Fertilizing

Ellen Hornig hornig@oswego.edu
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:33:01 PDT
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...
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