{"id":9303,"date":"2020-11-10T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T19:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2023-06-19T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T05:00:57","slug":"fertilize-photinia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertilize the Photinia: Expert Tips For Perfect Fertilization Red Tip Photinia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The glittering Red Tip Photinia has special requirements and its fertilization also requires sensitivity. What you need to know to fertilize the Photinia can be found here.<\/p>\n<p>Glossy Photinia will literally give your hedge a new shine because their leaves really do shine. But that&#8217;s not all: some evergreen species also surprise with their red leaf shoots in spring. Only in autumn, when it gets colder, do the young leaves turn an intense green. To ensure that you can also offer your garden this color spectacle and to protect you from the curious eyes of your neighbors, here you will learn the most important things about fertilizing your Photinia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to grow and root Photinia plants including Red Robin from cuttings\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QODV9vi2uX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There are many different types of Photinia, but they all have the characteristic that they come from Asia. Particularly popular in this country is the evergreen plant species Photinia x fraseri, which also includes the well-known variety &#8216;Red Robin&#8217;, and Photinia davidiana. Since both species are evergreen, they have similar nutritional requirements.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_right_time_to_fertilize\"><\/span>The right time to fertilize<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662be680e322a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662be680e322a\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/#The_right_time_to_fertilize\" title=\"The right time to fertilize\">The right time to fertilize<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/#What_should_you_use_to_fertilize_Red_Tip_Photinia\" title=\"What should you use to fertilize Red Tip Photinia?\">What should you use to fertilize Red Tip Photinia?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/#Fertilizing_Bright_Photinia_Organically_The_Right_Dosage\" title=\"Fertilizing Bright Photinia Organically: The Right Dosage\">Fertilizing Bright Photinia Organically: The Right Dosage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/#Fertilizing_Bright_Photinia_With_Blue_Grain\" title=\"Fertilizing Bright Photinia With Blue Grain\">Fertilizing Bright Photinia With Blue Grain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/fertilize-photinia\/#Fertilizing_the_Photinia_with_household_remedies\" title=\"Fertilizing the Photinia with household remedies\">Fertilizing the Photinia with household remedies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>The glittering Red Tip Photinia is happy about nitrogenous fertilization in spring, shortly before the first flowers appear. Otherwise, the plant is quite undemanding and does not need further fertilization. In cold regions, potassium fertilization in late summer is also recommended to strengthen the resistance of this cold-sensitive plant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9304\" src=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/In-spring-even-before-flowering-you-can-fertilize-your-Photinia.jpg\" alt=\"In spring, even before flowering, you can fertilize your Photinia\" width=\"795\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/In-spring-even-before-flowering-you-can-fertilize-your-Photinia.jpg 795w, https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/In-spring-even-before-flowering-you-can-fertilize-your-Photinia-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_should_you_use_to_fertilize_Red_Tip_Photinia\"><\/span>What should you use to fertilize Red Tip Photinia?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As with most other plants, the following applies to the Red Tip Photinia: You should not overdo it with fertilization. If you want to promote rapid growth, you should give it a portion of fertilizer every spring. <a href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/the-guiana-chestnut\/\">Organic fertilizers<\/a> such as compost or manure are of course best suited for this. But organic fertilizers or mineral depot fertilizers can also be used.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#a1ca97;border-radius:8px;-moz-border-radius:8px;-webkit-border-radius:8px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#bbe4b1;border-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;border-radius:8px;-moz-border-radius:8px;-webkit-border-radius:8px;\"><b>\ud83c\udf3a Similar Post |<\/b>\u00a0 <a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/bottlebrushes-callistemon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottlebrushes (Callistemon): Everything To Plant And Care<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fertilizing_Bright_Photinia_Organically_The_Right_Dosage\"><\/span>Fertilizing Bright Photinia Organically: The Right Dosage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With ready-made fertilizers, nothing can actually go wrong if you adhere to the dosage stated on the package insert. But how much compost or manure can the Photinia actually tolerate? This question is not easy to answer. Ripe compost is well tolerated. Depending on the size of the plant, you can give it a generous portion in spring. On the other hand, you should be a bit more sparing with manure and not give it more than a full shovel.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9305\" src=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Compost-is-a-unique-fertilizer-and-can-hardly-be-overdosed.jpg\" alt=\"Compost is a unique fertilizer and can hardly be overdosed\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Compost-is-a-unique-fertilizer-and-can-hardly-be-overdosed.jpg 750w, https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Compost-is-a-unique-fertilizer-and-can-hardly-be-overdosed-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fertilizing_Bright_Photinia_With_Blue_Grain\"><\/span>Fertilizing Bright Photinia With Blue Grain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Blue grain and similar fertilizers should be used carefully. Since the nutrients are all available at the same time and immediately, a large proportion of them is washed out. In addition, it can quickly happen that you accidentally over-fertilize your plant with nitrogen. Therefore, when fertilizing the Photinia, it is better to use depot fertilizers that last a long time and release their nutrients only slowly. In this way, your Photinia will be evenly and well supplied.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fertilizing_the_Photinia_with_household_remedies\"><\/span>Fertilizing the Photinia with household remedies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A real household remedy is probably not available for the fertilization of the glittering Photinia &#8211; straight there a little <a href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/coffee-grounds-as-fertilizer\/\">coffee grounds<\/a> or similar quantitatively for a large plant or a whole hedge is probably hardly sufficient. It should be said here, however, that natural organic materials fundamentally improve soil activity and fertility and bring nutrients into the soil. In principle, it is always best not to keep the soil at the foot of a plant clinically clean.<\/p>\n<p>There, fallen leaves and wilted flowers should be allowed to lie, which through decomposition becomes part of the nutrient cycle again. This means that most <a href=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/summer-flowers-for-garden\/\">ornamental plants<\/a> do not need any fertilizer at all. As an additional side effect, moisture can be better retained in the soil and the roots of the plants are well protected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9306\" src=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Plant-residues-of-any-kind-are-decomposed-over-time-by-soil-organisms-and-return-valuable-nutrients-to-the-soil.jpg\" alt=\"Plant residues of any kind are decomposed over time by soil organisms and return valuable nutrients to the soil\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Plant-residues-of-any-kind-are-decomposed-over-time-by-soil-organisms-and-return-valuable-nutrients-to-the-soil.jpg 750w, https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Plant-residues-of-any-kind-are-decomposed-over-time-by-soil-organisms-and-return-valuable-nutrients-to-the-soil-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fertilization of the Photinia &#8211; the most important things briefly summarized<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fertilizing the Photinia in spring.<\/li>\n<li>Use fertilizer with a long-term effect.<\/li>\n<li>Preferably use organic fertilizers.<\/li>\n<li>Leave a layer of leaves under the hedge to save fertilization and promote healthy soil.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The glittering Red Tip Photinia has special requirements and its fertilization also requires sensitivity. What you need to know to fertilize the Photinia can be found here. Glossy Photinia will literally give your hedge a new shine because their leaves really do shine. But that&#8217;s not all: some evergreen species also surprise with their red&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28314,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9303\/revisions\/28314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}