It’s mid summer and there is still another 2 months of good growing season left in most parts of the USA. Now is the time to give the plants a boost of nutrients including some time released fertilizer. The summer rains and numerous watering of your adenium, plumeria and hoya plants have depleted the nutrients in the soil which needs to be replaced. This is especially important to the adenium desert rose plants, plumeria plants and other non-house indoor plants.
It’s easy to overlook the micro-nutrients during the growing season because the adenium plants and plumerias look so green. However, the current condition of the plant is due to the previous 30-60 of nutrients in the soil. The desert rose plants and plumerias have been sucking up the water and grabbing what they need to grow from the soil so now the soil has less nutrients. In order to prevent the desert rose plants and plumeria plants from dropping leaves early you need to give them a boost. If you have not fertilized on a regular basis then start slowly at 1/2 strength for the first 3 weeks. Also, make sure you include silica in the micro-nutrients (Pro Tekt) otherwise the plant will lose its ability to obtain the nutritionist you are supplying.
If you have hoya plants then it’s time to add some general liquid fertilizer such as Dyna-Gro grow to you weekly watering. Hoyas, use more water so the mineral are depleted faster. Yes, you can use a time released fertilizer but most lack many of the micro-nutrients hoyas need to bloom. Many of our publicalyx varieties of the hoya plants are blooming now at our nursery including red button and splash.
The publicalyx hoya plants are great fast growing and produces tons of flowers. Hoyas are great indoor plants to grow in 60-70 percent light. The carnivorous plants (pitcher plants, Venus fly traps, etc.) are great companion plants to the hoyas since they like similar environments.