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Our Maple Tree Fertilizer is a liquid plant food made specifically for maple tree varieties, in the landscape or in large containers. It provides balanced nutrition to support steady growth, strong canopy, and healthier soil.
Helps red maple trees shading the whole yard.
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Plant appearance can also be affected by light, watering, roots, temperature, and other growing conditions, so feeding is one part of overall plant care.
Feeds foliage for deeper color and a brighter, more lively look.
Encourages fresh leaf and stem growth for a fuller, thriving plant.
Supports healthy, resilient roots that absorb nutrients more effectively.
Watering can
2 Tbs (30 mL) per gallon of water
Spring & summer: every 1–2 weeks · Fall & winter: every 4 weeks
Hose end sprayer
Set dial to 1 oz (30 mL) setting
Spring & summer: every 1–2 weeks
Leaf misting (optional)
1 tsp per quart (32 oz) of water
Every 1–2 weeks
Full sun for shade maples such as red, sugar and Autumn Blaze. Japanese maples do better with morning sun and afternoon shade, which keeps leaf edges from scorching.
Soak the root zone slowly and deeply every week or two in dry weather, out to the edge of the canopy. Young trees need this for two or three years.
Well-draining soil around pH 5.5 to 7.0. Mulch two to three inches deep over the roots, pulled back from the trunk so the bark stays dry.
Feed Maple Tree Fertilizer every two weeks through spring and summer and about once a month in fall and winter, mixed into water and poured over the root zone.
Prune in late summer or early winter, while your tree is not pushing sap. Maples bleed heavily from cuts made in late winter and early spring.
Most maples are hardy in zones 3 to 8. A Japanese maple in a container wants a sheltered spot or a wrapped pot where winters drop below 10F.
Maple Tree Fertilizer is designed for consistent feeding, which suits maples far better than a heavy single application, especially sensitive types like Japanese maple. Mix 2 tablespoons per gallon of water and apply every 1–2 weeks in spring and summer while your tree is actively growing, then every 4 weeks in fall and winter. A hose-end sprayer on the 1-ounce setting covers the root zone of a large shade maple, and you can mist the foliage with 1 teaspoon per quart every 1–2 weeks if you like.
Yes. Maple Tree Fertilizer is formulated for Japanese maples as well as large shade maples. All of its nitrogen is nitrate nitrogen, which roots absorb directly, and the dilute liquid form keeps salt concentration low around roots that are sensitive to over-fertilizing and leaf scorch. Feed at 2 tablespoons per gallon and no stronger, start new or recently planted trees at half strength, and avoid heavy late-season feeding, which pushes tender growth that scorches in sun and is vulnerable to cold.
If the cause is a mineral shortfall, yes. Pale leaves with green veins on a maple usually point to iron or manganese, a common problem where soil is alkaline and both minerals lock up. Maple Tree Fertilizer carries both, along with magnesium, and new growth should green up within a few weeks of regular feeding. In very alkaline soil the discoloration can return as the minerals lock up again, so a persistent case may also need the soil pH lowered with an acidifier for a lasting result.
Edge browning, or leaf scorch, is usually environmental rather than a nutrient shortage: too much sun, drying wind, dry soil, or over-fertilizing. Maple Tree Fertilizer at 2 tablespoons per gallon addresses the fertilizer side by keeping salts dilute around the roots. The rest comes down to siting and water. Japanese maples do best in part shade with steady, even moisture, so shelter from afternoon sun and wind, mulch over the roots and consistent deep watering matter as much as feeding for clean foliage.
New growth greens up within the first few weeks of feeding during the growing season, since the nitrate nitrogen, iron and manganese in Maple Tree Fertilizer are available to the roots as soon as they’re watered in. Maples grow at a moderate pace, so color and vigor respond first, while filling in a thin canopy takes a season or more of steady feeding. The potassium in the formula supports wood strength and fall color, so a well-fed tree tends to show a better autumn display too.
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