Nerine sarniensis

J.E. Shields jshields104@insightbb.com
Sat, 05 Nov 2005 16:39:19 PST
Mark and Arnold,

Arnold, we heard it from Sir Peter Smithers in the old [BULB] list. Sir 
Peter has said that he is convinced that feeding any of the broad-leaf 
Nerine varieties releases latent viruses, which can decimate a collection.

I'm not willing to test it by actually fertilizing some of mine. Anyone 
else want to volunteer to test Sir Peter's hypothesis?

Regards,
Jim Shields
in summery central Indiana


At 05:43 PM 11/4/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Mark:
>
>I rarely feed the nerines.  An occasion dose of African violet food is
>all they have seen in three years.  I have read somewhere that they
>shouldn't be fed , but alas this may be garden lore like so many other
>things we read an hear.
>
>Arnold
>New jersey
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