To rebloom phals, am I missing anything?
Hi, everyone. I am really hoping to finally conquer the rebloom. I've never done it before. I am going to put as much info as I can, so please bare with me.
I have 4 NoID Phalaenopsis.
However:
Two are mini's that only have 3 leaves, and each only produced one new leaf this year, should I encourage them to bloom? Or just let them do their thing?
Light:
They are all under an LED, sunblaster. I dont have a light meter, so the best I have is my phone (i know its not great), the average lux 2800/250foot candles. I had originally placed them around 1500 when I first got the light in January but was told with LEDs it should be half or third of that. Their leaves might be a bit darker than they should be? Light is on 10 hours a day. Should this be more or less?
Watering:
Water soak for 15 minutes once a week. Misted with water, in-between to avoid to much drying out of top sphagnum moss.
Humidity:
Winter time they have a humidifier close to them that runs 24/7, keeps them around 45%. So far this summer, air humidity hadn't dropped below 50% (Eastern Canada).
Medium:
Bark and sphagnum moss.
Fertilized:
Bi-weekly, half strength. 15-5-5.
This summer they have all grown lots of new roots. The minis grew one new leaf each and the regular ones grew 2 new leaves each.
What do I do now? Change fertilizer? Something for blooming? Should I put them outside at night, to get the temperature shifting for them? Will just putting them out at night shock them somehow?
I hope someone made it through all this. Thank you for your time and any information you can share with me.
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