Steven, That is a really nice epi. Don't feed it until after it blooms. In the summer, i set mine under my oak trees and they get watered and fed right along with everything else. Then in november when the temps begin to drop into the 50's at night, I move them into a building with heat and a huge glass window. They then only get watered about every 3 weeks. They seem to love it. Some of them are more than 8 feet long now.