Re: Astrophytum help needed
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2022 12:29 pm
Hi Jerrytheplater; Thank you The sencible thing would be to do that, contact them, I agree. But having already bought a sack and knowing it isn’t easy to get a lot of stuff more readily available for citizens in other countries, here, I will take a chance and hope for the best .jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 1:51 pm Mrs. Green. The fertilizer in the lechuza must be a slow release type for it to last 6 months. Rinsing will only remove what is currently soluble. The rest will be in capsules that take more time to dissolve before releasing the fertilizer. It will still be there. I'd still send an email to find out. You could always fertilize with straight Mono Potassium Phosphate which will give the other two nutrients P and K without the Nitrogen. I'd still want to know the analysis of the fertilizer they are using.
Thank you MrXeric I will do that, as soon as I pick up the courage to repot them..so far I have found a ton of excuses to not do it today..but tomorrow instead..for several days in a row now..MrXeric wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 7:54 am Make sure they're dry before potting. Put them on paper towels and place them in the warmest, driest part of your house. Change the paper towel after a couple of hours. Even better if you can get a small desk fan pointed at the roots to get the air moving and accelerate the drying.
A last question on the matter; considering my climate, wouldn’t it be a good idea to use terracotta pots ?