Myrmecodia Fertilizer

[pitcherperfect]

Hey everyone, I just have a couple questions about fertilizing myrmecodia armata.
I saw in a previous post someone suggested spraying orchid fertilizer at 50ppm, same as with nepenthes.
My big question is whether or not to fertilize the roots? should I stick to foliar feeding and avoid root fertilization at all costs, or is it beneficial to give some light fertilizer to the roots?

Thanks for your time!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I spray it on the stem which is full of holes. I'm sure some drips down to the roots.

 

[Peatmoss]

I also spray mine on the stem/caudex, I figure that's where the ants live so getting fertilizer in/near those is probably the most natural way for them to receive nutrients.

 

[stevebradford]

Ant plants normally get nutrients from basically ant droppings. Without the ants the plants will need a fertilizer with some nitrogen. The roots are mostly just anchors.

 

[pitcherperfect]

Okay so I can basically just treat them like a lowland nepenthes in just about every respect, hey?

 

[jeff]

for the myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' ( the real name) , the orchid fertilizer is too low in nitrogen, use a NPK fertilizer with a 2-digit N, for my part I commonly use a NPK 13-19-19 diluted to 2 grams per liter and sometimes even an NPK: 23-5-5