hi guys? anyone using beer on orchids?

[wallyworld]

Well....I rather drink my beer!!! I know I heard that it supposedly helps with bacteria growth in soil.

[Paul Mc]

Oh great! There goes my beer and my vodka! DARN! I guess me and my orchids will be singing together in the evenings, and suffering together in the morning.

Thanks for this thread! It has indeed been fun to read and quite amazing to read that you can use these things!

[bullsie]

There is a recipe using beer that Cactus growers use - beer, ammonia, epsom salts etc - that is used by some orchid growers (one Paph grower I knew uses only this recipe). I have used it for orchids and it does work nicely. But I never go with just one fertilizer exclusively. Couldn't tell you what long term success/failure is.