Lacking a fine rosette, I do pretty well with a finger over the spout of the watering can to spread the outflow. This only works with a fine spout, though (maybe 1/2" - 3'4"). Ellen On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:58 AM, John Willis <macjohn@mac.com> wrote: > Thanks for the multiple suggestions that people have on fertilizing > techniques. It's clear there is no single answer but I've already > discovered the world of watering cans is a good deal more complex than I > knew. I will try both a new Haws can with a fine rose and the standard > hand operated sprayer/mister bottle (which I normally use for indoor plants > anyway). Between the two it's got to be better than what I did last night > with a large stream of water coming out of my existing watering can (and in > answer to Brian, yes with a sufficiently large and forceful stream you can > disturb any gravel surface). Fortunately it only took one pot before I > could see that wasn't going to work. The fruits of my bulb growing efforts > so far can be seen at http://macgardens.org/?p=3349. As noted earlier, I > credit PBS for those things that I have done right... > > http://www.macgardens.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ellen Hornig > 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545 508-925-5147