WHY FERTILIZE LANDSCAPE TREES?
Most folks are familiar with the idea that cultivated plants like crops, flowers and vegetable plants require fertilizing to grow well. However, we arborists are often asked why trees need fertilization? The short answer is the landscape environment is not well -suited to tree development. This seems like a contradiction. After all, trees grow naturally all around us. Many of these naturally-growing trees, however, are in wooded or unmaintained areas. These may be more similar to a natural woodland environment…