What feed is ok. For potted acers

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• Smithbridget5 Posts: 2

  August 2019

  Potted acers 
  
  

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• hogweed Posts: 4,053

  August 2019

  I've never fed mine just renewed the top couple of inches of soil every year or so . 

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  August 2019

  Same. I top dress with fresh soil in the spring and they seem to do well enough. Feeding will probably give them too much growth and encourage aphids. You could add a small amount of slow release granules to the top dress though I suppose.
  

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,090

  August 2019

  Mine are all in pots and have a chipped bark mulch to help retain moisture between waterings.   I give them a handful or so of pelleted chicken manure in spring and it gets washed thru gradually when watering.

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• Joy* Posts: 571

  August 2019

  I remove a layer of soil in spring and replace it with fresh to which I add a small amount of Osmacote. I top dress with bark, currently orchid compost because I have loads. Aphids have vever been a problem, so far. The worst pests were deer which ate all the lower growth! (It has since grown back and the trees are a lovely shape as a result!)

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