Hi Mark and all, Since I really can't grow the Nerine sarniensis hybrids, I can't tell you how to get them to bloom. I can tell you that Sir Peter Smithers told us some years back that in his experience, feeding sarniensis hybrids at all would trigger release of endogenous plant viruses. I think that might potentially ruin your entire collection of Nerine bulbs. My N. bowdenii are starting to bloom now inside the greenhouse, and they never get any feeding other than natural rainfall and random bird droppings while outdoors in summer. Jim Shields At 12:49 AM 10/20/2004 +0100, you wrote: >hi all > >Only two out of c12 pots of Nerine sarniensis cultivars have bloomed this >year. So I have two questions. > >How much frost can they take if I leave them outside to get maximum light? >How often should I feed them Tomato food to build up the bulb for next >year's show of flowers? > >thanks > >Mark >N Ireland >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* 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