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    Fertilizing with timed release product...
    Mine is a little unconventional and I still spray fertilizer...

    I don't like pantyhose nor do I like those little spike cups. I take a small pad of damp sphagnum and shape it on a table to maybe a two to three inch square. I add a 1/2 tsp. to a tsp of my time-release fertilizer to the center of the moss pad. I am then able to form it to a small ball adding no more than a drop of elmer's white glue. I really compress it, tightly till it is about the size of a quarter. I can then pop it in a vanda basket. It will hold its shape for a very long time.
    Last edited by cdayinflorida; September 1st, 2011 at 02:11 AM.

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