What are the best fertilizers for camellias?

Answer 1

During the growing season is the time to fertilize camellias.

Specifically, camellias tend to grow between April 1st and September 1st. Generally, the time period is divided into three more or less equal feeding periods of six to eight weeks each. The second feeding period tends to begin between the middle and end of May and the third between the beginning and middle of July.

As a Camellia sets it's flower buds in August (in the Northern Hemisphere) a high Potash feed applied at that time will ensure prolific flowering the next Spring.

Answer 2

Fertilizers that contain acid-forming elements are the best fertilizers for camellias (Camellia spp).

Specifically, camellias favor acidic soils. They handle fertilizers that do not raise the soil pH into the neutral and alkaline levels above 6.0 on the 1-14 scale of soil acidity, neutrality and alkalinity. They therefore oppose liming fertilizer applications.

Answer 3

March, May and July are the months when camellias tend to be fed. The evergreen shrubs and trees in question generally exhibit slow growth rates that may be strengthened by slow-release treatment schedules in acidic to neutral soils with pH (power of hydrogen) levels between 5.5 and 6.8. Cultivators in the United States lean toward three or more applications even though elsewhere gardeners tend to focus more on fertilizer schedules for growth of younger camellias and nutrition of well-established shrubs and trees once either in fall or in spring.

Answer 4

An ericaceous fertiliser, one without lime, is best applied in the late Summer when the flower buds are being formed, and well watered in.

Answer 5

Every 2 months after the bloom cycle until late summer