Rick brings up a very important point: Nerines and fertilizer. The broad leafed species and hybrids develop symptoms that look like some sort of mosaic virus to me when fed with a nitrogen-containing fertilizer. I strongly recommend that only a zero-nitrogen fertilizer with and N-P-K of something like 0-10-10 or 0-10-20 for all "broad-leafed" forms, including bowdenii, huttoniae, krigei, laticoma, sarniensis, and undulata. Nick de Rothschild recommends something similar on his web site, http://www.nerines.com/ (I think). I discussed it in my blog some time ago; see: http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… Jim Shields At 02:36 PM 8/23/2010 -0700, you wrote: >....... >I've read in the past NOT to apply nitrogen fertilizer, as it >encourages virus. I DO use a balanced bloom food once a month >during the growing season, in a dilute dose, and so far, knock wood, >I'm still virus free. (or, so it appears.) If anyone else walks the >edge, and fertilizes, I'd be interested in hearing about your cultural >tips. >....... >Rick K ************************************************* 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