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title: "Can we talk fertilizers? Though I only fertilize when I see active…"
description: "Can we talk fertilizers? Though I only fertilize when I see active growth and all my plants are slowing down now, I wanted to share the results of a recent…"
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community: "Hoya Hoarders"
author: "Amy Morgan Grace"
published: "2023-10-20T17:18:42.001Z"
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# Can we talk fertilizers? Though I only fertilize when I see active…

_Posted by Amy Morgan Grace on 2023-10-20_

Can we talk fertilizers?  
Though I only fertilize when I see active growth and all my plants are slowing down now, I wanted to share the results of a recent comparison I made.  
I'd been using Dyna-Gro 7-9-5 through the spring \& summer but switched about a month ago to Sea Grow all purpose 16-16-16 and HOLY MOLY!!  
Growth spurts everywhere!

What do y'all use?

## 5 comments

### Anya commented on 2023-10-21

I started using osmocote last month and the root and leaf growth was explosive!

### Simone commented on 2023-10-21

My hoyas are in leca or pon. I use a liquid fertilizer called foliage focus (brown bottle). I mix one tablespoon of it in a gallon of water and shake it. Then, I do a reservoir with water and this mixture on the botton cachepot filled with 1/3 of the height of the plant pot.

### Mal commented on 2023-10-23

I use either foliage pro or we the wild. I just ordered a special Hoya fertilizer off Etsy, the reviews were pretty good!

### HoyaGirlie86 commented on 2023-10-26

I use osmocote in the chunky soil mix I use and then spray the leaves with miracle grow orchid fertilizer. They seem to like it.

#### Amy Morgan Grace replied on 2023-10-27

I've noticed a lot of people using Osmocote..  
I'm gonna check it out this spring.  
My media is coco chips, charcoal and perlite #3.  
Definitely chunky.

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