Does everyone follow the No fertilizer for one month after repotting "rule"?

[Mayank]

Does everyone follow the No fertilizer for one month after repotting "rule"? Why or why not?
Does it matter if it's organic or inorganic fertilizer?

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Absolutely not.

Because my trees need building blocks to rebuild. Quarter to a half of the regular dose, to not burn those roots.

 

[BrianBay9]

No.

 

[Dav4]

I wait a few weeks, mainly because I figure most of the ferts can’t be assimilated by the tree’s damaged roots and is wasted.

 

[TomB]

No.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nope.

 

[leatherback]

Lol, I catch myself tossing fertilizer in with the substrate sometimes. So .. Nope!

 

[BobbyLane]

not at all.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Chicken droppings for substrate obviates the dilemma.

 

[Paradox]

I wait until I start to see that the tree has begun to recover from the repotting then I fertilize

 

[PaulH]

No. fertilizer doesn't actually feed the tree, it feeds the soil micro-organisms which feed the tree. I want to stimulate them in my soil as soon as possible.

 

[just.wing.it]

Fertilizer is a myth.
You guys still fertilize?!
Bwahaha!
Mere mortals fertilizing trees....lol!

 

[Mayank]

Man. Thanks you guys. Now I'll go fertilize my repots!
Another question. How often do you fertilize? I do it weekly.

 

[just.wing.it]

I'm a weekly guy myself, using water soluble stuff.

 

[TomB]

I use a liquid organic fertilizer every week when trees are actively growing.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Maybe. Depends on the tree and the severity of the repot and the season. If I feel the roots are at all compromised, I hold off until I see signs of stability. But for a tree well-established in bonsai soil that I am just doing a standard repot - no I fertilize immediately.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Jonas told me to wait to fertilize the JBP. I've always held off a few weeks. His telling me that. Made me just nod and was like...so my normal policy then.

Those who do...I don't knock their process. But understanding what fertilizer they use...first out the gate after repot would be interesting to know. There are more variables my brain churns to think may apply.

 

[BobbyLane]

i fert almost daily or at every watering, a heavily diluted dose of either tomatoe feed or miracle grow along with the slo release granules on soil surface.

 

[Gustavo Martins]

I don’t see any correlation. I fertilize according to the stage of development of that tree. If I want growth I fertilize whether the tree was repotted or not. If I want to maintain a more developed tree, I withhold the ferts until later in the year.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I did not know this was a rule...

If my trees have foliage, they are on standard “vitamin” schedules.