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title: "I’m a starter plant mom! Anyone have any Hoya growing tips?"
description: "I’m a starter plant mom! Anyone have any Hoya growing tips?"
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# I’m a starter plant mom! Anyone have any Hoya growing tips?

_Posted by Bri on 2024-10-19_

I’m a starter plant mom! Anyone have any Hoya growing tips?

## 3 comments

### Nina Bemister commented on 2024-10-20

Keep the pot small, they love to be rootbound. Keep the soil chunky (I use equal parts tropical soil, perlite, orchid mix), the darker the leaf the less light it needs, so the taco test to most thick leaf Hoyas, if the leaf folds it’s thirsty. Watch out for mealy bugs, they love Hoyas because of all the tight crevices they can get into. And I call this fertilizer hoya crack because it’s amazing. I use 1 cap/4 gallon jug of water and use it all year round. My Hoyas are always blooming. I live in northern AB Canada

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#### Shailey J replied on 2024-10-20

Where do you get this fertilizer? I need to try it! Im in SK :)

#### Nina Bemister replied on 2024-10-21

I have a lady in my town that sells it. But I think you can get it from Amazon. If you search Hoya fertilizer it should come up.

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