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Best feed for bamboo and Azara miicrophylla

johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
in Plants
Hello,
I live in the south east and welcome advice for the best feed for the above plants.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    What leads you to think they're in need of extra feed?
    Most of what they need will be in the soil.
    I can't think that bamboo would need any extra encouragement.

    Best thing for both - and any other perennials - is a mulch around the base of the plant in autumn and again in spring with (ideally) homemade compost or bought well-rotted manure. Worms will drag it down into the soil when bacteria and fungi will decompose it and produce nutrients for your plants.

    A good all round feed for almost all plants is seaweed extract.
    But only apply feeds during the growing season - no point in fertilizing a plant that is asleep.

    Billericay - Essex

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I agree with Pete. I have both and feed neither. I would hesitate to overfeed Azara, you don't want to soften the growth, it's not ultra hardy. I have one, it's about 12 foot tall. It's been up to 8ft foot in the past but then got hit by a cold winter and had to start again


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @johncleme65 It is good to leave bamboo leaves if you can, they actually feed the plant.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I agree with @Pete.8 too.  In addition to this, because of my dry, sandy soil, I always give my bamboos a few handfuls of blood fish and bone in late February, just before they begin their six week period of new cane production. Leaving the spent leaves around the canes also provides the plants with extra nutrients as they break down.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93
    @Plantminded many thanks
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93

    @GardenerSuzemany thanks for the info
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93

    @nutcutlet many thanks
  • johncleme65johncleme65 Posts: 93

    @Pete.8many thanks for info
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