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Title: Feeding citrus plants
Post by: Mimi on August 17, 2012, 21:15:55

I have both a lemon and a mandarin bush that are in largish pots. To be honest all that I have done with them over the summer is water them and they have grown at a fair rate. I bought them as tiny plants from Lidl in June, potted them up with some John Innes No 3 and some moisture retaining crystals and left them to it. I realise its late in the season to start feeding them but I think that there should have been at least 6 weeks worth of nutrients in the fresh compost. Both are now about 2 1/2 ft high. So do I need to start feeding them, if so what do I feed them with?

Title: Re: Feeding citrus plants
Post by: tricia on August 17, 2012, 22:31:05

I have a small lemon tree - and use VITAX Summer feed from April to September and their Winter feed from October to March. My local garden centre stocks them both.

Tricia

Title: Re: Feeding citrus plants
Post by: Mimi on August 18, 2012, 11:23:03

Thanks Tricia, will pop over to mine and have a pootle ;)

Title: Re: Feeding citrus plants
Post by: Kleftiwallah on August 18, 2012, 13:42:18

I'm with tricia - Vitax Citrus feed for SUMMER use. 8)

Cheers, Tony.

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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mimi on August 17, 2012, 21:15:55