Despite that, they have survived. The foliage is
not as dense as on a healthy tree, is it rather light in color, and the
trees receive a lot of salt in the winter, as they are along the road. The
town arborist suggests that I fertilize the trees. The way to do it is to
make narrow holes in the soil (in order to not disturb the roots to much)
and poor in some granular 10-6-4 with 50% organic matter, and water. I
would like to use something organic, but obviousely, I cannot use manure in
these small holes, and I cannot make much bigger holes. Is there an organic
way to do this?
Thanks for your help Lisa