Down To Earth Fruit Tree 6-2-4 is an all natural fertilizer designed specifically for all varieties of fruit trees, including apple, pear, mango, pomegranate, fig, and star fruit trees.
It is packed with essential macronutrients and calcium from a variety of organic sources to ensure sturdy trees that produce abundant fruit harvests.
Down To Earth Fruit Tree 6-2-4 contains feather meal, fish bone meal, calcium carbonate, langbeinite, potassium sulfate, alfalfa meal, kelp meal, and humates (decomposed organic matter).
How to Use Down To Earth Fruit Tree 6-2-4*
Follow these growing tips to use Down To Earth Fruit Tree 6-2-4 with confidence.
- “Pome” fruit trees (apples, pears, Asian pears):
- 1 to 3 years after transplanting (non-fruit bearing) – Just after blooming finishes, apply 1 cup per inch of trunk diameter evenly to soil around the tree. Begin a foot from the trunk and work out toward the drip line (the area located under the outer circumference of the tree’s branches). Apply two more times at one-month intervals for a yearly total of 3 cups per 1″ of trunk diameter.
- 3 years or more of growth (fruit bearing) – Just after blooming finishes, apply up to 2 1/2 pounds evenly to the soil around the tree, beginning a foot from the trunk and work out toward the drip line. Repeat one more time in the middle of the growing season for a yearly total of 5 pounds.
- “Stone fruit” (peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines, apricots ) and other fruit (figs, kiwis, mangos, papaya, starfruit) trees:
- 1 to 3 years after transplanting (non-fruit bearing) – Just after blooming finishes, apply 2 cups per inch of trunk diameter evenly to soil around the tree. Begin a foot from the trunk and work out toward the drip line (the area located under the outer circumference of the tree’s branches). Apply two more times at one-month intervals for a yearly total of 6 cups per 1″ of trunk diameter.
- 3 years or more of growth (fruit bearing) – Just after blooming finishes, apply up to 4 pounds evenly to the soil around the tree. Begin a foot from the trunk and work out toward the drip line. Repeat one more time in the middle of the growing season for a yearly total of 8 pounds
Down To Earth Fruit Tree 6-2-4 is an eco-friendly product certified for use in organic gardens.
*These Growing Tips are general in nature. Environments and conditions vary. For specific advice on your growing environment, talk to one of our specialists at a Ko’olau Farmers near you.
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