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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 403762" data-attributes="member: 562"><p>I have been planting a lot of trees lately and have found that some species really require fertilizer to get going in the soil at my land. The native pasture was VERY low in N and P. Once I started adding some fertilizer every spring, things really took off. Theres a facebook group thats helpful for people wanting to start new plantings in areas that are hard to maintain called 'trees from seed'. The owner of the group posts helpful tips and videos quite often. Careful with pines and the like, they often cannot tolerate much N, I made the mistake of hitting my ponderosa when I was starting to fertilize and it didnt kill them, but they didnt like it much. Ive had good luck with hackberry and aronia, they both grow well without a lot of care and also provide good fruit for wildlife. Use roundup to kill the native grass, if you are serious also put down a weed barrier around your new trees for a couple years, that will help them compete and give a better chance to survive. I use the woven 6ft fabric you can buy, cut a 6x6 square, or better yet, melt it so the sides dont fray, hold it on the ground with 4 staples in the corners, before you put it down mow the grass short and ideally kill it off about a week before you mow and put the fabric down with roundup.</p></blockquote><p></p>