Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: grenadier on March 12, 2019, 12:42:26 PM
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:) Can anyone advise me on the best feeding regime for erythroniums in pots and in the garden. Also feeding regime for Fritillaria “Imperalis” and Fritillaria “Meleagris”in the garden.
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Ian "Bulb Despot" Young's bulb feeding advice ....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2005/080305/log.html (http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2005/080305/log.html)
He uses sulphate of potash in the garden at times as well as Growmore fertiliser
All Bulb Logs - and the index- can be found in this page of the main website :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb)
Other Bulb Logs with sections on feeding are
BL5209 - http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2009Dec301262200486BULB_LOG_52.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2009Dec301262200486BULB_LOG_52.pdf) where Ian hopes that with all the bird droppings under the fruiting trees he will not need to feed the bulbs much!
BL4910 - http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Dec081291814937BULB_LOG__49.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Dec081291814937BULB_LOG__49.pdf)
and BL1618 - http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2018Apr181524046866BULB_LOG_1618.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2018Apr181524046866BULB_LOG_1618.pdf)
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Thank you Maggi for all that woderful information if I can get my bulbs to flower and multiply as well Ian the bulb despots I shall be well pleased. :)