Re: Blood Meal
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- Subject: Re: Blood Meal
- From: J* D*
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:21:43 -0400
Never heard of a battlefield?
Jim DuBois
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Birt <rbirt@wyoming.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: Blood Meal
> Vickie, I too am a big B/Meal fan; but as you stated...$$$. I will never
>do this because of the probable health issues involved & it sounds pretty
>gorey BUT; what would happen if a person went down to their local processer
>and asked for........ you got it---- plane ol blood? Take it home & pour it
>on a fallow garden area. Then plant some buckwheat -- till it under 6 weeks
>later & follow that with some winter rye in the fall. Could you imagine how
>much nitrogen you would have in the soil? Like I stated I'm not going to do
>this because I haven't done any research on anything like it & in my few
>years of large scale gardening have never heard of such a thing---
>especially with edible
>produce.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vickie Brock <brocfarm@pacific.net>
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 2:18 PM
>Subject: Re: Blood Meal
>
>
>>I like blood meal , i use it as my organic source of nitrogen on my small
>>organic farm. It greens plant up and is slow release ...takes them to the
>>brink of dark green and have never seen it hurt the
>plant............problem is
>>it is so expensive.
>>
>>Jones, Polly wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone suggest using Blood Meal? Also is there something that will
>>> prevent diseases? I don't remember the name , but its a granual that
will
>>> asorb into the plants?
>>> All of my pumpkin plants are doing great! Took them out of their
playpens
>>> lastnight. We have had pea hail atleast once a week for the last 3
weeks.
>I
>>> am going to make Alltel cover out of thin netting (sun can go thru) over
>the
>>> top. Also last question? Do I pinch off all the flowers till I get 50
>>> leaves? Then let them try setting??
>>> Thanks Allot!!
>>>
>>> Polly TOTO -Land
>>>
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