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Re: Organic Fertilizers

Janet:
Dr. Feucht, a landscape specialist working with the cooperative extension services told us the same thing just recently.  It's because Colorado soils aren't acid enough to break down the bone meal for 20 years - or was it 30 years, I don't remember.

I wrote an article on organic fertilizers for a magazine last year and did extensive research on organic fertilizers.  Not sure if it's available on the net (it shouldn't be) but if anyone wants leads to some of the sources I used, I'd be happy to provide what help I can.

Catherine Fenner
cfenner@ix.netcom.com

-----Original Message-----
From:   Janet Wintermute [SMTP:jwintermute@IDS2.IDSONLINE.COM]
Sent:   Friday, February 28, 1997 7:02 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list SQFT
Subject:        Re: Organic Fertilizers
Regarding bonemeal, my horticulture instructor at Triton College (a juco in
River Park, IL, outside Chicago) told our houseplant class in 1974 that it
was fine to put bonemeal into the planting hole before inserting tulip
bulbs--if you didn't mind the fact that the nutrients wouldn't be released
for 20 years.

--Janet, still skeptical after all these years

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