Solar Posted December 11, 2004 What shpuld i feeed my lovely little pachs and lophs? any toughts out there. Peace Solar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shroomy Posted December 11, 2004 this reply concerns the pachs only as i have no luck with lophs. Any commercial plant food food will please them greatly ie:thrive, slow release anything really, just make sure you give them plenty of water in the summer months ie: once a day isnt too much when its hot and you can fertilise them every second week. [ 11. December 2004, 14:37: Message edited by: shroomy ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smogs Posted December 12, 2004 i have ehard of people using a liquid fert on lophs once at the start of summer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon Posted December 12, 2004 I don't fertilize mine but I have heard people mention good things about miracle grow and cacti Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smogs Posted December 13, 2004 as a general rule of thumb... i would only fert if it was looking difficient... ie yellowish if its nice and happy green leave it be Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rev Posted December 13, 2004 a little bit often use inorganic ferts with arid cacti - organic matter encourages root rots and organic ferts and inorganic salts with non-arid cacti like Trichocereus never feed a sick cactus or one ith no roots They almost always have enough reserves to recover from illness or transplant with only a little moistyure and whats in the soil once the roots system is good and the tips showing signs of growth then feed weekly with 1/4 or 1/2 strength fert seaweed emulsions condition the osil with alginates and the plant with growth promoters they act in ways complimentar to but unlike fertlisers they are great for the late summer feeeds to strengthen plants for dormancy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted December 13, 2004 i remeber somebody saying he uses yates cacti fert, but i could never find this product. so normal fert 1/5 strengh or even weaker, if starved for long.allways water the day befor you use liquid ferts, so no roots or tissue gets burned... lophs like fert too, but even less. the color change of a ferted loph can be very obvious at times, from redish sick to more greenish within day's! without those nutrients the loph is more prone to sunburn and disease. but don't overdo it, too much fert is worse (can kill a plant / cacti) than to little. [ 13. December 2004, 07:33: Message edited by: planthelper ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
