Margaret Hagen with the UNH Cooperative Extension discusses the importance of using fertilizer when planting trees.

But over time, the essential nutrients in that soil get used up and will need to be replenished with plant food aka fertilizer. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

“At that point, the plant is not actively growing, and you want to fertilize so that the tree can take the nutrients up into its roots and have a spring flush of growth,” Polozola says.

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If you want a tree or shrub to grow faster and larger, then fertilize it. If the tree or shrub is the size you want, don‘t stimulate growth. Eventually even that perfect-sized plant will become ...

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