All: My apologies to the PBS List and Lauw de Jager for the double post saying the same thing, phrased differently. Obviously, there are people in this world who should *finish* drinking their morning coffee before attempting anything as complex as written communication and/or pushing a button. I am chagrined to find that I am one of them. Kind Regards, RandRand On His SecondSecond Cup Of Coffee In Some Misty Canadian Time Zone By-The-Sea >Dear Lauw: > >How does this work with a bulb that has produced a flush of leaves and is sending up a bloom stalk? What I draw from the responses concerning my mystery Lachenalia is that the bulb needs little or no feeding, aside from a yearly repotting. > >Rand > > > >>Dear Alberto, >>I always read your comments with much intererest. >>But I feel that this statement needs qualifying a bit more, as it is a very >>interesting aspect when it concerns "bulbs". >> Plants only use minerals when there is chlorophytic activity. >> As for applying nutrients at the beginning of the cycle: the plants will >>not use them, as long as they have no leaves. The plant uses its reserves to >>create its structure. When the reserves become low, the plant should have >>sufficient leaves to enable rebuilding its reserves by absorbing minerals. >>When flowering takes place at the end of the cycle, leaves tend to >>disintegrate and assimilation of minerals stops. In that case there is >>little point of feeding the plant. >>I look forward to hear, what the plant physiologists amongst will think. >>Kind regards > > > >-- >Rand Nicholson >Zone 5b Eastern Maritime Canada >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php