Best hedge feed

[Sam85]

What is the best feed for a hedge to make it lush and stimulate growth? Thanks

 

[oneeye]

Hello friend. For a healthy hedge a fertilizer with a 3:1:2 or 3:1:1 ratio (N-P-K) like 18-6-12, 24-8-16 or 18-5-9 is generally recommended because of the need for more nitrogen. Hedges are mostly foliage plants with most of its production centered on foliage. The first number should be higher than the others.

Nitrogen is a vital component of chlorophyll, the pigment that allows plants to capture sunlight and convert it into energy through photosynthesis. It's what makes leaves green. Be sure its slow release so you don't burn your plants.

I would cultivate the soil around the base of each plant and top dress with a tiny amount of fertilizer to the top inch of the soil. It would be best to have a soil test before dumping fertilizer on any plant.

 

[oneeye]

Using organics. You can topdress with a well-rotted compost or well-rotted manure "like horse or cow manure" which is also a good source of slow release nutrients. If you want an organic fertilizer here's a good one for hedges.

Espoma Organic Holly-tone Organic Fertilizer | Espoma Organic

Holly-tone is the original acid loving organic fertilizer for growing hydrangeas, blueberries, rhododendron, evergreens & azaleas

www.espoma.com

 

[Sam85]

Thats great- thanks! I have well rotted compost spread as a mulch & growmore spread around them.