Hi, I've received this link from a couple of people about feeding plants whisky, in this case Narcissus, to keep them dwarf or prevent them from getting too tall and floppy. It reminded me of some of our mealy bug discussions. Anyone tried this? <http://cnn.com/2006/TECH/…>http://cnn.com/2006/TECH/… This experiment was on potted plants and it doesn't really say whether the plants had more than one drink. Do you suppose a shot of whisky would help them hold their heads up in the rain? Mary Sue Where we may go two whole days without rain so that I got to see a few Sparaxis and Moraea villosa in bloom after all and a few Tulipa batalinii. Rain is forecast for sometime Friday. Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers