So, this is Bradfield’s Corn Gluten. It’s a 9-0-0 which is used for weed control, but it’s also good to feed fruit trees. Give them a handful or a couple of handful under the fruit trees. Now is a really good time because it takes a while for it to breakdown. So when the rainy season comes, you’ll get a nice fruit true.
I’m not sure what this is. It could be a plum. Let’s put some underneath there, let’s put underneath all the crops because it’s summertime. You could sprinkle like you’re feeding chicken. You do as I do. I just go down the road spreading. You can just stay there Mr. Cameraman. Alright. So I would just go down the road and sprinkle this stuff. See, everybody will get it.
Hi. Andy Lopez again, remember me? Today, I’ve mixed up some luscious lawn which is corn gluten, this is 9-0-0 with the luscious lawn and garden which is 3-1-1. This is a little bit of a higher nitrogen. Corn gluten are nice pellet sizes. That means that it’s a slow release fertilizer. This is supposed to be weed control, but I also use it on the citruses, which is why they all get fed. We’re going to basically just give them a little or a couple of handfuls of this. Go underneath the bases of the plants. Go all the way underneath where they are supposed to get it really nice. I’ll probably go through here and I’m going to give it all to these citruses. Feed them a little bit. And because it’s palletized, you could go like that and it is all going to the base. You could get it all over the plant and it will get a nice fill cover underneath it. Over here is a another citrus, and I’m going to take the luscious lawn which is a little too heavy to be carried. I did the same thing. They will hold back with water, hose it down, get them off the weeds because you won’t hurt a thing after. But if the rain is probably good, this would cover it.
And then, we’re going to give some of these plants too. I forgot what they nice name were. But we’ll give them to all the citruses. This stuff will breakdown slowly. Normally, they’ll breakdown at winter. We’re in Malibu every year. We have our own winter time here.
I like giving them about a pound of each. A pound of the luscious corn gluten and a pound of the luscious corn and garden, mix the two together or do them separately like I’m doing now.
One of the advantages of applying a palletized fertilizer like Bradfield’s is that it doesn’t burn so you can quickly sprinkle it all around the area. You can spray them on top of the plants, around like what I’m doing now. I like spraying them all over the plants and then go back and water them in. It doesn’t hurt that it gets some of these right here in the leaf which is what Bradfield has. It has a natural bacteria that the plant has. And also the manure, it has a natural bacteria from the chicken manure.
You basically want to apply about one to two pounds of each of the corn gluten which is a 9-0-0 and two pounds of the luscious corn gardening which is 3-1-5. And then we’re going to add about four pounds. It depends on the size of the tree. Now, this citrus is smaller, these are smaller citrus. They usually get two pounds. A good size would get about four pounds. And then, we basically sprinkle all out under the base of the trees, and they’re just underneath where you have the basic part. But you also want to spread it out underneath the root. So, all the root is there. These are 20-pound bags that I’m carrying. So one 20-pound bag should do ten citrus trees.
You know, I’m also feeding these loquat trees, so that one is a larger sized trees that should get at least five pounds. With this one right here, they’re good sized trees that are good for about four or five years old. They should get at least three to four pounds—I would say four pounds each.
This is a corn gluten which we would normally use for weed control, but because it’s a 9-0-0, it’s a great slow release nitrogen palletized fertilizer which we could put under the base of any fruit trees like we did this citrus right there, and they will slowly release as they get water.
Here I am going back afterwards and giving them a good deep watering. I’m not only giving them a good deep watering but I’m also doing a 0:06:31.7 since I have an inline irrigation unit that applies nutritious watering system at the same time I’m watering. So, this is a real good way to water the plants down, at the same time, to give them a good fertilizer feeding.
So this is where I wash off all everything off the leaves. You could bath the leaves and it gets washed off at the same time. It’s good for all your feedings. It’s a good way to feed through the leaves. Citruses love to be fed through the leaves. Remember, I used an inline irrigation system. I use a lot of different products that I put inside of the unit to feed it with. So you basically go back and water everything down, soak everything so it can dissolve. Anything on the leaves will get washed off and give it a really good watering. The important thing is you don’t want to water too often. It depends where you living. Some places is that once a week is more than enough. With other places, twice a month is more than enough.
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