To Fertilize or Not?

[Blueszz]

Originally Posted by qbie

You have converted me into a fertilizer-believer

Today I noticed one of my phals has a new growth from the stem. Doesn't look like a root to me, so I think it's a spike. Last year's spike didn't die back all the way so I left what was green and a new spike has already started to form off the remnant. This could be the first time I have a Phal with 2 separate spikes coming from the base. It did produce 2 spikes a couple years ago, but it was actually one spike that formed off an old spike that ended up branching.

I think the reason I don't think I really saw any benefit from fertilizing my Phals before was because when I started to fertilize them in the past, by then my cultural conditions weren't so favorable anymore

Way to go!
Show off your Phal once it is flowering <3