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Soil Sample and Fertilizer

NickRB223

By NickRB223
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NickRB223 Enthusiast

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Hey Everyone!

First post here. I live 30 min south of Columbia SC. All sandy soil, have planted sabal minor, needles, sabal palmetto, saw palmetto and Mediterranean fans.

Was looking to get some advice on whether or not to fertilize. If yes, recommend doing it in the fall?

 I attached a pic of our soil sample.

Appreciate any info/advice y'all could provide.

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kinzyjr Grand Master

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If your plants were recently put in the ground, then hold off until next year.  If they have been in the ground for a while, you can add fertilizer if you want. Most of your plants are natives, so they shouldn't have any nutrient deficiencies.  If you're going to do anything, do it relatively soon.  You don't want to have tender new growth coming out during the winter.

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47 minutes ago, kinzyjr said:

If your plants were recently put in the ground, then hold off until next year.  If they have been in the ground for a while, you can add fertilizer if you want. Most of your plants are natives, so they shouldn't have any nutrient deficiencies.  If you're going to do anything, do it relatively soon.  You don't want to have tender new growth coming out during the winter.

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Great! Appreciate your insight and thanks for the welcome! Could read these posts all day.

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The real concern is the ph of the soil. While it's not terribly low I'd work on that as well with some lime. Ease into fertilizers and try organics like sea kelp/weed or milorganite and definitely hold off til next year as last app should be mid month at latest to help them harden off for winter. Most stop in August I go out 1 month because I'm just a hair mad lol!

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43 minutes ago, mdsonofthesouth said:

The real concern is the ph of the soil. While it's not terribly low I'd work on that as well with some lime. Ease into fertilizers and try organics like sea kelp/weed or milorganite and definitely hold off til next year as last app should be mid month at latest to help them harden off for winter. Most stop in August I go out 1 month because I'm just a hair mad lol!

Great! Thank you

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