Japenese cloud tree (ilex crenata) what can I feed it on leaves showing a yellow tinge?

I have a large cloud tree approx 2mtrs tall and it is showing signs of needing a feed can anyone give me a name of a ferlilizer I can buy over the counter at any good garden centre I am in the east midlands (staffordshire)

Japenese cloud tree (ilex crenata) what can I feed it on leaves showing a yellow tinge?
This plant is susceptible to iron and nitrogen deficiencies. It likes a pH 4.5 up to 7. A high pH can lead to an iron deficient soil as iron becomes unavailable if the pH goes above 7 or at the other extreme in a very acid soil it will be deficient. A soil test is the best way to find the exact nature of the problem.


If iron is lacking and the soil is alkaline it will need liming to bring the pH down, to reacidify. Iron chlorosis symptoms are green leaf veins with yellowish or paler (chlorotic) color between veins. Leaves can be smaller than normal but the pattern is the main diagnostic feature.





Iron can be sprayed in a soluble form like iron sulfite on foliage in the spring for quick but short term relief. There are soil spikes that will last a bit longer. But if the pH tests alkaline sweetening the soil is the best way to fix this problem. If the tree is chlorotic from low iron do not feed with nitrogen.





Nitrogen deficiency can look like iron deficiency with pale leaves, %26amp; stunted growth but lacks the distinctive patterning.


New growth emerges too pale but may darken with age. In some cases the veins will yellow more than the whole leaf.
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