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Am I the only one who thought soil injection was just a sales gimmick?
A client in Akron had a maple going yellow at the top and I quoted him a deep root feed mostly to shut him up, figuring it was a waste. Six weeks later the canopy pushed out new growth I could see from the driveway, and now I'm eating crow and rethinking my whole stance. Anyone got a good rule for when it actually pays off and when you're just selling water?
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derek_murray4d ago
Tbh the timing lines up with spring root flush, so some of that push may have happened anyway, which is why a lot of guys get fooled into thinking every feed works. Soil injection pays off when the tree is actually short on something in the root zone, so a soil test beats guessing every time. On a stressed maple in bad dirt it can be worth it, but on a healthy tree in decent soil you're mostly just selling water.
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