What is the best fertilizer for carambola?

Fertilization time for carambola

The base fertilizer for carambola should be applied to the planting hole when the fruit trees are newly planted. It needs to be applied after each harvest. Topdressing should mainly consist of applying a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer during the young tree stage, and applying well-rotted farmyard manure to the tree hole during the winter solstice.

What fertilizer to use for carambola

The best fertilizer for carambola is nitrogen fertilizer. Generally, organic fertilizer, biological fertilizer, and commercial organic fertilizer are applied, and an appropriate amount of potassium sulfate type compound fertilizer is used as base fertilizer and basal fertilizer. Foliar fertilizer can be sprayed more often during the growing period.

Fertilization method for carambola

Young carambola trees are usually fertilized with human and animal manure and urine once a month, combined with the expansion of holes to apply superphosphate. In the fruiting period, organic fertilizer is mainly used, and chemical fertilizer is appropriately applied in the ring or in the holes. Organic fertilizer combined with quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer is applied before the last batch of fruits are harvested.

Carambola fertilization precautions

After carambolas are harvested, nutrients will leave the tree along with the fruit, resulting in nutrient deficiency and declining tree vigor. In addition, low temperatures in winter are very unfavorable to the growth of carambolas. Therefore, applying winter fertilizer can restore the growth of carambolas as soon as possible, reduce the harm of low temperatures in winter, and improve the cold resistance of carambolas.