I decided to try using sugar on my Sugar Maple tree as a fertilizer...would that be of any benefit for the tree?
2006-09-03 06:26:16 · 6 answers · asked by rockability 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
As previously mentioned, sugar does serve as a good food source for the beneficial bacteria and fungi in your soil...and they are necessary for plants to survive when they're produced naturally by the plant. However, the application of sugar at high dosages will cause an imbalance in beneficial microbial populations causing some long-term detrimental effects in the soil.
Adding regular sugar would probably cause more harm than good. Sugar has been known to promote the development of pathogenic fungi (such as water molds that invade roots of plants).
You would be better off by spending the money on a good compost or spreading chicken/steer manure around the base of your tree. These products are full of beneficial microbes that will lead to better health and vigor of your tree.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions.
Hope this information was of some help to you! GOOD LUCK!
2006-09-05 09:53:41 · answer #1 · answered by jazzmaninca2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will get very little benefit from doing that. I hope you like ants and yellow jackets because nothing attracts them like sugar. If these little beasts do come water the area very well to wash the sugar deeper into the soil.
I'm assuming you want something organic or harmless to feed the tree. Try dried blood or dried manure and put it around the drip line (where the furthest leaves from the trunk are--the feeder roots are out there. If you want a good organic premade fertilizer try PlantTone by Espoma.
2006-09-03 06:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually sugar can promote the growth of certain bacteria that aid in the release of nutrients from the soil to plants.
I don't know how much good it does for a tree but it can be beneficial for smaller plants and flowers.
2006-09-03 08:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, plants need nitrogen, phosphates, and potash. Sugar has none of these in it...will do nothing but suck water out of the roots of the tree.
2006-09-03 08:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good luck.
2006-09-03 06:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i dont know why but yea it works someone told me dat
2006-09-03 06:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by vetta b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋