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09-25-2016 11:12 AM
I was going to get some Rhodoedndron food and sprinkle it around my plants. Is this a good month to do that? It is probably going to be our last 80 degree day here and I wanted to do some yard work. Thanks for any suggestions!
09-25-2016 11:27 AM
NO..........don't fertilize any plant at the end of summer. Plants are getting prepared to sleep (dormant) for the winter months. Save your fert until Spring when they need a little push for the growing season.
09-25-2016 11:58 AM
@fthunt wrote:NO..........don't fertilize any plant at the end of summer. Plants are getting prepared to sleep (dormant) for the winter months. Save your fert until Spring when they need a little push for the growing season.
@fthunt Thanks. Guess I will wait until late winter. That is what I found on line. Do you agree?
09-25-2016 12:17 PM
Go ahead but I wouldn't do it. If the ground is frozen the fert won't get to the roots and if the roots are domant they can't take it up. But........do whatever you wish.
09-25-2016 02:48 PM
I fertilize my rhododendrons in the early spring and again just after they bloom.
09-25-2016 09:25 PM
If you fertilize now, any tender new growth that results will freeze.
09-26-2016 11:58 AM - edited 09-26-2016 11:59 AM
I usually fertilize in spring after they bloom or right before they do.
Some Extensions do say fertilize in fall so it will be taken & stored by the roots for use in spring. I think a lot of that advise depends on how warm your winters are (further South) than up North for it to matter.
10-06-2016 02:43 PM
Thank-you everyone fir your replies....I will wait until spring. 👍
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