Fall fertilizer plan

[RJNick]

Hi,

I'm very new to all of this and wanted some opinions on my fertilizer plans. I am in Zine 5b and just moved my tropicals inside. I have a number of ficus benjamina and serissa pre-bonsai in deep pots to thicken trunks. I also have a bougainvillea and a few Jade plants. I was planning on fertilizing them now with Peter's 20-20-20 dissolved in water and except for the jade plants, to repeat that in another two weeks. After that I was going to switch to once a month for the duration of the winter. All of my indoor plants get a tea bag or two of plant tone which stays on the surface as well and gets replaced every month.

As for my outdoor Juniper and JBP, I was planning the same feed with 20-20-20 until the end of October and then stopping all feeding until spring.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[GrimLore]

This has had some interesting response on your subject -

http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?12773-As-Fall-moves-in

Grimmy

 

[Dav4]

I can't comment on your tropicals, but I think fertilizing the temperate trees every 7-10 days until the end of October, in your neck of the woods, is fine.

 

[RJNick]

Thanks

Appreciate the input and especially the link to the very interesting thread. I'd have been scared to try such a high concentration of inorganic fertilizer as is stated in there……with such a high salt level I'd be scared of drying out the roots. But I see you have a lot of experience with this. and it definitely makes me feel more at ease that I'm not over fertilizing my plants. Thanks again.