I watched the Smith Gardens video about vf-11 on YouTube.
They use it in a hose/spray bottle application, and just about on anything and everything, all over the leaves and the soil. No other fertilizer. Once a week.
Sorry, that's all I know.
Ingrid

I had to look it up! BUT it sounds good.. Be sure to let us know how it works...My plants would probably enjoy something other than cow poop..LOL ;O)

Kylie

Lol Kylie!!...It sounds better than miracle grow.

knotz

Never heard of it but the hoya forum raves about it. Shipping is too expensive for me. Sounds like superthrive or something similar. I never fertilize my hoyas and they bloom and grow like crazy. I always thought they got most of their nutrition from the leaves. Maybe foliar feeding with this stuff? My conditions are so different from most of them, heat, humidity and the plants live outside year round. They all like to grow theirs in a soilless mix also. I'm not a fan of those. I like dirt. Probably because our yard is sand! There is no information on the ingredients of this product.
Tally HO!

Karyn have you seen any difference? I found some at a going out of business store today for 50% off and it was 5.00 for a gallon jug. If it is good I will go back and by the other bottle. LOL

I checked up on it and it sounds really good to use.
To save Canadians the time...it's not sold here.
Thanks for another tease anyway...lol
- Sandy

karyn1.....I have used Eleanor's VF-11 for about two years now on all of my houseplants. My hoyas love it! Before I started using VF-11 my hoyas never bloomed...now that could be my fault but after using VF-11 I've gotten three of them to bloom. I just mix four capfuls per gallon of water and Iuse it every time I water with nothing else. On Eleanor's home page she use to have a place where she will send you a small bottle for $3.00 to cover S&H. I think it was an 8 oz bottle. I did that first in case I didn't like it but ended up stocking up.

It has my vote!

Linda

I had to look it up too. Let us know how it works :)
I'm trying bunny poo and chicken manure on mine this year.

Well it sounds like I should go buy that other bottle they had two. I know I saw somewhere that someone was using it with good results. So I did a search last night and saw this post and revived it to see if Karyn had good results.

Karyn where are you?......LOL

Bump

I can't say that I've noticed any great improvement with the VF-11 though I wasn't using it during the active growing season for the majority of my plants. You aren't supposed to use any additional fertilizers, micronutrients, etc with the VF-11 so I'll continue using it on the hoyas a while longer but am switching back to my regular fertilizer regiment with all others.

Thanks Karen. Since my Hoya did not do good last year I will try it this year on the Hoya and see what happens. Atleast I know it did not respond to Schultz fert

LOL, Lenette! I am lucky to get a huge load of composted chickie poo myself this year, for my veggies and for my brug seedlings. Hope to have more blooming (seedlings)this year. Last year's cool summer was not good for that!
Karyn, sorry you did not have a good trial for the product you mentioned.
This is the second year I am using mychorrizae on the brug seedlings, to really get them going outside with a good root system. And I water it in once a season on my potted mature brugs. I have noticed a definite difference with my seedlings, not so much my other brugs. So, I will continue to use it on my seedlings only. I have heard that michorrizae is not good for some plants but can't remember off the top of my head what they are.

I've never used chicken poo but I do use bunny pellets. I use mycorrhizal fungi on everything. We also innoculate the fields at the farm with mycorrhiza thru the irrigation system. I didn't realize that it was bad for any plants. We absolutely noticed a difference when we began using it, probably about 10 years ago. The only problem is that you can't use any type of pesticide once the soil has been innoculated or you kill the mycorrhizal fungi so it's only good for organic gardeners.