Fertilizing Quote · November 2026

Sudha Uppala

23248 N 38th Pl, Phoenix, AZ 85050

Now that everything is in the ground, the next step is keeping the soil alive and feeding these plants while they settle in. Here's what our monthly fertilizing program looks like for your yard and what it costs.

Why Feed a New Planting

The first year matters most

New plants spend their first year pushing roots out of the nursery soil and into yours. The faster that happens, the faster they handle our heat on their own. What decides how fast is the life in the soil: the fungi, bacteria, and other microbes that break down organic matter and trade nutrients with the roots.

Phoenix soil is naturally low in organic matter, and a lot of yours sat under rock for years. The compost and mulch we put down at planting gave it a good start. Feeding it every month keeps that biology growing so the plants have a steady supply of nutrients instead of feast and famine.

Your yard also has a lot of heavy feeders. Mangos, mamey sapote, bananas, papaya, citrus, guava, hibiscus, plumeria, and roses all want consistent feeding to push new growth and fruit. The natives, the yellow bells, and the crossvine benefit too, just in a quieter way, with healthier roots and better flowering.

What the Program Includes

Monthly visits

Monthly organic liquid feeding. Every visit we spray the whole planted area with our organic blend, feeding the plants and the soil biology at the same time.
Compost three times a year. Fresh compost around the drip line of the trees and closer in on the shrubs, which keeps building organic matter under the mulch.
A recap video after every visit. You'll get a short video showing what we did and how things look, so you can see the yard filling in month to month.
A set of eyes on the new plantings. With this many new plants and a new irrigation system, monthly visits let us catch problems early. If anything looks off with the watering, we'll let you know so Garrett can take a look.

Everything is covered: the tropical sideyard, the trees, the rose garden and plumeria, the north side yard, the fence vines, the fireplace hedge, the front yard plantings, and the lawn.

Your Lawn

The lawn gets the same organic liquid feeding every month. The Catalyst blend works great on grass and really greens it up. Shade from the big tree is still the main thing holding that lawn back, so feeding won't fix the light, but it keeps the grass and the soil underneath as healthy as they can be, and it's the same program whether you keep the current turf or switch to St. Augustine later.

What We Use

Organic, soil first

Our liquid blend is built around Catalyst products. They're organic, high in fulvic acid, and feed the soil biology rather than just pushing quick growth. You can read more about them on the Catalyst site (click Products, then Home and Garden).