Posted by Tom Broome on 4/13/2008, 10:19 pm, in reply to "Transplanting Sago Palm from nursery pot to my ceramic pot"
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: I would just like to know if I can
: fertilize with fish emulsion on my
: newly transplanted sago. And should
: i use B1 to help with shock. I
: never owned sagos before and I have
: read so much information, I'm
: confused! I just need lay-man
: straignt to the point advice on
: what to do.
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: thanx for your help!
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If you want a layman answer, I wouldn't use any of that c##p on a sago.
If all you do is move from one pot to another, it isn't going to shock at all. You would have to take all the soil off and half mutilate the roots, before it would shock enough for you to think about using something to compensate. These are really tough plants. If you took it out of the pot and threw it out in the side yard in the shade and didn't pot it up for a week, it would be alright.
Ok, fertilizing newly transplanted cycads. FI is really nasty smelling stuff and does hardly anything for a slow growing plant like a cycad, but if that is all you have, it is better than nothing. I usually wait about 3 weeks and then use what I would normally use for all year growth. (mentioned in my article)If you really wanted to make a big deal about getting new roots to grow quickly, you could get some triple super phosphate and put a little in the pot and it will root in way quicker and then after a month, use the regular stuff. TSP does not burn if used according to application rates. I love that stuff, especially with the softer plants that produce roots quicker than cycads do. This too is not needed because chances are, that plant will be in the new pot for a long time to come.
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