Re: Moira and others
John Atkinson wrote:
>But sort of hard to believe. The composition of bones doesn't really depend
>significantly on what the animal's been fed (within reason).
[Snip]
> I thought it was the phosphate in bones that was
>useful, and that's certainly still there.
Quite right the phosphate is still there and the prime reason for
using bone meal.
>I presume blood-and-bone (which, as opposed to "bone meal", is also a source
>of nitrogen and iron) is still as good as ever?
We tend to use Fish, Blood & Bone - an excellent mixture which
provides a gentle, but powerful release of the main nutrients over a
period of time. It is more effective as a fertiliser, but bone meal
remains an excellent means of encouraging good, sturdy root growth.
I must admit to being a bit bemused by this thread - the inference
that bone meal has in some way lost its value as a fertiliser is a
little perplexing. It always was and still is an invaluable means of
providing extra phosphate to encourage strong root growth and as far
as I can see, nothing has changed in that respect.
Dave Poole
