I put down some Japanese yew and sunshine ligustrum in my landscape beds. I would like them to grow as quickly as possible but most resources say not to fertilize new plants for the first year. Is there any truth to this?

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Posted by Jaspermac

Texas

Member since Aug 2018

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 7:50 am to Knuckle Checker

Was there fertilizer in the pot when you bought them? If so, don’t over do it. Chances are, they were fertilized already if you just bought them.

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Posted by LSUDad

Still on the move

Member since May 2004

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 9:45 am to Knuckle Checker

If the weather reports call for a number of days rain. Throw a little Ironite, not a fertilizer, but a mineral. I use a little 13-13-13 also.
Nursery’s use Osmocote fertilizers. They are coated, slow releasing. They can’t fertilize all the time. So a slow releasing product is used.
I used these two products on a Drake Elm, same thing, it shot up well.
I planted a couple Live Oaks for a friend, he was complaining how slow they grow. That’s because folks don’t juice them enough.

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Posted by CrawDude

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2019

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:29 pm to Knuckle Checker

As stated, they come pre-fertilized with a slow release fertilizer in the nursery containers so it’s not necessary fertilize them right away, but you certainly do so a few months post-planting. For landscape shrubs and trees I like to use a general purpose LESCO 14-14-14 from Site One that has some slow nutrient release properties (compared to fast nutrient release vegetable garden fertilizers).

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