Superthrive is a highly-rated supplemental vitamin solution for plants. This product comes concentrated, so you will need to dilute it according to the instructions on the bottle before you use it. All that said, if you have extra, leftover orchid fertilizer and don’t want to just pour it down the drain, then yes, use the rest up on your other plants. They will get a light feeding from this. However, you will still need to use a standard fertilizer on your houseplants, roses, or vegetable garden, simply because they will need more nutrients than what a diluted orchid fertilizer can provide. Final Thoughts For best results choose plants which are suited to the conditions in your home. Most plants are labelled indicating their likes and dis-likes. Do not mist the flowers. There isn’t any benefit to misting the flowers with orchid fertilizer. In addition, misting the flowers may lead to fungal infections or unsightly water spots on the petals.

The higher phosphorus levels will help support your orchid as it gears up for bloom production. It will allow your orchid to produce more plentiful, healthier blooms during the next blooming season. I would suggest using a 10-30-10 fertilizer, with the higher, middle number representing the phosphorous concentration in the fertilizer. Use water at room temperature. Water early in the morning allowing water to dry before cooler night time temperatures. During an orchid’s active growth phase, feed with a balanced 20-20-20 NPK orchid fertilizer. The growth phase is the period that occurs shortly after the orchid is done flowering and the last bloom has fallen off. Further dilute the prepared fertilizer with additional water to create a 25% strength fertilizer. To do this, mix one part of prepared orchid fertilizer with three parts of water. In the fall, as the orchid is preparing for the next blooming season, use an orchid fertilizer that is higher in phosphorus.Once a week feedings will be more than enough for your orchid. During the fall and winter, as the weather gets cooler, you can space the feedings apart to every other week or just once a month. Houseplants, for example, need less phosphorus than orchids, since many houseplants do not produce flowers. Other plants may need more nitrogen than what is available in orchid fertilizers. Calcium and magnesium are not typically found in orchid fertilizers, yet many vegetable plants require these to grow and fend off disease. Misting your orchids with a fertilizer solution is a fast and simple way to feed your orchids. You can do this each week when you water your orchids. However, just as misting an orchid is controversial, feeding orchids with a mist spray is also controversial due to the many risks involved. The simple act of fertilizing an orchid doesn’t cause fungal infections. Rather, it is how you do it. Oftentimes, fertilizer burns on the leaves are a result of over-fertilization. To prevent this from happening, make sure you use a weak orchid fertilizer, meaning dilute your orchid fertilizer down to 25% strength before using it. I went over how to do this above, in the section “how to apply orchid fertilizer as a mist spray.”

Avoid getting any water into the orchid’s crown. After misting your orchid’s leaves, take care to wipe up any excess liquid that may have ended up in the orchid’s crown. This is important, as this simple step will go a long way in preventing crown rot from occurring. Lightly mist the top and undersides of the orchid leaves and roots with a fine layer of orchid fertilizer mist. Misting the undersides of orchid leaves is key, as the orchid will be able to best absorb fertilizer from here. While many orchid growers might not feed their orchids this way, it is a fairly common way of fertilizing vegetable plants, roses, and other garden plants. Materials needed: I also want to mention Superthrive, which is not exactly an orchid-specific fertilizer, but a vitamin for plants. It is popular in some circles of the orchid community.Many orchid growers have used an orchid fertilizer mist spray with great success, while others haven’t noticed much of a difference. Keep in mind that it may take a few weeks of misting with an orchid fertilizer spray before you see any notable difference in your orchid’s growth and appearance.

Note: If you know what kind of orchid you have, be sure to look up the growing requirements for that particular species. That way, you’ll be aware of its particular fertilization needs. Fungal Problems If you aren’t sure where to start, here are some top-rated orchid fertilizer mist sprays available online.You can use Superthrive as a mist spray (on the leaves) or as a poured solution (on the orchid roots). It can supplement your orchid’s weekly fertilization sessions. It can also be used on your other plants in addition to standard plant fertilizer.

To minimize the risk for fungal problems, make sure you have good air circulation around your orchid pots. Follow the “tips for success” I outlined above, including misting your orchids in the morning and wiping away excess water from the orchid’s crown. Can You Mist Other Plants With Leftover Orchid Fertilizer? In addition, make sure you have good air circulation around your orchid at all times. This will help prevent any mold or fungus growth resulting from residual moisture on your orchid leaves. Even a fine misting of the orchid leaves can lead to fungal infections if there isn’t enough airflow around the orchid. When misting your orchids with a fertilizer mist spray, do this in the morning, once a week. Applying the fertilizer mist in the morning will give enough time for any excess liquid to dry before nightfall. Wet orchid leaves plus poor air circulation and/or high humidity will lead to fungal issues in your orchid. Namely, your orchid can develop rot, brown spot, crown rot, and other problems. This can happen even if you don’t mist your orchids, but misting can certainly cause problems to appear much faster.

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Applying orchid fertilizer as a mist spray is also known as foliar feeding. The orchid food is typically misted onto the underside of orchid leaves for best results. The orchid leaves will then absorb the fertilizer. Misting an orchid can raise the chances your orchid will develop a fungal or bacterial infection. Misting orchids is very controversial for this reason. A. Yes, although for best results use feed that will encourage flower production and crop yield, for example Big Tom Tomato food.