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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: dragonfly8 on March 13, 2008, 10:30:32 PM

Title: pleiones- feeding regime?
Post by: dragonfly8 on March 13, 2008, 10:30:32 PM

hi I have a lot of pleiones in flower now could you tell me when should i start to feed them and is it once a week also some of my pleiones are double's two flowers growing from one stem .is this normal  also one of the double flowers has the flower head faceing upwards and not down like all of my others Iam new to growing these plants it is only  my second year  of growing them and some I have only just got in january
many thanks for any advice

Title: Re: pleiones
Post by: lkelly on March 25, 2008, 11:31:56 AM

Hi,

I tend to start feeding once the flowers have died off. This can be a bit hard if you've got a mixture of bulbs in the same place, I start with a seaweed based feed then once you've got the leaves set then I do tend to go with tomato feed as well and do it at half strength.