Orchids are a beautiful plant to keep in your home and one gardening expert has shared the recipe for a homemade fertiliser that will help the flowers bloom. A gardening expert has shared a DIY fertiliser that will help your orchid houseplants bloom to the fullest this summer. Orchids are a beautiful addition to any home due to their dazzling flowers that can stay for months if you feed them right.
Their blossoms show up once a year and stay for an impressive three-month period, but you have to take care of them for this to happen, reports the Express . Michael Perry, a gardening enthusiast who is also known as Mr Plant Geek , suggested a homemade fertiliser will help your orchids bloom to their fullest. He said: "It's true that when orchids are in their 'down time', you just need to give them a rest.
But there are a few store cupboard secrets that you can use to rejuvenate them if you feel that your orchid care hasn't quite been up to par!" Michael suggests that people could use leftover brewed coffee as a DIY fertiliser to make their orchids bloom. Coffee offers nitrogen to the flowers, which is an essential nutrient for plants that keeps them healthy and thriving. All you will need is one part brewed coffee, four parts water and one tablespoon of cider vinegar.
You can grab a jar of coffee from Tesco for £1.99 and some cider vinegar from Sainsbury's for £2 - and water is freely available from the tap. Michael said: "Mix up this little potion, and then feed this to your p.
