Mark and Arnold, Arnold, we heard it from Sir Peter Smithers in the old [BULB] list. Sir Peter has said that he is convinced that feeding any of the broad-leaf Nerine varieties releases latent viruses, which can decimate a collection. I'm not willing to test it by actually fertilizing some of mine. Anyone else want to volunteer to test Sir Peter's hypothesis? Regards, Jim Shields in summery central Indiana At 05:43 PM 11/4/2005 -0500, you wrote: >Mark: > >I rarely feed the nerines. An occasion dose of African violet food is >all they have seen in three years. I have read somewhere that they >shouldn't be fed , but alas this may be garden lore like so many other >things we read an hear. > >Arnold >New jersey >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA