Propagate guide

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Watering mastery

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Fertilizer mystery reveal

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Tips & tricks for cutting

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Plant pot secrets

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Common pests

Frequent diseases

Botanist’s tips

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It is important that newly transplanted cabbage palm trees receive water frequently. Once the tree has become well established, however, you can cut back on the watering significantly. The cabbage palm is capable of surviving periods of drought. Water your newly-planted sabal palm tree two or three times per week for the first six months. Water established palms deeply to soak the base of the tree at least once every two weeks during dry spells or droughts.

Water

Choose a sunny or partly shaded site for the palm.

Sunlight

The plant will tolerate any type of a well-drained soil.

Soil

Feed your newly-planted sabal palm 1 oz. more of slow-release palm tree fertilizer per 3 in. of trunk diameter immediately after planting it. Apply a 12-4-12 or 13-3-13 NPK slow-release palm fertilizer two to four times per year to your established sabal palm tree.

Fertilizer

These palms like warm temperatures. Temperatures below 11°F (-11°C) can kill the plant. Cabbage palms are particularly well-adapted to the Southeast, and they are the state tree of both South Carolina and Florida.