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Did I just ruin my fruit trees with Miracle Gro All Purpose??

Omni
9 years ago

So I got a bit too excited for this year's growing season. I was reading up on how to fertilize and most sources said that with a tree that's in the ground for approximately 3 years, you want to use 1 lb of fertilizer at the beginning of the growing season and another pound in the middle of the growing season. Now, not researching too much on which fertilizer it was talking about, I ended up using the Miracle Gro variety that I have in my shed. It's the one that has a box with 10 bags inside, intended for plants and vegetables. It has a blue color to it. I used 1lb of it for the older and bigger peach tree, and about 1/2 lbs for the younger peach tree and apple tree. Is this okay, or is the 1 pound of weight intended ONLY for dry granular fertilizers?

Is this bad for the tree?

I'm not 100% what the breakdown of N-P-K is. I couldn't find it in the box. On the website, there is no matching box but of the two that look similar, the break down is 18-18-21 and 24-8-16.

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