Foliar fert

ChampionTree

ChampionTree

I am looking at experimenting with NU-arbor foliar fert. Has anyone gone about fertilizing in this manor. Trees included would be locust, maple, ash, and crab apple trees. This is for a commercial account and it seems to be the most cost effective way to fertilize 190 trees. They have had fert done every year by a company in town and I have a hunch that the company was skimping greatly on the chemical contents to keep the price affordable. I prefer to give the customer an honest product and the only affordable way that I can find is foliar fert. Any info would be appreciated.
 
Foliar sprays can be hard to get uptake on. The tricks seem to be that you need to spray the underside of the leaves where the stomata are, spray when stomata are going to be open, and add a little urea, for some reason this seems to help uptake.

This really means spraying in late afternoon, early evening, not morning or afternoon.
 
Yea, uptake was a concern with me also. I think I'll push for root fert. The volume of trees on the property will take some time, but I feel like it will yield better results. It requires more product, but I'd rather have the piece of mind knowing that it was done correctly.
 
One other thing with trees, you need to spray early in the life of the leaf. As the waxy cuticle and pubescence develops foliar sprays become less effective.
 
Funny you should ask that. I personally tried to talk them out of fertilizing, but it was one of those deals where they wouldn't take no for an answer. As far as deficiencies, I can't determine without a soil test. The fert I'm looking at is 8-8-8. I would much rather just do a microrrihzae fert, but the cost to do so wouldn't be in their budget due to the volume of trees. Looking at doing a fall application.
 
I truly think the past company was extremely watered down in their applications, putting me in difficult spot when it comes to cost.
 
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