In Zone 5 it is the "local potting soil conditions", unfortunately. Maybe something would survive outside in a mild winter, but I do not have enough to experiment. Bea -----Original Message----- From: Gene Mirro Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 7:31 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Fertilizers for Nerine Was: Overwintering Nerine bowdenii I just use a small sprinkling of regular farm fertilizer, not the high-nitrogen lawn stuff. It works fine for me, but it depends on your local soil conditions. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/