How to fertilize orchids
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I have often been asked the question, how do I fertilize my orchids and what do I fertilize them with.
In this video I will be highlighting step by step just how I fertilize my orchids. You will see the entire process and the fertilizers used and why I use them and how they help the orchids.
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List of Fertilizers used
1 tsp./gal. 20-20-20
1 tsp./gal Magnesium sulphate
1 tsp./gal Calcium nitrate
1/2 tsp. / gal. Iron chelate
1/4 tsp. / gal. Superthrive
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Yeah shoutout I'm from the Philippines 🇵🇭 too (originally) but living in the US🇺🇸 now.
Wonderful
Thank you Rose! Cheers!🥂🙏💖
Nice information mam
Thank you so much 🥂
I wish I could grow my orchids like you do but because of the cold temperatures during wintertime I opted to just grow orchids indoor .
Hello Rose, I know right! It's really nice to be able to grow all year round outside. It is what it is as every where you go there will be advantages and disadvantages. Good that you are still able to grow your orchids indoor. Thanks for stopping by. One love.
Wow! You really feed those beautiful orchids no wonder they are always blooming. Love the sprayer want to get one too. Thanks for sharing.
WOW-LUSH
😎 Thank you David. 👍
Great job as usual. Loving every moment of it. Keep it up
Hello there Kelly, thank you so much, really happy you are loving it. Lots of blessing to you!!
Wonderful video I love this 😍
Hey Gianni, I'm so glad you like it. Thanks so much for watching. Have a blessed day. Cheers!
Good evening orchid doc. Grate video. Always looking forward for new shows. Keep up the good work Thanks 🙏 bless 👍
Hey Donnett, thank you , much appreciated. Blessings!!
Just love what i am seeing Doc. Learning a lot from you.
Hey Valrie, I'm so happy you are loving and learning from my videos. Thanks a bunch for watching. Blessings!! 👍🥂💖
Goodmorning from Suriname mam, I enjoy watching your video with those beautiful orchids. I'm very bad with nursing orchid so when I came across your video I decide to follow you and you are so clear with your information.I hope I can do better this time. Thank you so much for sharing😘..I will still watching all you videos and you are a lovely woman🤗🤗
Hello there Lily, it's really good that you are tuning in from Suriname and that you are enjoying my videos. 💃. The idea behind my channel is also to inspire persons to want to grow and to improve in growing orchids. I am sure once you continue to watch the videos you will be inspired to improve on you nursing strategies with your plants. The key to beautiful plants is being consistent. So happy to have you on board and thank you for the lovely comments. One love from Jamaica.🥂😎👌💖
Great tutorial !👍🏼💚🍃
Thank you Nel! I'm so you found it to be. Cheers!
Amaizing Garden and orchid collection!!
Hello friend, thank you so much! Cheers!
Great content! Lovely blooms! Have a great week.
Hey Paula, Thank you! You too!
Enjoyed watching your orchid care video.
Hey Pat, Thank you so much 🙂
Wonderful orchids! The video is very clear and informative! Thank you very much for sharing
Hello, thank you so much for your beautiful comments and for watching. Cheers!!
Thank you very much. Was awaiting. Will have to search for the iron and vitamin to try. Very informative. Thanks indeed. And oh the blooms so PRETTY
Hey Tarja, I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching. Best of luck.
Lots of ❤ from St Lucia.
Hey Lisa, well received. Right back at you. One love.
Loving the blooms.....Thanks for the lesson ...couldn't pay for this.😃
You’re welcome 😊 thanks for watching.
Beautiful garden. Awesome blooms. Keep safe Doc.
Hey Beulah, Thank you so much, I will. You keep safe as well.
Hi mam..amazing orchids you had...love it..and also when I watch the blog you made about your friend garden tour...super bless garden and orchids she had
Hello Lynie, good to hear from you. I'm happy you love our orchids. Thanks so much for watching. Lots of blessing to you. 🥂
Your orchids are really beautiful. Gorgeous 💗. Can you list the ingredients you use for fertilizing.
Please check the description. I have recently added them there.
Wow beautiful orchids❤️❤️
Thank you so much Lea 😃
awesome i am ready to set up my vanda garden. thank you.
Hey Angelia, lovely!! you go right ahead. I'm sure it will give you lots of joy. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers!
Nice collection of beautiful orchids... Very helpful sharing about your fertilizer routines... 😍😍👍
Hello Alex, thank you so much. I'm glad you found it to be helpful. Cheers!!
Love your orchids mama❤️
Hey Rowen, so glad you doooo!! 💖🥂😊
wow your orchids are looking gorgeous is your yard... Congrats
Hey Sandra, thank you so much. In spite of the limited time that I have, I try my best.
Gorgeous orchids. I do much the same with my orchids plus air plants, I love them. I live in Perth Western Australia, and it’s very hot in our summer. Just been through a record of over 2 weeks of above 42 degrees every day. Autumn coming in march might give some relief, I hope. Managed to keep my plants alive using shade cloth barriers which are removable. Thanks for your advice and sharing how you grow orchids. Stay safe.
Hello Maureen, It's great having you visiting my channel from down under. Ok, I'm sure you are seeing some good results and lots of blooms based on your fertilization method. Wow!! That temperature was really hot, I'm happy you actually covered the plants to protect them. We are going into spring and I really look forward to that. Thanks for stopping by, happy growing and best wishes from Jamaica. 🥂😎👌💖
I am learning so much from you. I use only 20 20 20 for fertilization. The next time I go to the Agricultural store I will buy some of what you use.
Your Orchids are looking so beautiful.
Hi Pamella, I am so happy you are learning from my videos. You could also try different formulation of the fertilizer depending on what you want to achieve. I'm happy you love my orchids. Sometimes the maintenance gets more than me. Lol.
I'm a new subscriber watching from the UK 😊🇯🇲🇬🇧
Hey Sharandie, welcome to my channel and thank you so much for tuning in from the UK. Warm blessings from Jamaica.
Your orchids r royalty, well fed😂😂 that's why they r such " show-offs". Looking beautiful as usual. Thanks for sharing.
Royalty is right!! You can say that again 😊. I believe they repay me with blooms for the expensive diet that I feed to them. Thank you so much for watching. Have a blessed week.
Hi my new Dr. Where do you get that awsome sprayer. Would love to buy . Love your program new to your channel
Hello Myrna my new friend, welcome to my channel. You are in for an awesome adventure. I actually bought it on Amazon, they have many different types. I will place the link in the description. Blessings and one love 🥂💖👌
כול כך מקסים ומרשים👍 !!!😍😍😍
אני כל כך שמח שאתה
חושב כך. תודה רבה על הביקור. לחיים!!
Lucky to be in such a hot area of the world…. Here in canada they would rot so badly if we got water in the crown of any orchids. Those vandas are so pretty
Hello Peter, I am really grateful that I have great temperatures all year round. It can really get hot at time, but I love it nevertheless. We do suffer from crown rot here as well especially in the area where I live, however we treat the plants with fungicides to prevent it. Thank you so much for stopping by and one love from Jamaica. 💖🥂🌴.
Nice to see you are doing good and healthy amen to that. Hello mi wah know what a gwan wid di jamaican orchid series talk to mi mama. Blessings to you and your family
Hey Terek, thank you, I feel really blessed to be up and about again. Lol, the Jamaican orchids series!! Yuh know how it go, you have to mix up the ting. Soon drop another. That why mi have to love unuh suh, unuh keep mi on track. Lol. One love mi fren. Blessings to you and your family as well.
Thanks much for this information 🪴💐🌸👌❤️
Hello Charmen, you are most welcomed. 🥂💖
Hello 😊 Thank you so much for the advice and tips. The watering was a major issue for me, I'm so afraid of the orchids getting root rot. I have some of my orchids in rocks and others in charcoal and coconut husk and they are in full sun but the heat has been terrible here for the past few weeks and I was wondering if I should water them more often. Great video, amazing fertilizing routine , I hope my orchids look as beautiful as yours one day. Warm greetings from TnT 😎🌴☀️
Hey Nicole , you are most welcome. Once you allow the orchids to dry out in between watering you should not end up with root rot. You have to be mindful of those in the coconut husk though as that medium has the ability to retain extra moisture, especially when they get old. The fact that you have them in the full sun though should allow for quick drying of the roots. I water more during the warmer time, as you get better results. Happy growing and best wishes. One love.
Thank you for sharing your fertilizing routine, I'm in love with that sprayer for a while now,definitely on my wishlist. Orchids are looking amazing, thumbs up👍
Hey Phiona, you are most welcome. Yes that sprayer is really an asset in my garden. Thanks for the love, I'm so happy you love the orchids. Do enjoy the week. Blessings.
Very nice mam easy way of growing orchids Thank you mam
Yes it is. I'm glad you like it. You are most welcome 😊. Happy gardening. 🥂
Thank very much for showing us how to take care of our orchids
@@pamelachisholm7249 You are so welcome. Please check out my other videos as I share my orchid experiences.
Good morning. Your garden is so beautiful.
I do pretty much the same routine. Water first and next day I fertilize.
Are your mocaras planted in the ground or in pots? I grow mine mostly directly in the ground, but I just have a few. Not as many as you have.
Hello Loretta, thank you so much. Oh yes that routine works well. My mokara orchids are planted in pots as I like to move them around. I'm sure your collection will grow overtime. I also started with a few and look at the amount I have now. Happy growing friend. One love. 👌💖
@@growingorchidsinjamaica Thank you. Hope to visit Jamaica some day and get to visit you.
Btw I live Curaçao.
I've learned that the spreader sticker should be added last.
Hey Phiona, ok. Thanks for that. It depends on the one you use though as some are actually water conditioners that adjust the alkalinity of the water, and so those are best added first eg. the pH plus. Thanks again. One love friend 💖🥂
Hi. I dissolve the magnesium in microwave and I have a small blender that dissolves either fertilizer or chemicals and blends everything together before I add to the hose end sprayer
Hey Ana, ok these are some great ideas. Thanks for sharing them.
Hi Orchid Dr…thank you for sharing your orchid journey in our beautiful island of Jamaica ! My little home collection of orchids benefit from your kindness in sharing your tips and advice…thank you again !
One question… where can we buy that sprayer, is it available locally ? Nuff blessings always ! 🤙🏼
Hello Nano, you are most welcome. I am so happy you are benefitting from my orchid growing experience. I actually bought the sprayer online. There are many different types and size that you can select from. I'm not sure if they are available locally, but who knows, if they are not yet here, they will be if the demand is there. Blessings and best wishes.
@@growingorchidsinjamaica thank you for your speedy reply 😀
Great video! Never use the spreader sticker with fertilizer , only when applying fungicide / insecticide treatments. Learnt something new 😊👍
Hey Anysia, thank you very much! Yes I use the spreader sticker for both to ensure that the products spread and stick. I'm happy you learnt something. Have yourself a great week.
Your plant's are smiling like you
Hey Stagez, yes they are and I am so happy for that. Thanks for your kind comment.
Good morning amrsavekoro please share
Your orchid garden is very beautiful. I am watching this video from Bangladesh. 🇧🇩💛.....
Well hello my new friend from Bangladesh. Thank you and welcome to my channel. Do you grow orchids as well?
Also I'm a fan of organic fertilizer. Do they need the chemicals? I generally use eggshells, urea, and fish fertilizer.
Those fertilizers works too. You don't have to use the synthetic fertilizers. The eggshells works well as it provides calcium. I use it as well. I don't use urea though. I've only tried the fish fertilizer once. As long as it works for you, use it. I'm basically just sharing some of my experiences. Thanks for watching and for the interaction. I really appreciate it. 🥂
Beautiful, ďid u plant them in stones or dirt ?
Hello Joan, they are planted in stones and charcoal. Thank for stopping by.
Winsome Anderson. Beautiful orchids.where do you purchase your fertilizer?
Hello Winsome, I purchase my fertilizers from different places. I use H & L Agro a lot, Evergrow garden center and just about anywhere that sells plant food. Do you mind saying where you are located? Is there any particular fertilizer that you are interested in?
Loving arms
Thank you Fructoso. 👌. One love 💖🌴🥂
Hello your orchids are so lovely. What is the medium of your orchids?
Hello Lorraine, thank you so much. I use mostly river stones mixed with charcoal to plant most of my orchids.
@@growingorchidsinjamaica New Subscriber here
Can u please tell me which Orchid i can buy to put outside in the sun on my palm tree that always blooms
@@jaunbonaysmith hello friend, I find that the vanda orchids does well on the palm trees and they blooms more than once per year. Here is what you could do though. You could put several different types such as phalaenopsis, cattleya and cattletonia orchids with that you should have blooms for most of the year. Best wishes friend. 👍🏽🥂
@@jaunbonaysmith BTW. Thanks for the sub.👍🏽
Wow..nicely explained .. the same fertilizer for orchids flowering or do you use any other combination?
Hey Arun, depending on what result I want I may use different combination. Sometimes I interchange with a high phosphorus if I want the plants to concentrate on rooting/flowering and a high potassium for blooms. Thanks for watching and I really do appreciate your comments. One love from Jamaica💖🥂👍😄🌴
@@growingorchidsinjamaica thanks for valuable information ..could you tell which fertilizer combination is good for flowering and rooting...orchid lover from India🌹
@@arunmuraleedharan2252 I find that 15-35-15 works well for rooting as well as flowering.
thanks. I will try and let u know the results.😊👍
Hi can you please post what formula you put together for you orchid as in this video thank you.
Hello Jennifer, I will list them in the description below.
I saw that 20/20/20 mix and was like wooooah. But since you're blooming and beautiful sis maybe it's working 👍🏾. I couldn't hear how often you fertilize. I'm about to get some orchids (from a commercial grower), and I was wondering about the schedule. I saw your coconut husk method and I love it. I plan to remove the growing medium and start a husk too. Should I wait until they're acclimated or do it right away?
Hello there, yes the 20/20/20 is a very important part of the fertilization routine, but if you can also use other nutrient formulation depending on the result you want. I feed every 7 days. Yes coconut husk method works especially if the plants get a lot of sun light as it helps to retain the moisture for a longer time. However you have to be careful when you use it as when it breaks down it can get very soggy and mushy and can cause issues. Therefore drain and frequency of water must be observed and managed.
In relation to your last question, Once the plants have a good rooting system you can do your adjustments. When I disturb them I use fertilizers that promote rooting in order for them to recover quickly. Happy growing!!👍🥂
How do you often fertilize your vanda orchids using MSG?
Hello friend, I only use MSG on my newly planted orchids and at that time I use it once per week. I do not use it as part of my regular routine.
Hi madam!!! I see that you are not using net to minimize the so much exposure of the sun in ur orchids.is it okay?? 🤗
Hello Jocelyn, most of us do not use net, but if you don't during the summer you have to water more frequently. This year for the first time I have decided to put net over them during the summer to minimize the sun exposure. I will take it off after the summer has ended though. One love 💖🥂👌🌴
Can you please send all the fertilizer ingredients and the amount
I could not get all of it on your site
I really like what you are watering and fertilizing
Thank you
Hey Janki, can you please send me an email and I will respond. 🙏
Can you please send the name of all ingredients and amount to use did not get it right on your site
I love your video
It is always better to use calcium nitrate seperately (however one can mix potassium nitrate and magnesium nitrate with calcium nitrate) rather than mixing it with other fertilizers as it's going to form insoluble precipitates.
Hello Vishwanath, I totally agree with you that the calcium nitrate should is better used separately. I have had that experience where it precipitates when I use to do largescale farming. However based on how I use it now, I realized that it doesn't react negatively with the other chemicals and form insoluble precipitate. Based on my experiments, I find that it precipitates if the mixture is highly concentrated and so I ensure that I dissolve them individually before adding them individually to the entire volume of water instead of to a portion of the entire mix. I find that this works for me.
Since I have been in agriculture/horticulture, this is the most I have utilized the chemistry that I'd learnt in school. Lol. Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate. 🥂
@@growingorchidsinjamaica thank you for your detailed explanation .. have a nice weekend.
@@vishwanath7073 you are most welcome. You have yourself a great weekend as well. 👍🏽
Do you also use this method for orchids that you have indoors?
Hi Marilyn, I really do not grow orchids indoor. I only move them indoor to enjoy the blooms, but there after I take them back out door or to the greenhouse. So I guess the answer to that question would be a no. 😎
Which parish do we have the most variety of orchid’s in Jamaica?
Hello Jacqueline, that's a very difficult question for me to answer as most parishes have an orchid society and so the same orchids are right across the entire island. Blessings and one love 💖🥂🌴
I have many dendrobium, vanda orchid plants.... Someone's said MSG is good for orchid to improve roots... Is MSG good for orchids... Please tell me.. Thank you... From Srilanka...
Hello there Adithya, Ok that's so great that you have many orchids. May be some day you could share some pictures with me on instagram or email. I have heard of persons using MSG on their orchids. I am just trying it for the first time. I am using it on newly planted orchids. A friend of mine has started using it on her newly transplanted orchids and we find that the new roots are growing really large. I am personally not consistent with the use of it so I can not give a true assessment. Thank you so much for your interaction, it's appreciated.
Any phals doc ?
Yes I do grow Phals.
What is the name of the sprayer?
Hello Xiomara, It's a Kimo backpack. The link is in the description box. Best wishes 🥂
@@growingorchidsinjamaica thanks so very much 👏❤️
Is this vanda orchid or mokara orchid......
Hello Adithya, most of them are mokara orchids. There are a lot of different crosses e.g. Aranda crosses, vanda crosses etc. So I would say a combination.
Is there an alternative not to use chemicals on the plants and soil?
Hello Jacqueline, yes there are many alternatives. Some persons uses banana skin, egg shells, coconut water , animal dung and many more. These are all organic and does the same thing to the plants as the synthetic fertilizers. Thank you so much for watching. 🥂💖🌴
@@growingorchidsinjamaica Thanks for your response. You are doing a fantastic job with growing and populating Orchids in Jamaica. At some point I would like to connect with you when I am in JA to visit your Orchid garden. 🙏🙌✊
Are you using tap water or rain water?
Hi Roselyn, I use rain water.
@@growingorchidsinjamaica ok. Thanks
Where can I get that spray bottle to buy?
Hi Muriel, thank you so much for stopping by. I bought it online.
@@growingorchidsinjamaica thanks for the response. I'll check Amazon to see if they carry the item. Please continue to share your orchid skills 😀
@@murielrose4055 yes they do. Than you. I will. Blessings
Hillo my friend good luck to your fertilizer thr plant journey please view my new upload video
Hello I sure will.
Too much ?? 😀😂
Hi John, that's because I use single fertilizers, however you can get fertilizers that are complete and so you don't need to add some many things. Thanks for stopping by.