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Old 04-25-2012, 08:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Chinese fan palm not growing.

When they have size they don't transplant well with disturbed roots unless you cut most of the fronds off AFTER you root prune (but more importantly right before you dig it up, for most palms in general) - and then dig it up 3-6 weeks after and even longer to make sure.

Also if you do the transplant when it's cold/cool out it won't be happy.

I've transplanted some rather large ones (multi-clumped) and most of them died. It does depend on how many roots you can get/having a decent sized root ball.

They're slow growing plants anyway, which is odd seeing that they are nothing much more than a chinese weed.

Transplanted palms should not be fertilized with any granular fert, only foliar, for at the very very least 3 months or until new fronds have emerged, more so if you've removed most of the roots for the transplanting (like a Sabal or Queen palm).
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