[GrowRR] Fertilizing

[Allan Ladd]

Hi Frank, feeding plants can be a very complex issue,

What type of plants do you prefer to grow?

 are you after foliage color or flower  size & color ?
allan



FZachariah at aol.com wrote:

> _How often (and what dilution strength) do you fertilize your bromeliads?_
> // 
> /In a message dated 05/13/06 05:31:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> allanladd at aapt.net.au writes:/
> *Have used full strength Aquasol (common liquid fertilizer N.P.K. 23. 
> 4. 18. available in Oz) on fastgrowing Guzmanias Vireseas and 
> Neoregelia seedlings and plants during peak growig summer growth, only 
> once a month with no adverse effect.  .....*
> *allan*
> ** 
> /In a message dated 05/14/06 05:11:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> kellogg at mail.sleekcom.com writes:/
> *I FEED MY BROMELIADS MONTHLY AND ON A REGULAR BASIS- ....*
> *MARY JO*
>  
> /In a message dated 05/13/06 05:51:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> ldolatow at tampabay.rr.com writes:/
> *We Don’t fertilize*
>  
> /In a message dated 05/13/06 05:07:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> abthom at pacbell.net writes:/
> *the answer is it depends ....
> Bruce*
>  
> Thanks for the responses.
> Bruce's answer seems best (or most diplomatic).
> If there is a consensus, it seems that it can be ignored and still get 
> attractive plants.
> The plant I damage most by 'over'-fertilization is Billbergia pyramidalis.
> (I use this as my indicator to tell me when to back off.)
> But I can get faster and larger growth on pups with dilute (0.25 
> tsp/gall)
> once a week. May not be your regime, but does anyone see some harm
> down the road with this?
> My plants are outside now and receive lots of rain here in Louisiana. 
> Can I water (not fert) every day during the summer or am I going to 
> create problems?
> Thanks again,
> Frank
>
>
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