Re: CULT: Bone meal and dogs
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: Bone meal and dogs
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:19:57 -0600 (MDT)
Ross Bishop wrote:
>
> iris-l@rt66.com wrote:
> >
> > I overheard my dogs discussing dinner this morning.
> >
> > Said the shepherd: "I had a bone meal last night."
> >
> > Replied the spaniel: "Who didn't?"
> >
> > Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac, and fresh(?) from preparing two
> > seedling beds after work. jgcrump@erols.com
>
> Griff,
> Exactly what were you using to prepare those beds?
Ross -- Just in case your question is serious (and not a sly insinuation
that I might have breathed in too much alfalfa tea), the beds are tilled
and mounded about 10" higher than the surrounding earth. For many years,
I have mixed 6-24-24 fertilizer into the tilling, with quite good
results. However, because you can only rarely get that mix in the
Washington area, I have to mix the ingredients myself, which is a pain.
This year, I decided to take a leaf from Nancy Smuriga's book and use
Rabbit Chow. (I think she only applies it as a top dressing, but I
decided to mix it in the tilling.) The bed is then topped off with a
covering of Preen, raked into the surface about 2-3". The beds are
located in an old dairy yard and the soil is black and the consistency
of fudge (both when fudge is moist and when fudge dries out). This isn't
the soil I'd prefer, but it's what's available. I now wait with fingers
crossed for a good rain or two to settle the bed, then transplant the
seedlings, which are right now sitting in little aluminum loaf pans,
subsisting on frequent waterings and occasional doses of Miracle-Gro. I
have never used bone meal.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac, waiting for the promised rain.
jgcrump@erols.com
