We probably won't hear from Jim Duggan even tho I believe he's signed up here. We just had a little PBS outing to Jim's a few weeks ago and he took us through the growing part of his nursery (he specializes in South African bulbs). He has tested about every method known to man to get these bulbs (all the SA's) to grow well (and perhaps some methods that were unknown) and he swears that fertilizing the devil out of them works better than anything he ever tried. I believe he said he is now fertilizing with a dilute strength with each watering. Cathy Craig San Clemente CA Zone 9b