Hi Orchid team,
My apologies if there is a thread that has already been posted about this topic. I couldn’t find anything in my first read through, but I may have missed it.
I was wondering if anyone had some opinions and advice on using Dutch Nutrient Formula fertilizers for orchids and if anyone could share some info for me.
Specifically, I am interested in when I start to switch to the bloom formula from the growth and foliage formula. Right now one of my mini Phals are in bloom, but it has been for several months and the blooms are near their end. So should I just fertilize with the growth formula like the either ones not in bloom, or fertilize it differently with the bloom? And if that is the case, should I start the bloom fertilizer formula when the orchids are going to produce a spike in their growing cycle, or wait until the blooms have formed?
As a more basic question, would you water with the fertilizer enriched water (diluted fertilizer in 1 L of water for soil/bark potted orchids), or mist it with the fertilizer rich formula and then water as normal?
Thank you to anyone who posts. And again, if this has already been posted, could you point me to the right forum then? Greatly appreciated.
