How to Grow Large and Sweet Apples: Feed the Apple Tree with This - Spring Trick

12.03.2024 11:16

Timely application of fertilizers is one of the important conditions for obtaining a good apple harvest.

Want your tree to produce large and incredibly sweet fruits? Act in the spring!

An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh emphasizes: it is advisable to carry out the procedure immediately after the snow melts.

In other words, you need to wait until the white flakes under the plant completely disappear.

The ideal spring fertilizer for apple trees

After winter "sleep" the plant needs nitrogen. Without this microelement, problems with leaves and shoots may arise in the future.

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In addition, at this time of year the apple tree needs potassium and phosphorus components.

Thus, the ideal spring feeding would be some kind of complex fertilizer.

The most preferred option is nitroammophoska.

Alternatively, you can use the following combination: “urea + superphosphate + potassium sulfate”.

If you replenish the deficiency of three important microelements in time, the apple harvest will certainly be abundant and of high quality.

Earlier, summer residents were told whether it is possible to prune apricots in the spring .

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti