[Arid_gardener] Re: Fertilizing Sour Orange

[Olin Miller]

If you have the Seville orange trees, they are pretty much self-maintaining,
are very aggressive and fast-growing.  Fertilizing will not help much during
the first year but you could follow the regimen recommended for citrus after
that -  three times a year in Feb or March, April or May, and July or
August.  A nitrogen-based fertilizer like ammonium sulfate should be
adequate.  Watering is more important than fertilizer - see recommendations
at
http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1151.pdf

Olin Miller, Master Gardener Volunteer
U of A Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County AZ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <shane_talak at yahoo.com>
To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


> Shane Talak
> 85225
> shane_talak at yahoo.com
>
> We have a large custom home in a gated Chandler community.  I have planted
> a number of 15 gallon sour oranges along my back wall to create a privacy
> screen from the house being built behind me.
>
> The plants came directly from a wholesale nursery and are little more than
> 6' high single trunks with maybe 1' wide vegetation.
>
> My question is what should I fertilize to stimulate and speed up both root
> and foilage growth?
>
> Also, how much growth in foilage can I expect in the next year and again,
> what can I do to maximize the next year's growth?