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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
We planted this Japanese 4 years ago . It was only 3-4 inches tall when planted . It is now 38 " tall so it's been growing fine . Until this year . Usually by this time of year it has new buds , there are none so far . The trunk and limbs still have the reddish/orangish color . When I bend the limbs they flex they do not break . I even gave the trunk a good pull to see if it was rooted and it didn't budge .
We had a cold winter for here in Georgia with many frost mornings . Maybe the cold stunted it ? And this spring has been VERY wet so not as much sun as usual . Also the deer like to nibble on it . So based on the pic do you think it will make it ? Is there anything I can do to help it along ? We have not used any fertilizer on it .
It is next to the driveway which gets noon to afternoon sun when it's not raining  . Any advice is appreciated . And the snake on the rock is a fake rubber one
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Personally, I'd do something about the bolded part. Granted, I live in Arizona so getting things to grow is a lot different here than in Georgia. Having said that, we planted some fruit trees early last year (2 pears, 1 peach, 1 cherry). The cherry was a little sapling. We bought some specialized fruit tree food that you apply to the soil on a schedule (basically once a quarter). Our trees are doing phenomenal.
Unfortunately, I cannot think of the name of the product but I'd look into that...baby trees need food.