Feeding fruit trees???

lolly5648

I have a small apple tree in a pot, a fig, a cherry, an olive and blackberries. What is best to feed them I have just been using Miracle Gro but should I get a special type of plant food

greyteam1959

I dont know what the analysis of Miracle Grow is ie NPK ( nitrogen phosphate potash ) but you need something like 5:5:5 probably best to use a Blood Fish and Bone meal fertilizer slow release and not as horrible as it sounds!!!!
Can buy it in all DIY and garden centres

torbrex

I used chicken manure pellets on my blackcurrent last year and got my biggest crop to date, I have just finished putting the pellets down again this week-end, here's to another good year for berries.

navig8r

Chicken manure is high in nitrogen which is not whats needed for woody and fruiting bushes as it causes too much leafy growth.

Dave

twink

i used old tomato fertiliser this year on all my fruit bushes and trees as they need potash in the springtime, now i have put blood fish and bone round them all, wait till its going to rain though and it gets washed in nicely

shudd1967

My mother in law has given me a box of potash to feed our fruit trees and plants - no idea what it is but she swears by it!

Have given them all some today - will post again if they all die in a week!

twink

i think the potash is to encourage fruiting

kippers

I saw my neighbour at my lottie put well rotten manure around his apple trees.

twink

manure does wonders for rhubarb too, mind you thats all my grandfather ever used in his garden, suppose its all there was then