planting masdevallias

[escualida]

Originally Posted by OhioBob

What is the best way to fertilize with this setup? I bought a masdie recently and have thought about doing this too since I need to water it before and after work. I didn't realize how much water they liked and it was a good price. With fertilizer in the glass bowl I envision seeing green soup in no time.

I have a masdie in S/H and made the mistake of overfertilizing, this killed all of the new growths... I had to flush it out a lot before it started to get new growths again and now I'm really careful just in case.

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Originally Posted by escualida

I have a masdie in S/H and made the mistake of overfertilizing, this killed all of the new growths... I had to flush it out a lot before it started to get new growths again and now I'm really careful just in case.

This is a good point. They don't need too much fertilizer to bloom or grow right.