Are using blood meal or bone meal effective fertilzers? What do they do?

Question

I'm putting together my compost for next growing season, also what about plants that I keep outside in the summer but indoors in the winter? Should I use it for them?

Answer 1

Hi,
Take a look at this website, they tell you the features of all the organic fertilizers used for gardening and feed use.
http://www.norganics.com/fert.html

I've gone there and they helped me.
Hope this helps,
Dave

Answer 2

Blood meal is a very strong foul smelling fertilizer that I would not use for indoor plants. Maybe I would put a small amount in the potting mixture but that is not usually necessary. If you use it on outdoor plants, remember that the smell will attract wild life like bear and raccoons. I put it on my roses one year and had bear come and dig them up in the night. Bone meal is a soil sweetener. It promotes good structure for all flowering plants. I usually add in the fall and this gives it time to break down and be of more use in summer when things are flowering. I hope this has helped. Good luck.

Answer 3

Bonemeal is a slow release fertilizer which lasts 6 to 12 months to usually used in acidic soils becuase the calcium (bone) increases alkalinity. Also contains a good supply of phosphorus. Really good stuff when planting spring bulbs in the fall.

I usually use it when planting perennials, shurbs, roses, bulbs,etc. sprinkled in the hole. It is finely ground, steamed animal bones. Can also sprinkle on soil when 55 degrees or higher and work into the top 6 - 12 inches. It feeds the roots.

Bloodmeal is dried animal blood (this just gets nastier and nastier) it contains more nitrogen and lasts about 3-4 months. also a root fertilizer. Some believe that it might repel rodents and deer - I don't know for certain that it does.

I use bonemeal, but draw the line at bloodmeal. Just a little squeemish.

I have heard that it is recommended to wear a mask (nose and mouth) when applying this stuff. Something about mad cow disease? Could be a knee-jerk reaction to that problem. But, hey, who wants to breath in that stuff anyway.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Bone meal only on the plants inside, I'd say.

Blood meal is good for your carbon to nitrogen ratio in your garden, that keeps those decomposing microbes happy. The ratio is about 35 parts carbon to 1 nitrogen. A good compost pile can get up to 140 degrees in the middle.

Answer 5

They are both good fertilizers but strong. Compost is the best fertilizer and if is made up properly, should need no fertilizer.

Read up on organics at www.dirtdoctor.com

Answer 6

I've found that using bone and blood meal help keep deer away from my property.

Answer 7

Yes, but they only provide certain trace minerals in each one(iron and calcium mainly).....You might consider adding some kelp meal and fish fertilizer along with potash to your compost.