Tropicals & Tender Perennials: The Recipe, 1 by 77sunset

77sunset wrote:
Hello everyone over there. I just wanted to pop in and add a bit about the recipe in this thread. I am just getting started with brugs, thanks to our lovely chrissy here on our Aussie forum. I have around 400 epiphyllums and heaps of zygos and aporocacti etc so thought I would try recipe out. There is nothing in it that will do a damage.
I have been using it about every 3-4 days on everything. All I can say when I look at the epis and brug cuttings especially is WOW.
I have never seen plants look so green and fresh. The new growth is amazing. I mixed up one batch and use it in a small pressure sprayer, I use about 2-3 tablespoons of mix to about 1/2 bucket water . the only thing I have found is that this is a bit much to use at once and if I leave it a few days it tends to get a bit smelly and scummy. I will have to halve the amount of the concentrated mix I am using so there is none left over.
Being in Aust. and not having exactly the same ingredients, I used what was available.
The molasses , ammonia and epsom salts were easy. I use Thrive and Maxicrop, but have not yet found the ti-tree oil. Next time I go shopping in our larger nearest town I will look again.
I like to pop in and read the different threads . I saw those gorgeous ichromas on internet and wish I could import them here. The ones I saw were a cherry red and a purple. As they are a brug relative I wondered if they had any perfume.
I should not look at all your American sites as all I see , I want, and cannot have. You have some really beautiful epis there too. If I ever win a lottery, I'll be over to visit.
pic of my little brugs yesterday.
Happy gardening everyone , Jean.