Feeding houseplants with household stuff

Question for all you clever people.

I appear to have a Cymbidium Orchid. I was given it as a Mothers Day Present-shoved it on the bathroom shelf and forgot about it. Now I`m more or less indoors reluctantly, I naturally want to get my fingers muddy with this thing-and the parlour palms and Nerines I brought in out of the frost yesterday.

I have been given loads of advice about houseplants on feeding ranging from ( some sublime some sound ridiculous but you just never know).

a-a can of bitter once a fortnight-for the plant that is, it would never satisfy me.

b-a mug full of tank water(fish that is) once a week.

c-a cupful of steeped crushed eggshell.

d-teabags

and the only one that sounds like sense-baby bio and once a month pour a cup of filtered water in.


What do you guys reckon?

 

As we both know John, I always have a home for a can of beer. LOL

 

I`m informed they need to get cold at night, is that true?

 

Cheers John, I think they both like the cold-either way, I`ll take your experience on board. Thanks John.

 

I feed my orchids with orchid feed once a month ,you can buy this small tub of orchid feed in all garden
centres and this tub of feed will last you a long time as you only need a little.

 

The fish water IS good for green plants (like the palm), full of nitrogen from the fish ...erm... business.

 

Excellent-I say that with relief because well...I gave them some of it already-it made sense to me, that and I didn`t have any baby bio.

Scotkat, thanks, when I next go in a garden centre ( I should say allowed-my hubby thinks, for some strange reason, I can no longer be trusted in the places huh!) I may pick some up.

 

Claire the orchid feed is in a small yellow 100g tub Chempak Orchid Fertilizer think I was just over £1 couple yrs ago .

 

See now, YOU understand me. I fully intend to only ever pick up a bit of something-a box of fish, blood and bone, or sequestrine or or jute twine etc, swearing I won`t even look at the David Austen Roses, or tree peonies, but you have to check and see if they have anything you can`t be without don`t you?

No, there`s nothing else for it-I HAVE to go.

 

Claire, it`s Scotkats fault you have to go, not yours.:thmb::thmb::lollol:

 

David dont blame me I am sure Claire would love to visit any garden centre.

 

No, I`m afraid it`s all your fault-you were tempting me with all your exotic plant food talk:lollol:

 

If its any help, I used to keep orchids on a bathroom windowsill. The window was north/west facing so it got some sunlight in the afternoon, but the bathroom was always damp (cold damp) and cool (due to a dodgy fitting windowframe, don't ask!). These orchids bloomed all the time so they must have loved it. They were seldom fed them and watered when I remembered!