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What is your Palm fertilizer preference?

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Yesterday at 12:30 PM1 day

I am curious if community members would share their preference for the type of fertilizer they use on their palms. I have been using Carl Pool for a few years with very nice results, but I see so many different palm specific products out there and just wanted to get some crowd-sourced input on what people think is the best. Share your thoughts!

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Yesterday at 12:57 PM1 day

Liquid seaweed extract, fish emulsion, osmocote or nutricote slow release. Chicken pellets. There are so many different brands of fertiliser out there on the market. What is available in Australia may not be available in other countries.

It depends on if you want organic or synthetic fertiliser.

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Yesterday at 01:12 PM1 day

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12 minutes ago, happypalms said:
Liquid seaweed extract, fish emulsion, osmocote or nutricote slow release. Chicken pellets. There are so many different brands of fertiliser out there on the market. What is available in Australia may not be available in other countries.
It depends on if you want organic or synthetic fertiliser.

I do use the regular osmocote a lot for all my other plants. The higher phosphorus isn't an issue?

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Yesterday at 01:33 PM1 day

New to the palm world so this might be ignorant of me to say but Fairchild botanical garden has a Lodoicea maldivica “Coco de mer” they have stated it to be doing well and growing more lush then before. results through the reverse osmosis water process they use.

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Yesterday at 01:54 PM1 day

35 minutes ago, MichaelB said:
I do use the regular osmocote a lot for all my other plants. The higher phosphorus isn't an issue?

A little goes a long way, less is best. A good rich well draining soil medium is another good way to feed palms, get your soil right from the start and a lot of your nutrient deficiency problems are less of a problem. Also overwater will cause a lot nutrient problems, locking up your soil. This is critical to container growing. If in the ground good rich healthy mulch will greatly help, and animal manure.

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Yesterday at 03:13 PM1 day

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1 hour ago, Wizard said:
New to the palm world so this might be ignorant of me to say but Fairchild botanical garden has a Lodoicea maldivica “Coco de mer” they have stated it to be doing well and growing more lush then before. results through the reverse osmosis water process they use.

Whaaaaat!? 😍