Hi Kathy: Slow release fertilizers are probably not very good for bulbs. Use either a good potato or tomato fertilizer. Bulb plants need higher potassium (K) than nitrogen (N). Commercial bulb fertilizers and bone meal may not be that good. Feed when the plants are in active growth. We have found that Miracle Grow works resaonably well for bulbs too. cheers harold At 05:06 AM 2/19/2004 -0800, you wrote: > Kathy, > >Here is a site for Apex Fertilizers, >http://apexfertilizer.com/products/… , I use Apex >14/14/14 on my plants ( Dave Conway introduced me to this product). If you >go to that link, you will see a Soil/Media Temperature release rate >tables. Hope that answers your original question on time vs. temperature. > > > >Tom > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Prof. Harold Koopowitz Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California, Irvine, CA 92697