When I purchased my house 5 years ago, I planted about a 100ft long cedar hedge. The hedge is about 4ft tall now and is very healthy. My question is does anyone know any type of fertilizer or plant food that will make a cedar hedge grow quicker? I used bone meal when I first planted the hedge but I am told that would be useless to apply again now. I was thinking about giving them a dose of Miracle Grow but now sure if that would help at all. I've searched the internet but couldn't really find any concrete information.

 

Try the info from these guys...http://www.cedarguys.com/

look under maintenance....

 

I believe you can use any fertilizer for an evergreen, but don't use too much as the roots are not deep rooted.

But when I look on the Miracle Grow website, I see this: http://www.miraclegro.ca/productdeta...ult.aspx?id=25

 

Bill & Tauseef, thanks for the info.

I actually wasn't aware that Cedars required so much water, very good to know.

 

They are like sponges!!! I remember my cousin always watering the hedge at his cottage.

Any pics of the hedge?

 

Bill, I just went out and took a quick couple of pics. I started looking at some of the pics when I first bought the house back in the summer of 2003. I forget how brutal of shape the property was when I bought it back then. You should see some of the other pics of my backyard when I first bought it. It's been an ever going transformation ever since.

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Today

 

Shane I have a cedar hedge going about 90 feet one way by 100 the other way. I planted it many years ago. I use to put RX30 on it and as others said, I would leave the hose trickling along it for hours. I keep it at 10-12 feet in height now. I don't do anything to it now but prune it once in a while.

 

^ Thanks for the info Wayne. I am looking forward to when my hedge is 10-12ft high.

 

Shane I looked for a picture showing some of my cedar hedge and I found this pic taken early Spring last year.

 

That looks great Wayne.

 

Wayne,

How do you find the cedars attractiveness for mosquitoes? Any issues?

 

Honestly Bill we have no problem with skeeters at all. I think it is our location which is along the shores of Lake Huron and there is always a little breeze.

I know what you mean abot cedars though, people always ask the same question since the skeeters usually like to hang around them, but never a problem here.

 

Bill, my in-laws have them at their place in Ottawa and the past couple of summers they have had problems with mosquitoes.

 

I hear that they get really horny around cedar

 

We have about 20 cedar family plants/shrubs in our small backyard. Mosquitoes are basically non existent here.