Benefits of using AZOMITE® on your trees

Sherri:

Hi, I’m Sherri with HomeShow Garden Pros. And you hear me talk about Azomite all the time on the show, and we talk about using it on your lawn and your shrubs and your flowers and your vegetables. But I’m here with Mike Fodge from Azomite. How are you doing today?

Mike Fodge:

Doing great. Doing great.

Sherri:

We want to tell people about using it on your trees in conjunction with your rest of your landscape.

Mike Fodge:

Sure.

Sherri:

So we’re standing here in front of this amazing water oak. Let’s talk about some of the benefits that you’ll receive if you use Azomite on your trees.

Mike Fodge:

So one of the things we’re going to do with an application is put back micronutrients the tree probably never has seen or heard of. Needs it, but never had it. So we’ll do that by applying… In a tree like this size, we don’t need to go around the trunk of the tree. We need to go out to the drip line. And what I would recommend, if you don’t have a manicured lawn, rough it up a little bit and then apply just around the tree, the drip line, and then water it in.

Sherri:

And you would do this with a fertilizer spreader, right?

Mike Fodge:

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Sherri:

So you could just dump your Azomite in the fertilizer spreader, go out around the drip line of the tree.

Mike Fodge:

Yes.

Sherri:

Okay. And then water it in.

Mike Fodge:

Right. So if you’re fertilizing and using the Azomite on your lawn, the likelihood is your tree is in the landscape.

Sherri:

Yes.

Mike Fodge:

So if you’re going by it, don’t worry. You’ve done it.

Sherri:

Yes.

Mike Fodge:

Because trees are always going to take care of themselves first.

Sherri:

Right. They win the competition.

Mike Fodge:

They win the competition. So that’s why I also recommend a little heavier application. Particularly in residential landscapes, because the trees are going to get what they deserve and then everybody else gets what’s leftovers. So let’s give a little bit to all of our plants.

Sherri:

Right. And just a reminder, Azomite is a mineral supplement. It’s not a plant food.

Mike Fodge:

That’s right.

Sherri:

So you would still want to feed, but then add your Azomite and that’ll give you that immune response that we’re looking for. It’ll make your trees more resilient to insects and disease. And it’ll actually soften the soil profile when… Under our oak trees, we deal with a lot of compaction, right?

Mike Fodge:

Yes, absolutely.

Sherri:

And so it’s going to go down into the roots and then up through this beautiful tree up into the leaf system, making it more resilient to insects.

Mike Fodge:

Absolutely.

Sherri:

Awesome. Well, thanks for the info, Mike. That’s great.

Mike Fodge:

Yeah.