Should I fertilize my trident maple?
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I am new to bonsais. I bought a trident maple 2 months ago. It seems to be going ok but I have not given it any food yet. It is just about to hit winter in Australia so I am not sure when I should be feeding it.
There are also some little greenage growing aswell, should that be removed? I kind of like it
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #48788
Your plant needs a good dose of fertilizer considering you have not fertilized for most of summer. 20/20/20 should be fine.
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Ryan08 wrote: There are also some little greenage growing aswell, should that be removed? I kind of like it
It looks like Oxalis and if that's what it is, you definitely need to get it out of there, roots and all.
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #48791Agreed.Auk wrote: It looks like Oxalis and if that's what it is, you definitely need to get it out of there, roots and all.
I have the stuff everywhere. It is a nightmare, and very agressively taking over every container it sets root.
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leatherback wrote:
Agreed.Auk wrote: It looks like Oxalis and if that's what it is, you definitely need to get it out of there, roots and all.
I have the stuff everywhere. It is a nightmare, and very agressively taking over every container it sets root.
Exactly. I have it in my pots. Removed all of it this year from trees that I repotted, cleaned up the pots of trees that were not repotted as much as possible, and it is still coming back up. The seed pods explode, shooting seeds in all directions - into all your other pots. It's not that it's not a nice plant, it's just very invasive.
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Posted 5 years 11 months ago #48799let me apologize as I'm going off topic from the original post… but I saw the discussion on the Oxalis… I have it in the soil of my Olive tree… it has done no damage so far.
The Olive was repotted one year ago so I did not mean to do it this year. However I ask you if it may harm the growth of the plant, clogging the pot with its roots.
I try to get rid of them but it's impossible to do it properly, fully removing their roots, unless I repot my tree completely.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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