Linda, Eventually you are going to have to feed those bulbs. However, something with a balance like 6-12-12 is the wrong fertilizer mix. Bulbs use lots of nitrogen (N) and lots of potassium (K), but only a little phosphate (P). I suggest you use something like N-P-K 15-5-15 or 20-10-20. Len Doran was an agricultural engineer for years whose hobby was collecting wild Hippeastrum all over South America. He worked out many years ago that Hippeastrum species need a lean potting mix (which is what Alberto has described) and feeding with high N (as nitrate), very low P, and high potassium (K). Len recommended using a very dilute liquid feeding every time the bulbs were watered. You can use the same methods with Haemanthus and many other bulbs from arid climates as well. Dutch hybrid "amaryllis" (Hippeastrum) may well be a different story. In South Africa, Hadeco Pty. grow them out in open fields in what looks to be a sandy loam soil and with plenty of irrigation. They did not tell me their fertilizer program! Best regards, Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) where today has been beautiful Indian Summer At 02:44 PM 11/9/2006 -0700, you wrote: >............. >I wonder if I should be fertilizing them? Would a tomato fertilizer work, >like a 6-12-12? Would one application worked into the mix when I repot them >suffice? > >Linda Foulis ************************************************* 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