I'm growing four christmas palms from seed in 6 inch pots(roughly). All of them sprouted around 4-18-08 and each of them have two large leaves and range from 4-6 inches tall. My question is when should I fertilize them, and if anyone has any good palm fertilizers they would recommend, and how much I should use at this point. Thanks so much.

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You can get palm fertiliser at Home Depot or use 13-13-13. Or Miracle Gro.

As far as fert that is not time release follow the instructions. In fact, I generally use less than it says with those. With Osmocote you can put a bunch on BUT be careful because it does not go away. In fact, it can replace the dirt around the roots and then the plant will die.

It's in a pot or container? I'd just stick with Mircale Gro fert as well as their potting soil. I fixed up a sad fishtail with their dirt. Did more than any fert could ever do.

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WOAH WOAH slow down, you don't want to add any kind of hard core fertilizer because it will kill your Christmas palm. The 13-13-13 is ok but I'm talking about 7-3-7. I did some test on my Canary Island Dates and i used 7-3-7 and it didn't help them grow any faster. so just do some research before adding different fertilizers. :)

They will do fine as long as they have well draining soil and some TLC.