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Minnesota  mplsmndude May 1, 2018 3:53 PM CST |
| Hello - sorry to post another question so soon. I've done searches online and get hugely varied information. I know clematis like sun and cool feet. For a northern gardener...... When should one start and end fertilizing and how often should it be done? Can anyone recommend a fertilizer or the NPK ratio? I've seen 10-30-20 and 10-10-10, basically recommendations are all over the place. Thanks in advance! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost    DaisyI May 1, 2018 4:05 PM CST |
| Is your Clematis in a pot or in the ground? How long has it been planted? What did you plant it in (soil type)? Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Minnesota mplsmndude May 1, 2018 4:09 PM CST |
| Sorry!!! Most were planted in the ground last year, 2017. Two are older, maybe the year before. The ground should not be acidic - no pines around. Looks like pretty good soil to me - dark and well drained. All the other plants do well. But if course I pamper them....  |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 1, 2018 4:22 PM CST |
| It doesn't really matter what fertilizer you use but use something that is well balanced and has micronutrients. As your plants are established, you can start fertilizing them now - plan 3 - 4 times in a growing season: spring when they start to grow, early summer, and late summer, with at least 4 but no more than 6 weeks in between each feeding (for me, that would be now, mid June and the last of July/first of August because I fertilize every 6 weeks). Don't fertilize in the fall as that may encourage your plants to put on new growth just in time of a hard freeze. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Minnesota mplsmndude May 1, 2018 4:28 PM CST |
| Ok! I figured not to fertilize too late in the fall as to discourage growth when the plant should be shutting down. I'll add every six weeks to my phone calendar and use Osmocote if it has micronutrients. Thanks again! Check these pics out from before I planted them.....   |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 1, 2018 7:35 PM CST |
| Osmocote is my favorite fertilizer. Those are really pretty Clematis. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Minnesota mplsmndude May 1, 2018 7:45 PM CST |
| They were expensive, but I think like this.... Where can you spend such a little investment that gives back beauty and joy for so long??😊 |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI May 1, 2018 7:46 PM CST |
You have the heart of a poet!  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Minnesota mplsmndude May 1, 2018 7:51 PM CST |
| 😁. Thanks again for the help! |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15              |
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Minnesota mplsmndude May 2, 2018 8:09 AM CST |
| Thanks!! Ok I'm just saying - I don't live in the Antarctica! As much as Wisconsin and Minnesota may seem like that to a zone 9a-er. But I do have to also say, I'M JEALOUS! thanks again!  |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
  My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
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