Growing orchids in horsemanure

[michael alevras]

Originally Posted by shakkai

Great minds think alike, Becca! I just posted a link to the information on this site in another thread here about natural fertilizers....

i use blood and bone on some of my cymbidium orchids and also use comfrey and dynamic lifter last year tried super phosphorus and didnt do any good done more damage on plant most succes had was dynamic lifter got 17 flowers on 1 cymbidium orchid this year trailing comfrey and blood and bone.comfrey fill up drum with comfrey leaves and fill it up with water wait 5or 6weeks then mix 1 litre comfrey in watering can with 7 litres water also do same with dynamic lifter

[michael alevras]

i also tried horse manure but was getting to many weeds saw it on website a couple of years ago

[michael_exler]

I have been using 100% horse manure on my Cymbidium as a test, just a simple home experiment to see if the results were posative or negative.
I recieved the Cymbidium (4 SBs) and potted it in a standard mix, it bloomed right off as it was the season and started a single new growth.
After it finished blooming i repotted it in 100% horse manure.
2 weeks after i notice 2 more new growths, that makes 3 new growths on a 4 SB plant.
There have been no problems with smell (smells like fresh cut grass) or fert burn so far.
My understanding is that Cymbidium do well in this culture, but I would not suggest doing this to a Phalaenopsis or any other true Epiphytic orchid.

[michael alevras]

you might get better results if you make it liquid fertilizer.