Per
Well-Known Member
Do any of you include slow-release fertilizers in with your mix for paphs when you repot? I use these for my citrus trees and amorphophali (is this the plural?), in which they seem to work really well. I know that they cut down on burn and are available in a variety of N-P-K ratios, some with micronutrients. I am thinking they could help significantly with nitrogen leaching, but I do not want to use them if they produce more salt build up.
For my paphs, I repot about once a year. I generally (with exceptions) use small bark mix, broken up with a few pieces of large bark and packing peanuts. In a few of my plants, I have added small amounts of cocoa mulch (this does break down VERY quickly (~3 months), but as a small percentage of the mix seems to help with root production for me, since it take that "new edge" off the bark).
If I put the fertilizer in now, they will have ~7-9 months (depending on temperature) of fertilizer. I will only have to amend for calcium and magnesium. This also means that they will go off the fertilizer right about the right time in the fall, just as the temps start to drop (although it would have been better if I thought of this in late March).
Thoughts?
For my paphs, I repot about once a year. I generally (with exceptions) use small bark mix, broken up with a few pieces of large bark and packing peanuts. In a few of my plants, I have added small amounts of cocoa mulch (this does break down VERY quickly (~3 months), but as a small percentage of the mix seems to help with root production for me, since it take that "new edge" off the bark).
If I put the fertilizer in now, they will have ~7-9 months (depending on temperature) of fertilizer. I will only have to amend for calcium and magnesium. This also means that they will go off the fertilizer right about the right time in the fall, just as the temps start to drop (although it would have been better if I thought of this in late March).
Thoughts?