How to make horse chestnut grow fast, what fertilizer to use for fast growth

1. Maintenance skills

1. Light: Horse chestnut likes light. If you want it to grow fast, it needs plenty of light. In summer, proper shade is needed to avoid leaf burns.

2. Watering: Water must be applied five times a year: thawing water in early spring, water before flowering, water after flowering, water for fruit swelling, and freezing water in late autumn. These 5 waterings are very important and require sufficient water. In addition, water should be replenished in time during the dry season to facilitate plant growth, making the crown full and the branches thick.

3. Fertilization: Horse chestnut likes fertilizer. In addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer before planting, fertilizer should also be applied throughout the growing period. Three-element compound fertilizer can be applied once in spring and farmyard manure can be applied once in late autumn every year. This not only helps accelerate the growth of the plants, but also helps the plants to safely overwinter.

4. Pruning: Pruning off dead branches, diseased and insect-infested branches, thin branches and branches with poor growth in a timely manner will help concentrate nutrients and maintain a beautiful plant shape. Generally, shaping and pruning are most suitable in winter after the leaves fall or before sprouting in the following spring.

2. What fertilizer to apply

Whether it is base fertilizer or fertilizer applied during the growth period, it must be sufficient and nutrients must be replenished in time to make the plants grow faster. The base fertilizer mainly consists of farmyard manure such as cow and horse manure and leaf mold. The fertilizers applied during the growth period are mainly urea, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, leaf mold fertilizers, and farmyard manure. Starting from the fourth year after planting, the plants need to be applied with three-element compound fertilizer once in spring, and farmyard manure once in late autumn. This not only helps accelerate the growth of the plants, but also helps the plants to safely overwinter.