Hello Mary Sue, this is very interesting. The best known tomato fertilizer in Great Britain is Tomorite by Levington. It's being recommended for bulbs and alpines. Its NPK formula is 4-4.5-8 plus Mg . Gerhard Stickroth, Bavaria, Z-6 "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> schrieb: > Dear All, > > A number of years ago Diana Chapman recommended tomato fertilizer as an > excellent source of fertilizer for bulbs. I believe she mentioned a ratio > of 5-10-10. Others have continued to repeat this advice. I began to look > for tomato fertilizer and never found any in the ratio she recommended. I > found huge variations in the ingredients of what was referred to as tomato > fertilizer. They were not all low in nitrogen. If Diana and I both live in > California and there is this huge difference just in our state, think how > that could be magnified around the world. I'm not sure what would be the > best common denominator when explaining what to look for. Is the ratio of > Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium everywhere? > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >