When do you stop fertilizing?

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Pattee

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Posted 1374424685	Reply with quote #1

Is there a certain time frame in which you stop fertilizing your trees - pot grown and what area are you in? Thanks. __________________ 7a & 9b ►I assume all my figs carry FMV ◄ Seeking : Italian 376,395 , Galicia Negra, Negretta,UNK Pastilliere ,Pananas Purple, Malta Blk+purple/red, Italian + Calabrian UNK's , Catanzaro, Malone, Sucrette(Baud) "We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?" - Gandhi

musillid

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Posted 1374428830	Reply with quote #2

This a good question, because one should stop early enough to allow hardening-ff before trees go dormant and the cold comes. __________________ Dale non compost mentis in Zone 6a

rcantor

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Posted 1374432694	Reply with quote #3

If you use long acting fertilizer, stop now. If short acting 4-6 weeks before it starts getting cool at night. That's my plan and I'm in Z6. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

Tonycm

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Posted 1374433117	Reply with quote #4

I fertilize until the end of July. __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

cis4elk

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Posted 1374434520	Reply with quote #5

I am planning on going thru August. I use a weak hydro organic and my plants seem to lighten rather quickly when they get just water. I think your growing medium will also affect this decision, I would think something like the gritty mix will leach out pretty quickly. I have a Meyer lemon tree growing in gritty mix, it's not for me, seems similar to a big rockwool cube. Completely dependant, "Aint nobody got time for dat!" I'm thinking about pulling it out and up potting my aggressive Atreano into that pot with my regular fig mix. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

bullet08

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Posted 1374435080	Reply with quote #6

usually mid/end july for me. but this yr, i'm going to push it to mid aug. the figs are still not swelling. i usually stop fertilizing around the time the figs will swell. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

elin

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Posted 1374436336	Reply with quote #7

I am afraid fertilizing since using 20-20-20 so i only use compost tea for all fruit trees and they look fine. maybe ill use slow release pellets later on. __________________ Eli ,Israel ,Zone 10? Too humid and hot, yada yada yada https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1298814119 Growing: Sbayi, Hmadi, Black Portugal, Black Brazil,Excell, Flanders, Hmari , RDB, Niagra Black,Natalina, CDDN,Maya, Preto Torres, Preto Arge

ascpete

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Posted 1374437749	Reply with quote #8

Pattee, The usual recommendation is the end of July in our zone, 2 months before the end of the growing season. I have noticed that several cultivars (varieties) actually harden (lignify) the green growth faster, and require less time. If the plants are in a warmer zone or will be stored above freezing, that date can be pushed back to a later date, because there is less chance of damage to the new, tender growth.

Chivas

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Posted 1374441135	Reply with quote #9

Usually I stop end of July like Pete is saying the normal recommendation is, I find some yellowing leaves by end of August (I use fish fertilizer only before) so I may go to the second week of August depending on the trees and how they look, I am thinking I will go to first week august but I will back of my rate to 1/2 of what I am using now, and start adding potassium, then water once a week with a potassium fertilizer (for me this is kelp meal soaked in water) __________________ Canada Zone 6B

pitangadiego

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Posted 1374442620	Reply with quote #10

I depends on the length of your season and the coldness of your winter. You need to stop early enough that new growth gets hardened off before winter cold (frost and freeze) begin. I may push till the end of August this year. __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

paully22

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Posted 1374460075	Reply with quote #11

About now I stop fertilizing. Time to harden up wood, less water too. Its fishing season for sports fisherman, less time for figging.

Dieseler

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Posted 1374463675	Reply with quote #12

Be right back have to go outside and ask my fig trees. ; )

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