| rose food for orchids?
I went and got some fertilizer today and had to choose between lots of different types (unfortunately, none was advertised as for orchids in particular). I wanted to get something somewhat balanced. The stuff for just "regular plants" was something like 30-10-10. I ended up with Miracle-Gro Rose food. It's 18-24-16 (nitrogen, phosphate, potash respectively [not sure if that is the order it's typically listed in, but that's how it is in the ingredients]). I'm not sure if this is relevant, but it also contains 0.05% copper, 0.10% iron, 0.05% manganese, and 0.05% zinc. I just want to make sure that this was the optimal fertilizer to get.
The other choices available were: general plants, tomatoes, flowering plants, azalias. I also want to use this for my other houseplants. Right now I have a phal in sphagnum and a vanda in coconut husks (which i realize will need a higher nitrogen fertilizer eventually).
Thanks for any responses. |