Brug fertilizing

Hi, I have a fountain in my back yard that I have to clean every 10 days or so. I use my wet/dry shop vac to pump out the old water, then clean the fountain and put in clean water. I have been just dumping the old water on the grass, but wondering if I could/should use it to water the 2 brugs I have growing in containers. The old water is of course full of bird stuff and who knows what else. Any thoughts?

I read somewhere about a great brug fertilizer "recipe", but I do not know what it is. If anyone reading this thread knows, please share!

I sure would like to see the recipe also, hope someone knows it.

mosaiclady~ I think that if the water from the fountain has not killed the grass it would be ok to use it on your plants. Lots of beneficial microbials.

Thanks, that's what I thought. I started watering with it ( saved it in a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot) and they are looking good.

From days gone by, here is a link to alot of fertilizing recipe some folks were using on their brugs. There are several variations to say the least. Hope this helps.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/956114/

This is also a post from days gone by some folks used Bayer Advanced 3 in 1
Here is the conversation below.
Bringing in lots of tropicals, would like to remove the bugs first. Does anyone use this? If so how?
I have lots of tropicals:
banana-non fruiting
bird of paradise
caladiums
ginger- 3 kinds
ee's - a's and c's
begonias
hisbiscus

August 30, 2009
05:10 PM

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Yes - one tablespoon in a gallon watering can

A Big Thank You for bring this forward.

You are welcome it will give you something to do...rofl.

happgarden ~ What is a "ee's - a's and c's"?

elephant ears, alocasia and colocasia. sorry I was just too lasy to figure out how to spell a and c...lol

Bayer complete,use it as a Systemic,been using many years,works better if you can get it early before the plant is infested.