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heather__michigan

Fertilizer ?

16 years ago

Hi folks, I'm just a novice that would appreciate a little help.

I have 3 phals. that I have owned for about 5 1/2 years they arre all NOIDs that I "rescued" from work (family owned greenhouse, .. not MY family ;) They are all very healthy although 2 of them have been extremely slow growing (yes I know orchids grow VERY slow) My trouble is that in all those years none of them have shot out a spike. I did not used to fertilize for several years but I have been fertilizing religiously, weakly.. weekly for a full year now. Seems to me one of them should have flowered??

Anyhoo. The balance of this Schultz brand orchid fertilizer that I have been using is 19-31-17. My place of work just started carrying a different balance for orchids which is 30-10-10. I'm wondering if one is used more for plant growth and one more for flowering.

I am aware that some orchids require a drop in night temp. to flower and there can be other variables as well. I'm sure my phals. are just run-of the mill orchids.

Thanks for reading, and I would aappreciate any help you might have.

Thanks, Heather

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