Hello Maggie, Welcome to the Pacific Bulb Society, I understand that you have recently subscribed. The only thing I would like to add to the replies you got from other members is that seedling bulbs do benefit very much from fertilizing. Bulbs in general are hungry plants. Especially towards the end of the growing season when the bulbs prepare themselves to go dormant I have found a high potassium, medium phosphate and low nitrogen (tomato type) fertilizer has a very good effect. I fertilize all my pot grown bulbs three times during the growing season. Once to give them a good start, next time before flowering and then again after flowering. If you are new to this list you may not yet know about the WIKI. There are not only lots and lots of pictures but also useful information on how to grow bulbs, all contributed by members from around the world. Here is a link https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Scoll down and start looking under -how to grow bulbs- Happy growing Uli _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>