interested in hearing peoples responces

[mattryan]

and happy new year to one and all. I was reading up on orchids and came across this paragraph from a culture sheet on orchids and I am very interested in hearing from anyone who has tried this or if it would work:

"Conventional wisdom used to dictate a fertilizer low in nitrogen and high in phosphorus until the buds began to form and then switch to high nitrogen fertilizer to get the most and largest blooms. Recent studies point to just using nitrogen-rich fertilizers throughout the process. While commerical or exhibition growers practise this, the hobbyist is better advised to use their normal fertilizer regimen if their phals are growing well."

Well I didn't know that you can or could change over to high nitrogen fert.(when growing a spike), also if you used high nitro. it would inhibit blooming. I am really interested to know if it does lead to bigger and better or just hype. Also can you use high nitro. fert. in winter, because I have a catt and some onc's and a slipper that are actively growing, but I've been giving them 20-20-20 afraid of getting leggy growths by changing to 30-10-10 as I was in spring and summer.

Thanks Cheryl