Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site zeus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!teklds!zeus!augustc From: augustc@zeus.UUCP (Augustine T. Chan) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Bougainvillea (flowering) Message-ID: <39@zeus.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 14:50:07 EDT Article-I.D.: zeus.39 Posted: Sun Aug 4 14:50:07 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:16:36 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 7 It is generally true in the plant kingdom that a high nitrogen/phosphorus ratio in the nutrient suppresses sexual reproduction while a high phosphorus/nitrogen ratio stimulates it. So the fertilizer should be high in nitrogen if one wants to promote vegetative growth, or high in phosphorus if flowering is desired. Augustine C.