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Re-potted with fresh unfertilized soil after over fertilization. How long to wait to fertilize new soil


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I recently over fertilized my cyrtostachys renda. I removed the soil from the roots and repotted with unfertilized soil and watering it really good. 
 

I guess that was the right thing to do, not 100% sure, still a noob when it comes to palm trees.

 

My question is, how long should I wait to fertilize again (a much smaller dose this time of course) so I don’t have any deficiencies. 
 

thanks! 
 

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I would hold off for at least a few months or even spring. I assume you know lipsticks are highly cold sensitive and have no hope of surviving outdoors during your winters. I once grew red and green lipsticks under shade cloth on my back lanai in FL. They grew to be quite huge until their spears threatened to tear into my domed screening - at which point I sold them to a guy in Clearwater who knew little about them. I'm sure they're long dead.

Here is what I did and what I suggest: Never let them dry out - ever. I kept their pots sitting in a large tray of water set upon very sturdy rolling carts. I monitored the water in the trays daily so they would never run out of water. If I left town I had a relative drop by every couple days to monitor/refill the trays. Second, do not leave them outdoors when temps fall below 50F. If that happened my husband and I rolled the carts into the house through sliding glass doors. They stayed indoors until outdoor temps reliably rose above 60F. Eventually the palms got so big and the pots so heavy that we had trouble moving them. That's when we sold them the following summer in 2012.

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Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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Thanks for the info. I hope mine will some day look like yours!

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