I have just picked up on this old mail. Ideally, what fertiliser ratio of NPK do people prefer? I have a lot of hippeastrum hybrids, Lilium longifolium and hybrid Gladiolus. Many thanks Darren >From: Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: [pbs] Tomato Fertilizer >Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:52:41 -0800 > >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