How to make a tree grow?
Question:I've lived in this house for five years and theres only one tree in the front lawn and it hasn't grown an inch. Its as thin as a twig. What can I do to make it grow?
Answers:
The tree more than likely has a problem with its root system, thus stunting its growth for the last 5 yrs. This may be caused from being bound up in the burlap bag that it's roots were balled up in. If this burlap wasn't pulled down on the sides of the root ball at the time of planting, it may be inhibiting root growth, which is causing the tree to not grow. Eventually the tree will completely die off. Many people think that you can plant balled and burlapped trees in the ground without removing some of the burlap. The old saying is that it will "rot" away in a year or so. Not true! It needs to be untied and lowered to the bottom of the planting hole. Since it has been 5 yrs, with very little growth, I think the best thing for you would be to not spend anymore time on trying to help the tree recover and start growing again, which may be impossible at this point in time. You should remove the tree, and replant with a new and healthier one from good nursery stock. You may even have a different variety in mind. By the time you get this tree to recover, you could replant and have a 15 ft. tree in half the time.. Hope this answers your question.
...Billy Ray
put some fertilizers so that it wud grow faster...and also pour sum water...
I am not sure what I can add to the answer from XXX but I will try..
Though simplistic, xxx is correct. You can use the fertilizer spikes or bag fertilizer attainable at most DIY and garden stores but they require regular watering as they are solid fertilizer. Water soluable fertilizer is good too and will be absorbed faster and more readily by the plant as it is already in the liquid carrier..
Either way it will take effort. A really good way to get the inital kick to the tree is to do a good and regular fertilizer just after the lawn is aerrated around it or to do the equivalent yourself. that gives more surface area to get the water into the roots..
DO NOT over fertilize or that will stunt the growth of the tree or kill it.
Soil pH also affects the tree ability to absorb nutrients and growth. If oyu tink this is an issue the local aggricultural extention agency will do a soil analysis for free in most areas.
I would alos recommend talking to a horticulturalist familiar with your area at a local plant nursurey or find the one person at the DIY store that actually knows something. to get more details on where some of these things are in your area and what the proper feritliation periods and mixes are for your area and thetree..
Remember fertilizer has 3 different numbers, each is responsible for a different type of growth, roots, flowers, or branches and leaves... For all of the details.. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fertilizer... or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/plant_nutri...
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