I do, or at least try. I live on Guam (very humid) but I have been successful in growing three types of lavender, they did fine with lots of sand, lime and bone meal mixed in with regular potting soil.
We have always used it when planting everything and everything seems to be doing well. But I don’t know what that “mysimbos” sp is, so I don’t know what I am surpressing 🫣
I'm new to gardening, but the times I've added it to our semi-compacted clay soil it seems to have worked. I suspect we have very nutrient poor soil, in addition to having widespread crabgrass and very poor clay soil. We live in northeastern New York.
I use it. I have a lot of containers and one garden where the soil is very rocky. I didn't realize that it's a m. fungi interrupter! I did bring a crepe myrtle back from the "dead" with bone meal. It was a whispy stick the thickness of a pencil and in two years it turned into a full, beautiful blooming tree. My general soil type is sandy loam.
One of the things I love about this channel is how science-heavy it is. So the more I watch, the more I realize I don’t know about plant and soil science, and the more I watch to learn more! It’s a cycle of positive reinforcement :)
I have always been told that when transplanting my veggie starts I should always put a bit of bone meal in the bottom of the planting hole. I think what I am hearing you say is that is a good thing for annual veggies.
Last fall I mulch my green garden waste added green grass clipping onto my garden making 1 inch layer, cardboard then 3 inch mulched falling leaves. I mix bone mill powder lime and my compose equal mixture added 1 cup into my potato bed mix in the soil added potato on top cover 3 inch soil. Thanks for your teaching Lady
Topics ideas for your consideration: 1. Does it matter if mulch is pulled back when applying products to soil? Organic fertilizers, soil ph amendments, etc... 2. Biochar, for lawns and gardens
Thank you for this explanation!! Can’t wait to learn more from you! I am not new to plants, but new to the specifics behind them and trying to learn. I am also contained gardening, I rent my home, for the first time this year and have learned so much already! Sustainable living here I come 😆😁
I feed about a tablespoon per gallon of water of unsulfured blackstrap molasses to feed the mycorrhizae. I have a huge web of mycorrhizae and I use bone meal for my super soil
I use bone meal from time to time. I work in a garden/farming warehouse-store, so whatever is broken or being tossed, I take home. Unfortunately, due to this abundance, it's hard to tell which of the many many artificial and natural fertilizers are doing their thing in my plant pots. I mean, I still have 8-foot Tomato plants heavy with fruit at the end of Sept in Ottawa, so I'm not going totally wrong :) But I'm always looking for information from someone who's done a controlled experiment vs. my everything-all-time-time-! method.
As I am mainly a container gardener, I have mostly sip containers, this was a very informative video. It reinforces why I have to make sure to add calcium for container tomatoes, or I end up with blossom end rot. I wonder if the bone meal would be good for container root crops like carrots, radishes, and turnips? My carrots and radishes tend to be on the small size.
@@GardeningInCanada Any that are organic? Edit: After looking into it my favorite pelletized chicken manure has a npk o 2-4-3, not a super source of phos, but its there.
Oh no! Did I just waste Mycos yesterday, when planting my pears and apples? I added bone meal into the soil mixed it up, and then inoculated the roots? Our soil is 65% sand.
I am thinking about trying, bone, blood and earthworm casting to recharge some older Fox Farms soil I have. I think I may be able to get away with it, at least until I hit flower , and then maybe the better dose of things can be utilized. Its worth a try. In the meantime I think I will try a topdress of all of it. I am 2.5weeks in veg now. I can't flip for awhile yet, Im trying to scrog it well.
Interesting. 🙂 I have soil with low ph, and get good results by using bonemeal. I thought, however, that the bonemeal needs to be broken down by microbes in order to release its phosphorus and therefor didnt disturb the mycelium in the same way as ordinary fertilizer. Im I totally wrong? 😁 (Sweden)
I was always under the impression the main benefit of using bone meal is more to encourage blooms vs to aid in root development. This is the first time I have heard of this..
It’s going to encourage both regardless because of the phosphorus in the product. So it wouldn’t be out of scope for someone to say it effects the blooms. Although it doesn’t have any potassium which is not great for flower development so I wouldn’t label the product as a “bloom formula”
Greetings fellow Canadian. I hope the weather over there in Sk is treating everyone decently. I am currently preparing my own mix of slow and fast release ingredients for my own fertilizer. Finland really lacks a lot of things that I must order in from other countries for gardening. I made a list of some slow and fast release amendments that i do have access to without paying an arm and leg, they are as follows: kelp meal, dolomite lime, Epsom salt, basalt dust, and alfalfa meal. I will be using my own personal worm castings for compost and the compost tea. am I missing any essential ingredients in this mix? I don't wish to use anything from a slaughter house or anything from that industry.
What about Bone meal in my pepper garden out in my yard. I want as much as microbial activity as I can and it seems like you're saying that it will affect that. Am I getting that right. I got some sandy soil down here in Rockport Texas it's in South Texas near the water. The Gulf of Mexico matter of fact. I don't want to mess up my pepper 🌶️ garden
There are some youtube videos showing us how to make bone meal from the leftover bones after making bone broth. Some of the phosphorus probably ends up in the broth but I'm hoping that there is some left in the remaining bones. Do you have a dehydrator for drying out the bones after making your broth?
I was gonna ask about this. I've heard other scientific gardeners mention in most scenarios bone meal is mostly a gimmick. Good to hear your explanation sort of confirms this. On an unrelated topic, can you tell me if vermiculite disolves quickly in an outdoor garden? I've heard pearlite I guess disolves after a couple years and I have a high raised bed that maybe drains a little too well so I wondering if vermiculite might help in that regard, however its kind of expensive so I dont want to buy it if its going to disolve after 2 seasons. TY
I have to do research on bone meal to tomato plant in 2 months. So can i see best results within 2 months as that bone meal is slow releasing fertilizer
I guess i should be very VERY VERY worried..in pushing 80 AND I REALLY HAD A HARD TIME with understanding the bottim line here ...SERIOSLY...i know u know your.stuff but i really could not process what your point actually is...
I have used it 2 seasons and as I have changed into away from the tilting and now half non tilting so many changes. Used my own compose , my own mulch it's so hard to know what is the reason my tomatoes are 3 weeks ahead. I'm zone 6 and having 8 types tomatoes 3 weeks ahead and last season planted most weeks earlier than my normal and watched progress from the first day. Copying "Growfully with Jenna " a Ohio you tube Teacher Number 3 mixture for starting seeds. Adding worn casting and micorizomes is my biggest change and believe it or planting seedlings after ground temperatures are warmer.
I was to late getting your information about minerals and additives for seedlings but next spring I will be .Believe you also know lots that is going to put my new name as Mr.Ohio Tomato Old Man. Thanks for helping people like me.I also brag on you also. I'm on several websites and pass on information and where I get it.
Can you do a video on how to sterilize seeds without killing the seeds? Please there is a so much info and they all are like there is a good chance you could kill the seeds and the others is only in a lab environment. For cannabis growers seeds can be in so many hands before they get into yours so it would be great to decontaminate seeds that are expensive before germinate. Then only to find out they had been exposed to mold and fungi.
We used to use bone meal, mostly on tomato plants. Also added traditional fertilizer to our entire garden when first planting. For the last two years we just dose every plant thoroughly with LiquiDirt (after every watering, I go plant to plant and pour about a cup-2 cups of the mix around the base of the plant. There is a better, less time consuming way to do this.. but we haven’t set anything up just yet and that’s the most efficient way to ensure each plant is getting what it needs. OR. If it’s rained a lot and we don’t have to water, I’ll make sure to do this at least twice a week. Since we began with the LiquiDirt we haven’t had any blossom rot issues at all. (Not saying LiquiDirt solved that) just thinking maybe the plants aren’t lacking anything now… whereas before we didn’t add anything (bone meal) before any issues.. always after. (I hope I explained that well enough to make sense)
@@dalemcinnes1834 hi!!👋 Liquidirt is organic ‘plant food’.. but for me, it’s basically nutrients I give my plants to keep them healthy and growing well. I’ve been using only liquidirt for over 3 years now .. and haven’t looked back since it made the switch.
Hi! I am growing blueberry and figs in container. I was wondering if organic fertilizers like bone meal and blood meal do breakdown in potted/container plants? Or is it better to go towards a more water soluble fertilizer?
I have a tomato garden box I have used Espoma land and sea compost I still have end rot on my tomato’s was considering using bonemeal and also ground egg shell as I have saved and ground my egg shells for a year. Would you use this or what would you use???
What type of soil do you have? Clay, sandy etc. I’ll have to do a video for you on this but there are a few things you can do. One would be to lower the pH too release calcium from a calcareous soil. The other option would be bone meal if it’s a sandy or soilless growing medium. Are you watering consistently every year as far as you know?
@@GardeningInCanada well we used top soil in the raised bed. Otherwise I have very Sandy soil under the foot high raised bed. I have amended it with Land & Sea compost. I fertilize it with tomato tone by Epsom. There are a lot of earth worms in it and we have hard water so much so it stains everything red! Any help you can give me would be appreciated
Hey, we’ve received almost 12 tons of bonemeal. Wanted to know the best manner in using it for cardamom plants in our farm. Whether we should compost it (add to the diverse variety of biomass to compost) or add it directly to the plants?
@@GardeningInCanada Our soil is very sandy. Some areas grow grass well, other parts are still sour, blotchy, and has the type of moss that turn black mid summer.
Bat guano is probably the single most important/best fertilizer on the planet. Bone meal and blood meal comes from unclean farms and could pose a risk of contaminated products. I'd highly recommend you do some more research on bat guano. There's 2 types as well.
@@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 Is there any articles or studies you could link for potential contaminatants that could be present in bone/blood meal that would cause concern when put into soil? Few I can think of are prion diseases but I figured the slaughterhouses are screening for that beforehand. I question how humane the work environment would be in these guano mines. Also, I wonder the effect of guano mining has on the surrounding environment. I not suggesting bone and blood are cruelty and pollution free. However, the blood and bone would have went to waste anyway.
Thanks for watching! Who uses bone meal here? And what has your experience been?
I do, or at least try. I live on Guam (very humid) but I have been successful in growing three types of lavender, they did fine with lots of sand, lime and bone meal mixed in with regular potting soil.
That’s awesome. Is it a sandy soil there?
We have always used it when planting everything and everything seems to be doing well. But I don’t know what that “mysimbos” sp is, so I don’t know what I am surpressing 🫣
I'm new to gardening, but the times I've added it to our semi-compacted clay soil it seems to have worked. I suspect we have very nutrient poor soil, in addition to having widespread crabgrass and very poor clay soil. We live in northeastern New York.
I use it. I have a lot of containers and one garden where the soil is very rocky. I didn't realize that it's a m. fungi interrupter! I did bring a crepe myrtle back from the "dead" with bone meal. It was a whispy stick the thickness of a pencil and in two years it turned into a full, beautiful blooming tree. My general soil type is sandy loam.
One of the things I love about this channel is how science-heavy it is. So the more I watch, the more I realize I don’t know about plant and soil science, and the more I watch to learn more! It’s a cycle of positive reinforcement :)
Awee I love that! I am glad you are enjoying it so much.
I have always been told that when transplanting my veggie starts I should always put a bit of bone meal in the bottom of the planting hole. I think what I am hearing you say is that is a good thing for annual veggies.
Thank You again for supporting me for crossing bone meal off of my list.
I adore your videos!
Anytime! Your suggestions drive the content
Last fall I mulch my green garden waste added green grass clipping onto my garden making 1 inch layer, cardboard then 3 inch mulched falling leaves.
I mix bone mill powder lime and my compose equal mixture added 1 cup into my potato bed mix in the soil added potato on top cover 3 inch soil.
Thanks for your teaching Lady
That sound awesome
Thanks. I hope that you can make a video about coffee grounds for composting.
I have a really old one. Might need to update
I have sandy soil. I make my own compost. I use bone meal when planting tulips, garlic, onions and potatoes. I get great results.
That is awesome!
I'm thinking 🤔 about adding bones to my house plants and succulents.. I appreciate the information
Go for it!
Topics ideas for your consideration:
1. Does it matter if mulch is pulled back when applying products to soil? Organic fertilizers, soil ph amendments, etc...
2. Biochar, for lawns and gardens
Sounds good! They are on the list
Thank you for this explanation!! Can’t wait to learn more from you! I am not new to plants, but new to the specifics behind them and trying to learn. I am also contained gardening, I rent my home, for the first time this year and have learned so much already! Sustainable living here I come 😆😁
Container gardening is awesome
I feed about a tablespoon per gallon of water of unsulfured blackstrap molasses to feed the mycorrhizae. I have a huge web of mycorrhizae and I use bone meal for my super soil
I use bone meal from time to time. I work in a garden/farming warehouse-store, so whatever is broken or being tossed, I take home. Unfortunately, due to this abundance, it's hard to tell which of the many many artificial and natural fertilizers are doing their thing in my plant pots. I mean, I still have 8-foot Tomato plants heavy with fruit at the end of Sept in Ottawa, so I'm not going totally wrong :) But I'm always looking for information from someone who's done a controlled experiment vs. my everything-all-time-time-! method.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing, kind regards
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As I am mainly a container gardener, I have mostly sip containers, this was a very informative video. It reinforces why I have to make sure to add calcium for container tomatoes, or I end up with blossom end rot. I wonder if the bone meal would be good for container root crops like carrots, radishes, and turnips? My carrots and radishes tend to be on the small size.
I think it would forsure. There are always more intense phos options out there to consider adding as well.
@@GardeningInCanada Any that are organic?
Edit: After looking into it my favorite pelletized chicken manure has a npk o 2-4-3, not a super source of phos, but its there.
I didnt know it would tie up the critters in the soil , I must study this in more detail .
I love all the videos you have been posting thank u
Thank you!
Oh no! Did I just waste Mycos yesterday, when planting my pears and apples? I added bone meal into the soil mixed it up, and then inoculated the roots? Our soil is 65% sand.
No they just lay dormant till its needed. No wasting :)
@@GardeningInCanada yay, thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much great information
Glad it was helpful!
I a more confused now 😢, so for garlic, do i use bone meal or will it be bad for the soil organisms?
I am thinking about trying, bone, blood and earthworm casting to recharge some older Fox Farms soil I have. I think I may be able to get away with it, at least until I hit flower , and then maybe the better dose of things can be utilized. Its worth a try. In the meantime I think I will try a topdress of all of it. I am 2.5weeks in veg now. I can't flip for awhile yet, Im trying to scrog it well.
Are you going to make a video on Kelp Meal and Liquid Kelp some day?
Totally off subject...I added innoculated biochar in my raised beds last year and this year and its crazy at the explosive growth I've seen.
That’s awesome! Did you have sandy soil or clay?
Interesting. 🙂
I have soil with low ph, and get good results by using bonemeal.
I thought, however, that the bonemeal needs to be broken down by microbes in order to release its phosphorus and therefor didnt disturb the mycelium in the same way as ordinary fertilizer.
Im I totally wrong? 😁
(Sweden)
definitely needs to be broken down! but there will always be some nutrient that is ready to go.
I was always under the impression the main benefit of using bone meal is more to encourage blooms vs to aid in root development. This is the first time I have heard of this..
It’s going to encourage both regardless because of the phosphorus in the product. So it wouldn’t be out of scope for someone to say it effects the blooms. Although it doesn’t have any potassium which is not great for flower development so I wouldn’t label the product as a “bloom formula”
Greetings fellow Canadian. I hope the weather over there in Sk is treating everyone decently. I am currently preparing my own mix of slow and fast release ingredients for my own fertilizer. Finland really lacks a lot of things that I must order in from other countries for gardening. I made a list of some slow and fast release amendments that i do have access to without paying an arm and leg, they are as follows: kelp meal, dolomite lime, Epsom salt, basalt dust, and alfalfa meal. I will be using my own personal worm castings for compost and the compost tea. am I missing any essential ingredients in this mix? I don't wish to use anything from a slaughter house or anything from that industry.
I'm also looking to get some rock gypsum and possibly potash
Sounds like you have a good plan! i like that. I would skip on the epsom but other then that its good!
Why?
Dale in Canada.
What about Bone meal in my pepper garden out in my yard. I want as much as microbial activity as I can and it seems like you're saying that it will affect that. Am I getting that right. I got some sandy soil down here in Rockport Texas it's in South Texas near the water. The Gulf of Mexico matter of fact. I don't want to mess up my pepper 🌶️ garden
I was thinking about mixing up the bones after making bone broth and saving it for the garden.. would that essentially be bone meal? 🤔
There are some youtube videos showing us how to make bone meal from the leftover bones after making bone broth. Some of the phosphorus probably ends up in the broth but I'm hoping that there is some left in the remaining bones. Do you have a dehydrator for drying out the bones after making your broth?
Basically yea! Bone meal is just dried and crushed
Yea I think that’s going to be the key actually drying it out
I was gonna ask about this. I've heard other scientific gardeners mention in most scenarios bone meal is mostly a gimmick. Good to hear your explanation sort of confirms this.
On an unrelated topic, can you tell me if vermiculite disolves quickly in an outdoor garden? I've heard pearlite I guess disolves after a couple years and I have a high raised bed that maybe drains a little too well so I wondering if vermiculite might help in that regard, however its kind of expensive so I dont want to buy it if its going to disolve after 2 seasons. TY
it depends on how warm and moist the soil is. Generally speaking it should take a while. minimum 3-5 yrs
Can you please do a vid on dyna gro zyme & products like it!!
I’ll put it on the list!
@@GardeningInCanada thanks
I have to do research on bone meal to tomato plant in 2 months. So can i see best results within 2 months as that bone meal is slow releasing fertilizer
I guess i should be very VERY VERY worried..in pushing 80 AND I REALLY HAD A HARD TIME with understanding the bottim line here ...SERIOSLY...i know u know your.stuff but i really could not process what your point actually is...
The vocal fry doesn't help either. Key words in a sentence were just lost to me.
I have used it 2 seasons and as I have changed into away from the tilting and now half non tilting so many changes.
Used my own compose , my own mulch it's so hard to know what is the reason my tomatoes are 3 weeks ahead. I'm zone 6 and having 8 types tomatoes 3 weeks ahead and last season planted most weeks earlier than my normal and watched progress from the first day.
Copying "Growfully with Jenna " a Ohio you tube Teacher Number 3 mixture for starting seeds. Adding worn casting and micorizomes is my biggest change and believe it or planting seedlings after ground temperatures are warmer.
sounds awesome
I was to late getting your information about minerals and additives for seedlings but next spring I will be .Believe you also know lots that is going to put my new name as Mr.Ohio Tomato Old Man.
Thanks for helping people like me.I also brag on you also. I'm on several websites and pass on information and where I get it.
Can you do a video on how to sterilize seeds without killing the seeds? Please there is a so much info and they all are like there is a good chance you could kill the seeds and the others is only in a lab environment. For cannabis growers seeds can be in so many hands before they get into yours so it would be great to decontaminate seeds that are expensive before germinate. Then only to find out they had been exposed to mold and fungi.
yea absolutely which ones are you trying to sterilize and against what specifically?
I use bonemeal for my root vegetables, potatoes carrots etc.
that makes sense
What about using bone meal when planting bulbs. This seems to be a common recommendation
Can i use bone meal for my monstera and zz plant?
We used to use bone meal, mostly on tomato plants. Also added traditional fertilizer to our entire garden when first planting. For the last two years we just dose every plant thoroughly with LiquiDirt (after every watering, I go plant to plant and pour about a cup-2 cups of the mix around the base of the plant. There is a better, less time consuming way to do this.. but we haven’t set anything up just yet and that’s the most efficient way to ensure each plant is getting what it needs. OR. If it’s rained a lot and we don’t have to water, I’ll make sure to do this at least twice a week.
Since we began with the LiquiDirt we haven’t had any blossom rot issues at all. (Not saying LiquiDirt solved that) just thinking maybe the plants aren’t lacking anything now… whereas before we didn’t add anything (bone meal) before any issues.. always after. (I hope I explained that well enough to make sense)
What is LiquiDirt?
Dale in Canada.
@@dalemcinnes1834 hi!!👋 Liquidirt is organic ‘plant food’.. but for me, it’s basically nutrients I give my plants to keep them healthy and growing well. I’ve been using only liquidirt for over 3 years now .. and haven’t looked back since it made the switch.
Hi! I am growing blueberry and figs in container. I was wondering if organic fertilizers like bone meal and blood meal do breakdown in potted/container plants? Or is it better to go towards a more water soluble fertilizer?
Why wouldn't they breakdown just because they are in a container? They are slow release natural fertilizers, water soluble fertilize plants right away
I like to go for more water soluble options. But it’s up to you.
The organic stuff just needs to decompose over time but some is bioavailable right off the hop.
I have a tomato garden box I have used Espoma land and sea compost I still have end rot on my tomato’s was considering using bonemeal and also ground egg shell as I have saved and ground my egg shells for a year. Would you use this or what would you use???
What type of soil do you have? Clay, sandy etc. I’ll have to do a video for you on this but there are a few things you can do. One would be to lower the pH too release calcium from a calcareous soil. The other option would be bone meal if it’s a sandy or soilless growing medium.
Are you watering consistently every year as far as you know?
@@GardeningInCanada well we used top soil in the raised bed. Otherwise I have very Sandy soil under the foot high raised bed. I have amended it with Land & Sea compost. I fertilize it with tomato tone by Epsom. There are a lot of earth worms in it and we have hard water so much so it stains everything red! Any help you can give me would be appreciated
Thank You!
I'm , not understanding , I dont think having alot of roots changes how the plant needs microbes and recyclers to feed them , maybe im wrong .
Would bone meal be benefitial to a corn field?
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Does bone meal start working right away?
I find it very hard to listen. Her voice goes up and down, and she swallows her words.
Hey, we’ve received almost 12 tons of bonemeal. Wanted to know the best manner in using it for cardamom plants in our farm.
Whether we should compost it (add to the diverse variety of biomass to compost) or add it directly to the plants?
Thats alot of bone meal batman !
Does that include sour sandy soil? That bone meal isn't needed.
What do you mean by that? Sorry my brain still has a bit on fog from Covid haha
Sandy soil with a low ph. 😉
I have similar conditions and have noticed a big benefit by using bonemeal. My soil lack in both calcium and phosphorus. 🙂
@@GardeningInCanada Our soil is very sandy. Some areas grow grass well, other parts are still sour, blotchy, and has the type of moss that turn black mid summer.
I prefer bone meal over rock phosphate or bat guano because it is a by product from pre-existing industries.
Bat guano is probably the single most important/best fertilizer on the planet. Bone meal and blood meal comes from unclean farms and could pose a risk of contaminated products. I'd highly recommend you do some more research on bat guano. There's 2 types as well.
Yea that’s a really good point
I’ve heard that the bottoms of caves can be literally feet thick in guano!
@@gtavtheavengergunnerlegend3340 Is there any articles or studies you could link for potential contaminatants that could be present in bone/blood meal that would cause concern when put into soil?
Few I can think of are prion diseases but I figured the slaughterhouses are screening for that beforehand.
I question how humane the work environment would be in these guano mines. Also, I wonder the effect of guano mining has on the surrounding environment. I not suggesting bone and blood are cruelty and pollution free. However, the blood and bone would have went to waste anyway.
how do you reduce pot soil PH??
Elemental Sulphur
@@GardeningInCanada is it safe for roses? How much I put elemental sulphur on 14inchs pot?
This chick sounds pretty smart !
I honestly couldn’t follow this it was too heavily term laden. I need a plants for beginners type
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All I know is that if you don't use it. You won't get any Brandywine tomatos. You'll just end up with a big plant.
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Someone please summarize this for me in one sentence.
I must have missed it. Does bone meal help prevent blossom end rot?
that’s going to be mostly soil pH causing the issue
Before the turn of the century I had to sign for bone meal and promise to not feed it to ruminants.
Yea that’s mad cow disease prevention
@@GardeningInCanada The kind sold here now is fish or chicken bone sourced.
Oh interesting!
The vocal fry makes this almost unlistenable.
Hawaii on a volcano is deficient
Spread bone meal all over your property for at least 1 year…..BEFORE burying the body. Gotta confuse those cadaver dogs 😂
Has anyone ever said that you sound Scottish??
I can't understand you at all....
Might be an IQ issue on your end
You are da bomb ! ty