Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Fertilizer?, 1 by green971

green971 wrote:
Jeri, I have been using the beer/amonia/epsom salt concoction that many epiphyllum growers swear by. There is a recipe posted on one of the epi forums. So many growers swore by the amazing results they were getting......7 pages of posts, that I made some, and tried it only on one hoya carnosa and my epis. The results as far as color and rapid, healthy growth were pretty impressive. I was rather cautious about using it on my hoyas, but the way everything came through the summer, I really like it. I also like knowing exactly what is going into my fertilizer....since it comes out of my kitchen, I know what it is. A lot of people much smarter than I, figured out the chemical breakdown/ nutritional components, and it sounds like what is in other ferts.
Sara