What is a good fertilizer for orchids?

Answer 1

Tea

Used tea bags, which are high in nitrogen, are especially good for orchids. Compared to commercial fertilizers, tea bags contain organic matter that is nontoxic and does not smell bad. To use the tea bag, open it and empty the contents into the orchid pot. Apply tea once monthly in the spring and summer months.

Milk or Buttermilk

Both milk and buttermilk are animal products that are high in nitrogen because of their protein content. Additionally, because most people use them in their homes, it is a product that is easy to find and use. To use milk as a fertilizer, take an empty milk carton, fill it with water and swish it around. The dregs of the milk will be transferred to the water. You can then water your orchids with the milky water

Recycle to Give Orchids Important Nutrients

Orchids love calcium and potassium, and never seem to get enough. Saving eggshells and using them for orchid fertilizer is the cheapest and most efficient way to get needed calcium to your orchids. Crush the shells into pieces as small as possible or better, use a mortar and petal to grind them into a powder. Sprinkle it on the bark in the planter so as not to be washed away from excessive watering.

To give the orchids the potassium that they need, use a teaspoon of molasses diluted in water used during the normal watering routine. Using molasses rather than banana peels will prevent rotting material, while maintaining all of the nutrients.

Boil Your Own Fertilizer

Another way to get similar results is to use potatoes instead. The potatoes need to be graded into fine pieces without discarding the skins and boiled for several minutes. Once cooled, it can be stored in canning jars and later be added to the bark in the pot. For more potassium and to avoid the possible decomposition of banana peels, cut fresh bananas and add to the potato mixture while being boiled.

Another addition that can be used with the potato and banana mixture is agar. Agar is a plant-based material commonly used in science labs. It is derived from the red algae plant found in the ocean and is completely edible. While it is normally used in the lab or as a protein substitute Gelatin, the substance adds additional nutrients to the mixture, causing it not only to bind better but to contribute additional sugars to the fertilizer.

Answer 2

Specialty orchid fertilizers are good for orchids. A balanced kind gives good plant growth in spring and summer. Otherwise, a fertilizer that's heavier on potash helps with orchid flower production the rest of the year.