Question: when you have a plant in a self watering container and you want to feed/fertilize your plant does the fertilizer go in with the water or do you put it in the soil (on the top of the plant)? I’m using Miracle Grow Indoor Plant Food in liquid form.
you have other things to worry about, those roots are rotten. orchid roots should never be brown, stringy, wrinkly, or mushy. orchids do not do well in self watering pots, they NEED to dry out completely. cut off all of that dead material and remove that peat plug. orchids should not be in organic material like peat or potting soil, put it in orchid bark. water only when the roots become that silvery color you see on the aerial roots.
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That sounds like good information, but the leaves look healthy.
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You can add the Miracle Grow with the water and mix it so that you both water and fertilize the plant. But plantgeek is right, worry about your roots first then you can start fertilizing. Good Luck 👍 🪴
3 likesI’m am sorry! I mixed up two post!
2 likesThat was a separate question from the orchid! My question for the orchid is should I cut those dry roots off?
2 likes yes! leaving them there risks a bacterial infection
1 likeThanks for the answers! I was gifted the orchid a few years ago and it’s been growing despite some of the dried roots. It’s in orchid bark like it’s supposed to be. The self watering pot is what my ZZ plant is in.
2 likesIf you are using semi hydro (like I am) half Lecha and top half spag moss, every time I add water I add liquid fertilizer mixed water. Never fill past the top of your Lecha
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