Kelpak and Quantum Total are not fertilizers, so these shouldn't have any effect as far as blooming is concerned. It's nitrogen you don't want to be giving in winter.
I would not dry them severely... in their habitat, they may not get much rain during the winter, but they have high humidity and moisture from dew. What they do get is more light in winter, again because there is little rain and therefore little cloud cover.
They don't want to be messed with in terms of temperature. You will need to grow them indoors during the heat of summer, but once the weather cools off, put them outside and leave them (let them acclimate) until it really gets too cold. I don't grow Cym sinense, I do know that it is a relatively high-elevation species, I don't know if it can tolerate as much cold as the full-sized ones but you should be fine down to 50 deg F. But again, that is assuming that they have been experiencing the seasonal temperature change gradually. You can't suddenly shock them and expect them to bloom. If they were going to bloom now, they would have started to initiate spikes several months ago. You need to give them the right conditions when they are setting spikes, in the fall, like September/October. What you do now isn't going to change their behavior. Any potting should happen in the spring, again once they're set, leave them alone and don't mess with them.
How long have you had the plants? If this is their first year for you, I think that you just need more patience. It takes a bit of time for them to establish in their new home. Did you get them already potted and established, or bare root? If bare root especially, then they just need another year (or more) If you have had them for two years or more, then you might have reason to be concerned. Otherwise, patience patience patience.
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