JH>>something like: 5-10-5 and 10-20-10. Is the second more
JH>>concentrated, requiring more water to dilute? What's the
 CG> I don't know. If I had time on my hands (i.e. if I had
 CG> a wife I was waiting for while she compares baskets)
 CG> I'd tabulate the products, ratios and prices and try to
 CG> make something of it (g!)
There is much to the fertilizer story, Chris.  I don't have time
to go into it right now, but will try to get back . It will be next
week perhaps,  ... can't promise when, as we have much going
on.
But (right quick) some are more easily broken down, to be taken
in by the root systems.  Some require weather to break them
down (as many foods formulated for lawns); some, time (as in
the pellets or beads, like Osmokote or the like); some like fish
emulsion, manure, etc, (most natural fertilizers) are all ready to
go, with the nutrients being available (to one degree of another)
to the root systems.  The source of the fertilizer is important, as
I said, before.  In the case of your Orchid fertilizer, it would most
likely be a natural fertilizer, as most orchids ( most especially
epiphytes)  don't do well with foods that are chemical based...
Like I said, it is not a simple subject that can be covered in just
afew sentences...
cheers,
WL Sakowski
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