Re: Bone meal
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bone meal
- From: W* A* <w*@ibm.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 18:26:11 -0700
><< Bone meal is a good fertilizer for iris. >>
>Are there any bone meal experts on the list? I have been told contradictory
>information about bone meal: both that it is an excellent fertilizer,
>especially for bulbs, and also that it takes so long to break down and
release
>its nutrients that it is virtually useless. Anyone have any facts?
>
>I have also been told that there is unprocessed bone meal and steamed bone
>meal and that the steamed bone meal does indeed make an excellent fertilizer,
>but the unprocessed is virtually useless.
>
>Answers?
I seem to remember hearing that the bone meal available today is
practically useless for bulbs. Fifty years ago, one could buy bone meal
that had nutritional value for plants; today it is so denatured that while
it may change the texture of your soil by its presence, it does little
else. Does anyone else recognize this?
Wyn Achenbaum
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