Re: OT-Mad cows and the Great Chain of Being
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- Subject: Re: OT-Mad cows and the Great Chain of Being
- From: G* S* <g*@loop.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 06:14:43 -0700 (MST)
John Montgomery/Monashee Perennials wrote:
>
> Question!
>
> Is there any hard evidence that bone meal is of any use as a fertilizer? It
> seems to me that it has become almost an act of faith to dump some bonemeal
> in the planting hole. I have read somewhere, the opinion that the bone meal
> we buy today, because it is so highly cooked and processed, virtually
> useless as a source of phosphate.
I have heard or read the same thing. Most iris growers I know
around here use superphosphate instead of bonemeal.
Gerry, still high from yesterday's iris show
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