I own an apple tree that seem to be slowly dying ever since daylilies be planted beneath. Can I recover it?
Answers: It depends on a few different factors.
If the tree be old (30 years) or youthful (5 years). Mature trees only live almost 40 years.
Did you amend the soil around the tree for the lily bed? If so, if the amendment was not nitrolized (nitrogen added) as the amendment breaks down it sucks nitrogen from the surrounding aboriginal soil. This can rob the tree of needed nutrients. A balanced fertilizer such as 15-15-15 or 16-16-16 is great for adjectives types of fruit trees. Early spring and early autumn feedings lift advantage of rainfall to soak it contained by. Soil temp of 60o is needed for the nitrogen to be absorbed.
Check the underpinning of the tree trunk to make sure that the yap has not be damaged by mowing or a string type trimmer. This is call "ringing" and will slowly kill the tree. Any tree.
Planting anything around fruit trees is injudicious (even grass). This is due to the fact that the tree and the other plant objects typically have adjectives water requirements. Too much can wreak root rot and kill the tree.
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