baking soda on orchids?

[Donald]

Why are so many people interested in chemicals. Orchids don't get them in their natural habitat. I'm no professional and all I feed my small collection is Neptune Fish & Seaweed and occasionally when I want to "bud up" an oncidium or cymbidium I'll give them 6-30-30. It's unbelievable how many orchid concoctions are out there. Sorta like fishing lures in a sportiing goods store. The fisherman gets "lured in" and the true fisher of man is the store itself. Same with orchid fertilizers. I guess whatever floats one boat. Go for it. Happy Growing and upcoming Holidays.

P.S. Oh yea! Then there's the epsom salts,listerine,409 and now on another thread beer and lord only what else.