How Do You Make Organic Citrus Fertilizer?
Citrus trees are notorious for being heavy feeders. Their glossy dark leaves and heavy fruit production will suck the nutrients out of the soil, which tends to be more on the sandy side and therefore less loaded with fertilizer for the trees. Citrus trees need to be fertilized about every 6 weeks, and more if they are container grown. Here are a few ways to get the organic fertilizer into the soil to feed your citrus tree. Supply a good source of nitrogen because it is the biggest requirement of citrus trees. Nitrogen is not hard to find as a soil amendment, and keeping it organic is as simple as applying grass clippings from a lawn grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides or herbicides. If you keep animals, the composted manure is an excellent nitrogen source. Apply a good source of phosphorus for good flower and fruit production. Bone meal tends to be the best source, but because you cannot guarantee that it is organic, another recommended source is phosphate rock. It will al
