Best bulb fertilizer--Archive Search
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:44:44 PST)

Dear Darren,

We welcome all bulb questions. People join our list all the time and won't
know what has been discussed before. And besides I think the answers
sometimes change as we gather more experience. So please don't stop asking
questions and anyone who has a suggestion for the best fertilizer for
Hippeastrum hybrids, Gladiolus hybrids, and Lilium longifolium please respond.

On the other hand sometimes people won't take the time to answer if
something has been discussed thoroughly before so checking with the
archives can be very helpful. It used to be much easier to search our
archives since there was a global search on our archive page. But with an
updated program that is no longer possible. This formula on Google =
http://www.google.com/webhp/
works quite well however. I have placed the formula on
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ in case you forget it. But then you have to
remember where to find it I guess.

It is:
+[pbs] [search terms] site:///lists.ibiblio.org

So in this case I put this in the google search box:
+[pbs] [fertilizer] site:///lists.ibiblio.org

and came up with 261 hits. Changing fertilizer to fertilize generates a few
more. They won't all be what you are looking for, but there will be some
wonderful posts from the past found that way. I remember Gordon Summerfield
had suggested what worked for him with South African bulbs so if I wanted
to find that I'd do:
+[pbs] [fertilizer Summerfield] site:///lists.ibiblio.org

Learning how to search on Google is very helpful as otherwise you get too
many hits. Even though it is off topic some of you may want to share your
tips on searching.

Mary Sue