forsythia

This may be slightly off-topic, but I know someone on this list can provide
the answer, so:

our (newish to us) home has a large stand of forsythia which had been
allowed to grow without much attention, and last year we cleaned them up,
and picked them up, and when they bloomed it was lovely, very full, very
colorful;

this year there is less bloom;

I was told that a garden designer says to cut lilac back by every third
shoot to keep it in the best condition;

would this work as well with the forsythia?  There is the old bushes, but a
lot of new shoots too.  

Of course, I plan on giving it some fertilizer as well, and am wondering
when is the best time for that?

Here in zone 5, the bushes are in full bloom.

TIA

Isabelle Hayes

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