Description
A feed formulated for plants that resent being fed
Cactus Focus is Growth Technology's liquid feed for cacti and succulents. These plants evolved in poor, free-draining ground and a general houseplant feed is far too rich for them - it produces soft, distorted growth that never firms up.
Key Benefits
- Low nitrogen by design - keeps growth compact and firm rather than soft and elongated
- Potassium weighted - supports flowering, which most cacti will do given the right feed
- Includes chelated iron - prevents the yellowing common in free-draining, alkaline mixes
- Simple to dose - one dilution rate through the growing season
- Part of the Focus range - alongside the repotting mixes formulated for the same plants
Soft, stretched growth on a plant that should be compact
A cactus fed a general-purpose houseplant nutrient puts on pale, elongated growth that never hardens, and the plant becomes prone to rot at the base. The problem is nitrogen, not quantity - the feed is the wrong shape rather than too strong.
How to Use
- Growing season: 1 ml per litre at every second watering from spring to late summer
- Winter: stop entirely - most cacti are dormant and feeding causes rot
- Method: water into the pot, not over the plant body
- With repotting: start feeding a month after potting on into fresh mix
Technical Specifications
- Type: Liquid feed for cacti and succulents
- Nitrogen: Deliberately low
- Typical dose: 1 ml per litre
- Season: Spring to late summer only
- Range: Growth Technology Focus
