for delicate over head watering with a watering can you need a fine 'rose', mounted so that the holes face upwards. The top one on this page is suitable. http://haws.co.uk/products/accessories/… For individual pots there is a device which acts as a downward facing spout which is pictured further down the page as "rose and spout sets" Peter (UK) On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:30 AM, John Willis <willis@fred.net> wrote: > "Apply a liquid fertilizer, diluted to about half the strength recommended > by the manufacturer, to the seedlings two or three times during their > growing season. " > > But no one says how to do this. I water the plants with an overhead > mister/sprinkler combination that has worked really well. But when I tried > to use a small watering can to apply liquid fertilizer this evening, I > found it was really disturbing the soil in my nice little 4 inch pots with > gravel surfaces. Surely there is a better way, but I haven't seen any > reference to how to do this most effectively. > >