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(You'll go through a lot of little bags at that rate.) For trees, the suggested rate is to scatter about 3 cupfuls of Holly-tone per 1 inch of trunk diameter around the tree's dripline.

You can scatter Tree Tone on the ground around the tree, or better yet use a bulb auger to make holes in the root zone and drop fertilizer into the holes.

Wood ash, which is literally ash from burned wood, can be used as fertilizer for fruit trees due, to its ability to provide nutrients. Here's how to use it.

As for trees and shrubs, you can make the last application of fertilizer now, but hold off on those trees planted this year. For established flowering and fruit trees, I use Holly-tone or Plant-tone.

Other than leaves on the forest floor, my favorite organically based fertilizer for acid-loving plants is Holly-Tone 4-6-4. It has been manufactured for 50 years; I've been using it for 30 of them.

I recommend either Milorganite or Holly Tone fertilizer, following label directions. Q: There is a hackberry tree in my neighbor’s yard, 10 feet away, and its branches hang over our deck.

Acid lovers are happier in a pH of 4.5 to 6.5. My friend was surprised at my diagnosis because she uses a popular water soluble fertilizer developed for use on acid-loving plants.

For more information on fertilizing citrus trees, go to edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS120. Your local nursery may have a slightly different formulation for the citrus fertilizer than 6-6-6 or 8-8-8 or 10-10-10.