Bulb Care is a balanced, slow-release easy-to-use fertilizer for all flower bulbs, whether they're planted in fall or spring. It is specially formulated to encourage strong bulb roots plus full flowers with strong stems. With a 5-7-4 formula, it will give your bulb plantings the best combination of nutrients, including the standard bulb fertilizers plus natural organics that are not found in more common bulb foods. Each 4-lb. package comes with complete instructions for use, both for planting time and then twice a year to keep your bulbs well-fed."Bulb Care" fertilizer is particularly easy to use. There's no mixing or complicated measuring. For new bulb plantings, you simply feed as you plant. It's recommended you work a teaspoon of Bulb Care into the soil around or inside the hole for each bulb as it's planted. For established bulb beds, you simply scatter 2 tablespoons over roughly ea. 10 sq. ft, and lightly work it into the soil.