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Originally Posted by Normkp  The fertilizer is still an issue in my mind. If I added fertilizer to plants that were not being soaked, some of it would cling to the potting medium as I watered. Some would still be left when it was time to fertilize again. But with soaking it seems like I'd be diluting the fertilizer down to zero, and plants would not get as much 'food.' |
Putting the fertelizer in a bucket to soak an orchid doesn't necessarily dilute the fertilizer any more than putting it in a watering can and watering with it. Disolving the fert in a bucket won't dilute it to zero. That would be plain water with no fert.
Either way, soaking or watering, fertilizer residue will still cling to the mix and remain. This is why we typically either use very dilute fert or we only fertilize occasionally.