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Slow Release Fertilizer with Orchids | How & why I use it, results & more!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2021
- Today we talk all about the slow release fertilizer that I've been using for the past half a year or so!
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Something I forgot to add: even if the release ends after 6-9 months, it's fine, winter is not a high feeding period for orchids. I will just add a few beads in spring in the pot with my tweezers, no need to repot :) also, just reminding you that in the description you will find additional links related to today's video and also links to my Orchid Care for Beginners series, Care Tutorials for Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, Oncidiums, etc., links to products I use & more! I receive so many comments and messages daily on all my platforms, it is impossible for me to get to all, but I try to link videos on the most common questions in the descriptions of my videos. You can also search for answers on almost ALL orchid related topics by typing in the TH-cam search bar 'missorchidgirl' followed by the orchid subject you want to learn more about! I have many many videos and I think you'll find a video from me on the subject, just in case I don't get to answer your comment. Thank you! 😘
Shameless promotion here: I love repotme's slow release fertilizer!! It's great for my catasetums for sure, & it's pretty good at not creating a lot of salt build up like some "built in" fertilizers that have come in bark & soils I've bought in the past. And it makes my life a lot easier lol
I’ve watched and used and shared your videos for guidance on growing my own orchids.... Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I made the switch to slow release 20-20-20 after you mentioned it working for you a little while ago and my orchids are very happy. It was too hard to properly soak all of mine with water soluble fertilizer at home.
I find slow release fertilizer a great way to make sure my orchids get fed anytime they get watered. During the rainy season we can get heavy rain showers daily. When that happens not only do I not have to worry about watering but with slow release I don't have to figure out how to squeeze in feeding between the rain storms. Whenever I water them they also get some kind of supplement like cal-mag, seaweed, probiotic or fresh aloe juice.
Never thought about the aloe juice!
Thanks Danny! Again very helpfull explenation and down to earth. Watching last weeks lot's of your older videos too and slowly starting to understand my orchids.
I have a fertilizer question for the next video. I know that different orchids have different fertilizer preferences. Can you try to separate orchid types/genera into a higher and a lower fertilizer group? I’m thinking that I could give the higher fertilizer lovers the slow release fertilizer booster and water all of the orchids with the MSU enhanced water at a rate that the lower fertilizer lovers would prefer. Or, I could mix up a higher percent fertilizer solution and water the higher fertilizer group all at one time, then mix us a lower percent solution and water all of the lower fertilizer group at a different time. What do you recommend?
Not sure...does she go over this in the individualized species' videos? I haven't seen them all.
As an orchid newbie, I bought Orchid Focus, both "Grow" and Bloom", based on your recommendation and based on what I read on the label in supplying micro-nutrients. Orchid Focus did an adequate job. My orchids did grow and bloom. When I ran low on Orchid Grow( which is quite expensive), I decided to add Miracle Grow with my Orchid Focus fertilizer solution. I did this also because you indicated that Orchid Focus was rather low in NPK amounts and you were not happy with its results. Since using this concoction of Orchid Focus and Miracle Grow, my 3 orchids have not stopped blooming once they set out flower spikes.The first one started blooming roughly late last February 2020. After the blossoms fell off, 1 side spike developed followed by a second side spike off the original spike. As they were forming new blossoms, a second new spike formed behind a leaf on the opposite side . Its is now February 9 and all the spikes are in full bloom.
This was not a freak/unusual experience. The 2 other orchids are flowering and holding on to the blooms much longer than I have seen them do before. One of the orchids I rescued about a year ago. It was dehydrated and had no roots. This orchid is now flowering with blossoms in full bloom on the side spike that grew from the original spike. These 2 orchids sent out spikes last May.
In addition, the leaves and roots have grown well beyond anything I have seen before on these Phals. Miracle Grow has always done an amazing job on the flowers and vegetables growing in my gardens. But without soil, plants need micro-nutrients in the fertilizers given to them. That is why I originally used Orchid Focus and not Miracle Grow. The combination of these two fertilizers has created results I never expected.
Hi DrinkingStar. Can you tell me the exact name of the Miracle Grow product your using. I travel a lot and I use Orchid Focus when I am home but it's not enough. I cannot ask my neighbour who water while I'm away to bother with fertilizing my plants. Is the Miracle Grow a slow-elease fertilizer. Hope to hear from you.
Amazing!! That sounds almost too good to be true! Which Miracle Gro fertilizer did you use and how often did you use the fertilizer mix on your orchids?
Fun video! I’ve been using time release fertilizer on my paphs and phrag in a self watering pot for a few months now. Always used it on my potted plants and summer veggies in greenhouse. I think its osmocote plus....Made balancing my work/life easier by not having to worry if I fertilized a plant or not and still enjoy my life side during the summer. With COVID greatly expanding my orchid collection....watering day has turned into a chore...no one likes a hobby turning into a chore. So I have been slowly introducing time release as I repot chids and looking forward to a fun and easy summer 😂
I used to use fish emulsion, liquid seaweed, and other liquids but in starting to see the light with Osmocote plus! Maybe once a season I'll do a LIGHT diluted liquid showering on certain plants. Only once they've expended themselves blooming or growing rapidly. Not on succulents or Hoyas, Peperomia, _Araceae_ etc.
i always confuse what the exact slow release dose for my cacti. now i finally know. tahnk you so much. i don"T have any orchid at all but i learn so much from all of your videos.
Great video Danny.. I have some repotting to do and I will definitely be adding a little slow release fertilizer to my media. Thanks for the info 👍
Can i also put granular fertilizer directly into the soil instead of mixing them into the water??
Thank you this was packed with great fertilizer information.
as usual more great info.. i think slow release my be the way for me.. time for some research... thanks
I’ve watched and used and shared your videos as guidance to growing my orchids, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Carole... Margaret Carole
I have to say I am upset with myself... When I repotted my collection I used your method and I honest to goodness thought about putting a few pellets of osmocote and didn't because I wasn't sure and I wanted to follow your method for the awesome results. My collection grew and grew and I continued to use different methods that you have used and I did have some really great results. However now I have at least 20 orchids I really need to re-pot and 💯 use the osmocote.... I feel like a 🐑 hahaha and the things is you always encourage us to try things hahaha but I just blindly followed hahaha thanks for this one Lady!
Hi. May i know all of them flowering too or just produce new branch of orchids? 😊
Thank you for sharing another great video. I enjoyed watching and would like to try that slow release fertilizer for my Vandas. 🤗💐
Thanks for this. Super useful 😀
I've been wondering for a while, do you still have that ''mysterious orchid'' that you weren't sure if it was a seedling of a ... stanhopea (??I think it was a stanhopea) or just a mislabeled plant? I was all your videos regularly but maybe I missed its update, love your content.
Hi Danny. Thanks for this timely video. I just purchased the slow release fertilizer from repotme and currently using on my collection also. Repotme comes with a measuring spoon that gives you per teaspoon per size pot. This is a terrific time to prepare for upcoming spring and getting orchids ready for vigorous growing season. Thought, perhaps put the fertilizer in a bag squeeze out air pocket then place into bottle to minimize moisture contamination ? I've had problem with MSU turning sour including airtight bottle ( mini mason jar ) storage. Think perhaps the slow release might be less hydroscopic ? Perhaps !! Thanks for terrific topic, discussion and shared experience.
I recommend buying the silica gel pads. Or the bead pouches. Whatever they are. The little packets that say "do not eat" - They come in various chips, cookies & medicines. I always save them, because there are just too many other uses! You can actually order varying amounts (pounds) of silica beads and make your own, with a sock, pantyhose, cheesecloth, etc.; if anything, it's more effective this way, because you can make them larger than the kind companies put in snacks. I also like putting them in stuff like spices and other foods.
Hoping I have those right now 😅 thanks so much for sharing your experience about it, it might depend on what kind of orchid the number of slow release. For bloom booster or seedlings 😁
Thank you for these tips on fertilizers. QUESTION: Would you recommend using MSU and slow release at the same watering time?
I use this slow release fertilizer, it helps, i think we produce in Trinidad, you can fertilizer every three to six months with using it.
Gotta love those banana fertilizers
Thanks homie! 😎 am in the U.S. 🇺🇸 does the “rePotme slow release fertilizer work the same?
I have been using 5-6 month Osmocot pro for about a year, though I am switching to the 8-9 month type. I use it as my main fertiliser. I do supplement it with a rotation of Calcium nitrate, CalMag, treatments or seaweed extract and the fourth watering is always a flush. The only ones I don't use it on are my Masdevallias and Draculas. My orchids are blooming and growing better since I switched.
Hi Patricia, where do you get the Osmocote Pro High K from? I am trying to find it. 🌸
@@suethompson6497 There are a couple of companies that breakdown the large bags(25kg) into 1kg or 3kg packs and sale them on eBay. For me, 1kg is more then enough to last a year. It is a 18-9-10+2MgO +trace elements. I believe the only thing it doesn't have is Calcium. Hence I supplement with CaN and CalMag.
@@patriciasorchids3999 Thank you Patricia, I will check that out. If this method of fertilising is working for you then I will definitely try it. I already use Calmag & seaweed extract. 🌸
@@suethompson6497 I think this is the manufacture's site which will probably give you a better information on the formula icl-sf.com/uk-en/explore/nursery-stock-perennials-pot-bedding-plants/osmocote-controlled-release-fertilizers/osmocote-pro/
I have been using Osmocote Plus for over a year and 20-20-20, 6-30-30 and 30-10-10 Orchid Grow More
WHAT TO DO WITH AN ORCHID - cattleya WITH VERY TWISTED LEAVES 10:49 on 12/29/22
You answered many questions that I wanted to ask. Multumesc
Would you switch to only slow release if it had all the nutrients the orchids needed?
I wanted to use the slow release fertilizer as a replacement for powdered fertilizer in water. (I find myself postponing watering if I’m too lazy to mix more, shame on me I know)
Also, how do you know if it’s too much fertilizer? Salt buildup?
Great video, by the way! You always seem to answer my questions just as I start to ask them! I’ve been thinking about fertilizer lately.
I don't use Osmocote because although originally the company manufactured little balls of fertilizer, now they use fertilizer-coated plastic balls that are left in the environment after the fertilizer is used up. I don't think that I want to add any more plastic to the environment. There are other good time-release fertilizers that don't use plastic beads and you get more fertilizer for your money.
I would love to see a care tutorial for rupicolous laelias!
I only have a single phaeleonopsis (sp?) and all fertilizers mix up in quart or gallon sizes. What can I use for my single orchid? Thank you.
Hi I'm hoping you see this comment, I'm wondering if you could answer a question!
Do these slow release fertilizer balls 'pop' easily and are full of liquid? I found one singular ball on top of the soil of my new White Fusion Calathea a month ago. I didn't think much of it, popped it and got rid. I've just found a couple more today and I'm undecided on what they could be. They are very easy to pop with very little pressure, and are liquid/gooey inside. Unsure if this is fertilizer or some sort of eggs!
Thanks.
Hi Danny! I'm from the US and I can't seem to find Osmocote Pro High K here. Is there a different type of Osmocote you recommend that would be available here?
Hi, no but I would definitely go for the slow release MSU on the rePotme website ☺️
@@MissOrchidGirl okay thanks Danny 🥰
Hi Danny, I've seen some growers speaking about micro plastics in some brands slow release fertilizers. Some type of mini plastic balls containing the fertilizer, which does not break down once the fertilizer has been completely dissolved. I'm still researching this but I was wondering if you heard anything similar. Thanks!
Proven Winners make a slow release fertilizer that can be purchased in the U.S. I use this product especially in my outdoor plants .... although nit right now .... it’s snowing ❄️
Tnx for the tips
How many times u fertilise your phragmepidium?
The true name for those 'beads' are prill. :)
Hello Dani! Thank you for this video. You say the slow-release is not a substitute for normal fertiliser. Could you elaborate on the why? Also how often do you reapply the slow-release? Thank you.
Hi, the slides that appear right after is what I meant 😉
Sorry if you have answered this in other vids but I’m brand new to all your channel- but what is the red brown stones??? Clay balls?? that some of your orchids are potted in???
too much talking
With my MSU fertilizer (same composition as yours, different brand), on the bag it says to flush the plant with water only every 4 watering. Is it very important?
Hi, if you are very very experienced you can create your own schedule, if you are a beginner, it's a great idea to always follow the label 😉 I almost never flush, unless I think I should.
Hi Danny.i have one phaphiopedilum that i have since january last year ,she is super gorgious and big.She right now have a flower spike that is opening one bud and is preparim more 1 ( mayby two) in the sides below the flower.I think that you whoud like to see photos of her.Hugs from a big fan from Portugal. ( i have alot of cimbidium uf you need some just say, the climit in the sumer is stupid hot 30 to 38c in the day and 24 - 28c on nigth time and in winter 10-14 c on day and 7- 9 in night time.
Hi, recently bought two phalaenopsis orchids. I watch your TH-cam videos religiously and saw you use osmocote slow release food. I've checked online to buy this but can only get it in tablet/capsule form. Will these be ok or too strong? Any advice will be great, thank you. Sue x
Hi, could you break the capsule maybe? That would be a bit more safe if you are not sure how strong the fert is and see what the dosage they recommend is as well!
@@MissOrchidGirl thank you, yes I'll order and do that. X
I was always wondering how to fertilise the self watering pots. As in the winter I hardly ever refill. Now I know. Slow release fertiliser it is
I just mix the fertilizer in the water, as I do in the summer. My self watering pots are indoors. The plants keep growing and flowering, so they are doing well.
I thought organic fertilizer can be prepared from raw materials? Example: Fermented fruits, banana peelings, etc. Just asking. Thank you.
Well.. I think a chemist with extensive knowledge of organic decomposition under poor micro biological conditions, who knows what materials break down into what components and has the means to measure the resulted nutrients, in order to dose them in accordance to orchid needs potted in small containers, with a relatively 'clean' substrate very different than soil could..theoretically.. pull it off 🤷🏻♀️ it's not like we're making compost piles to feed the vast outdoor garden space though 😉
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of the subtitling would have been appreciated 😁😘
You can enable subtitles in YT settings
On this particular video, I don't have the usual icon to do it, maybe a bug?
the language of shakespare is not my strong point
thank you for your answer
@@renesonse5794 only korean subs..
Why are all your subtitles in Korean? Lol haha
First comment! 💜🌸