Summer treatment of Nerine sarniensis
J.E. Shields (Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:49:41 PDT)

I forgot to mention that Nick recommends using fertilizers that have no
nitrogen in them. Sir Peter Smithers said the same thing. So I made up my
own Nerine Fertilizer: equal partsd b y weight of Potassium sulfate
[K2SO4] and of Dibasic Potassium Phosphate [K2HPO4] which gives a
fertilizer with N-P-K of about 0 - (15 to 23) - (35 to 40) depending on
whether you use the USA or the metric ratios.

Nitrogen causes all but the thread-leaf Nerine species to get sick. The
sick plants look like they have a virus infection, but I have no idea what
the actual problem is.

Jim Shields

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