Tropicals & Tender Perennials: home brew fertilizer and leaf size, 1 by epiaddict

epiaddict wrote:
I have noticed since using the beer formula fertilizer that many of my new leaves are larger than the previous ones. Has anyone else noticed this? Does it happen with all fertilizers? I never noticed it befor using this home brew, which I love. I have a H. shepherdii with the standard 4" leaves. All the new leaves are 6-7" long. Is it really shepherdii or is it H. longifolia?

I have also set up my own fertilizer test using 3 cuttings (each from the same plant) of 4 different hoyas. They are growing in the same environment, same 'soil' etc.... but using the beer formula on one set, MSU on one set and regular water on the last set. I will post my results~ good, bad or indiferent.

Here is a photo of H. krimson queen