what are you using for fertilizer?

[nucci60]

Hi everyone, the newbie is here again. I was just wondering what everyone was feeding their palms with,both planted and potted. By the way, wheres everybody? no one is posting.

[Okanagan desert-palms]

Nucci welcome to the forum. I use "Superthrive" for the roots also I use "B1 Thrive alive" for helping the palms uptake of nutrients and then just a quality 20/20/20 with micronutrients plant food once a month depending on the species. Hope this helps.
John

[Jay-Admin]

Hi Nucci,

I use superthrive as well and mostly 20-20-20.

Regards,
Jay

[ryan]

I'm trying to get my T. Fortunei as big as possible so I'm using 30-10-10 and I know, I know it is high in hot counts, but seems to be working. New fronds are coming up at rate of about 1/2" per day. I'm using it once per month and I will stop at the end of july so the new growth will have a chance to harden off. I water it about every 4 days or so if it hasn't rained. Do you think that is enough water for T. fortunei? The plant has a foot of trunk.

[nucci60]

ryan, is yor trachy in the ground? Thanks for your advice everybody?

[ryan]

Yes it is in the ground, I planted the trachy late April. I think I did a good job transplanting it because there was no trauma to the plant whatsoever. I do not think that TF is very root sensitive, as long as the right soil conditions are met it does fine?

[Wes North Van]

Fortunei are very easy to transplant. Ryan you are right they are not very root sensitive, not like brahea armata.
I just use miracid 30-15-15 twice a year, once in March and another in early August and one shot of epsom salts in early spring.
Works for me.