fertilizer

[Hedge]

Gosh you were up early mind you I was up late

Mine is the chempak yellow pot of crystals that you add a tiny spoonful of to every two pints of water and it's just called Chempak orchid Fertilizer. It's 35-10-10 but quite a lot of the N is from Ureic nitrogen(28.3%) which I seem to remember reading somewhere that isn't too great.

hope that helps

Heather

[Cym Ladye]

Herf,

You cannot go too far wrong with a balanced fertilizer made for orchids and use it at diluted strength for your phals.

When I had a greenhouse of phals, I used a balanced fertilizer made by Grow More, diluted 1/4 strength and applied every three weeks with the fourth week a flush. I tend to avoid the expensive potions and found Dyna Gro no better than what I was using. There are many brands out there, some with urea and some without; some with more trace elements than others but all of them will work better than nothing.

I do not know in which area of the US you live; where you grow your plants; how much light they get; or what mix they are in. These factors will all affect the absorbing capabilities of the fertilizer you choose.

I hope this helps generally but I know there are several phal growers out there with more specific information.

Good Luck,

CL

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Hedge

Gosh you were up early mind you I was up late

Mine is the chempak yellow pot of crystals that you add a tiny spoonful of to every two pints of water and it's just called Chempak orchid Fertilizer. It's 35-10-10 but quite a lot of the N is from Ureic nitrogen(28.3%) which I seem to remember reading somewhere that isn't too great.

hope that helps

Heather

Yeah, I was up early. I had to be on-call for work, waiting specifically for a call from Israel and they are two hours ahead (sunday is also not a weekend over there). So I was on-call from 7am and he finally rang arround 1pm. Not that I mind, it was a very important call and I got brownie points from my boss for being willing to take it on a Sunday.

Anyway, that sounds like a different fertiliser to mine, but from the same company. I'm not sure how much of the Nitrogen in mine (10-3-3) is from Ureic nitrogen. But my Phals and Dend have done well with it. I'm hoping the new Paph will do just as well.