What’s wrong with my podocarpus?

ceriano

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I moved my podo to the west side of the house last month which gets intense sun in the afternoon. The leaves started wilting shortly after but I didn’t bother moving it. It has been outside for a couple of weeks with not much improvement. What should I do at this point? Leave it for now or should I trim some of the leaves hoping to get new growth? Please advise.
 

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ceriano

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Move it into the shade, or morning sun with afternoon shade. Let it recover for at least a month, then remove sunburned leaves.
Now all leaves have started to curl. At this point I’m not sure if it was the sun damage or something else is going on. Maybe I used too much fertilizer.
 

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Would love to hear an update @ceriano if you're able!! Hope it's made it!

Would also love hearing your approach/husbandry to this specimen (substrate, pH/water type(s), feeding, type of container etc anyting you're willing to share!) Have just 1 of these, they're my fave species or one-of so am real eager to see it at its genetic potential yknow?!!
 
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