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By tothkonrad33
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Hello, I just bought a fertilizer for my orchid but upon doing some research I discovered that orchid fertilizer can be used on nepenthes too. It says 5-5-5 on the label. Would that work well?

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By AaaaNinja
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Joined:  Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:42 am
#269337
Half-strength is what I use sprayed on the leaves every other week except in winter when they grow more slow. However I'm thinking of trying out some maxsea poured into the pitchers. I've been using orchid fertilizer a long time though, orchids are epiphytes, Nepenthes are kind of, too, which is why orchid fertilizer is just right, it's designed for plants that like to absorbed stuff through their leaves.

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