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to: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES
from: SANDRA PEAKE
date: 1998-03-09 13:37:00
subject: 25-10-10 fertilizer

  Hi Chris,
CG>Why would they label it specifically "orchid fertilizer" instead
CG>of "green growth"?
   Because many orchids are epiphytes (air rooters) and they are meant
   to get their fertilizer from constantly decaying insects and plant
   detritus in the nooks and crannies of their tree homes.
   When you grow them in plain bark, or worse, on sterile nylon bits,
   these orchids need every nutrient, and not just nitrogen, supplied on
   a regular basis. They get NOTHING from most tap water and sterile
   potting mediums.
   However, I use mine also for houseplants that are strictly
   ornamental, but I alternate with fish fertilizer for herbs and
   edibles. (I hate chemical fertilizers! :-(   )
                ...Sandra...
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