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Fertilizing?
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I Currently provide a home to three Cactus Orchids in Virginia and have been looking for a good fertilizer, or soil conditioner that I can use, that wont burn or hurt the plants? Any help would be great.
Originally posted at 10:42AM, 6 August 2006 PDT
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epiforums (a group admin) edited this topic 24 months ago.
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Any balanced fertilizer of 10-10-10 is good for epiphyllums. One feeding per month is good during the growing months. Feb-May apply, 0-10-10 (alaska morbloom) for blooms.
Posted 24 months ago.
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Any well balanced fertilizer such as a 7-7-7 or a 10-10-10 during the summer every 2-3 weeks helps a lot, but as epiforums said, a 0-10-10 during the spring helps out a lot also.
Posted 22 months ago.
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Here in southern California, the growing/blooming season is year round and our epis live outdoors. After withholding feed for December and January, I begin February with a low (or no) nitrogen fertilizer to promote blooms (which will start as early as the end of the month!). Then it's a balanced fertilizer once a month from March until October. In early November, it's back to the low/no nitrogen feed to toughen new growths for what we laughingly call winter.
Then again, my mom's been growing beautiful epis in Massachusetts simply by over-diluting MiracleGro. Go figure.
Just remember that it's better to under-feed plants than to over-feed them.
Posted 21 months ago.
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Sorry it took me so long to reply I was on travel. Thanks for the Advice i will follow. Its been about 7months since the last set of blooms.
Thanks again
Flickart
Posted 19 months ago.
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