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From: augustc@zeus.UUCP (Augustine T. Chan)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Bougainvillea (flowering)
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 14:50:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 14:50:07 1985
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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.