This Magic White Powder Will DOUBLE Your Tomato Harvest!
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Did you know there is a magic white powder that will double your tomato harvest? I'm talking about bone meal! Bone meal contains high levels of phosphorus, which can boost blooming in vegetables and fruit trees. This natural, organic bloom booster can produce bigger harvests with all your fruiting vegetables and fruit trees!
This video will teach you why bone meal works to increase blooming and fruit set, how to apply it at transplant, and how to keep applying it throughout the season for bigger harvests!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introducing Bone Meal Fertilizer
1:21 Why Bone Meal Boosts Blooming
3:24 Phosphorous Supplementation Myths
5:52 How To Apply Bone Meal Fertilizer
9:16 Bone Meal Application Schedule
12:02 Adventures With Dale
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If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Introducing Bone Meal Fertilizer
1:21 Why Bone Meal Boosts Blooming
3:24 Phosphorous Supplementation Myths
5:52 How To Apply Bone Meal Fertilizer
9:16 Bone Meal Application Schedule
12:02 Adventures With Dale
🤣More edgy jokes please 👍
Oh and thanks for introducing me to the dwarf tomato project. I live on the Mississippi coast and the climate down here is horrible for tomatoes.
I kind of discovered how to make a homemade version by accident. I save up all our bones, mostly poultry, in the freezer until there is enough to fill up a large stock pot. I then put all of them in a pot and put just enough water in to cover them, with about a quarter cup of ACV. I bring the whole thing up to a boil, covered, and then lower it to a simmer, where it will stay for the next 48 hours, keeping the water level just above the bones. If you have nothing but small thin bones, then you can get away with just 24 hours, but any large bones needs 48.
Strain the bone broth for personal consumption. At this point, all bones will be very soft and flimsy. Even if they are allowed to dry, I dry mine in the Sun or in a low oven, even the large ones will still crumble and powder easily, even with just a mortar and pestil.
I didn't enjoy the 80s joke. I do believe you're preaching degeneracy to the wrong crowd. Jokes are certainly welcome now & again, but I'm following this channel for gardening reasons. I wonder how many junkies grow gardens! Anyway, thumbs down for promoting degeneracy like it's nothing. 👎👎👎
@@hermestrismagistos3145 Noted. The Dwarf Tomato Project is awesome. It makes it possible to grow some really amazing fruit in a tiny space.
@@TheMillennialGardener I got the dwarf green giant, dwarf awesome and rosella purple this year. Thick sturdy stalks, loaded with blooms already. Great channel. Thanks for reply
I put bone meal in the dirt of 8 bell pepper plants after watching this video. I was out of state and when I returned, one of little plants was laying down. I picked it up and one side was covered in little peppers. 26 peppers on a 12 inch plant. I checked my other ones, and all had a combination of peppers and flowers exceeding 25. It was one week from the time I fed til I returned. I wished I could attach photos. I texted them to all my veggie buddies and they've already ordered the bone meal.
The 80’s “cut a line” joke…hysterical. Your silent stare was what sent me over the edge!!
Somehow, I knew you were a dog dad. That of course coming from a very proud dog mom. Thoroughly. Enjoy your videos and I’ve learned a great deal. Thank you so much. Only wish I had as much of a backyard as you do. Keep the videos coming, please.
Love the straw!!! 😂😂
🤨 Hmmm!🤔 The tomato plant was probably expecting a rolled up hundred dollar bill instead of a cheap straw.
That was great!!
I love the way that you don’t waste time or words and just get right down to your message! I just recently discovered you, and you are becoming my fave!
Thank you! I really appreciate it. I storyboard my videos before I film them so I can try and stay on track. Having a bulleted list to keep everything in order helps.
@@TheMillennialGardener it’s great! Easy to understand
Hear hear!
Yep!…I stopped watching all channels where as the creator just loves to hear themselves speak ….information only please!
And that’s what we get here information!! 👍
Totally agree!!! Love the great content, always gets to the point and very detailed!!! Love that he doesn’t “generalize”, he is very detailed!!!
Dude!! I watch and follow many gardeners, farmers, etc.... I just learned more in 5 min then I have in 5 months from hundreds of others!
Thank you ❤️ Lofetime subscriber here ✌️
100%
I love how in depth this video was. Most videos just tell you how to fertilize when planting and then never go any further. I found out last year I was fertilizing my tomatoes all wrong. I got lots of green leaves but little fruit. Thank you!
Love that you get right to it!Always great content, always get right to the point and always very detailed!!! Love that you don’t “generalize”, very detailed!!! Thank you!
This is my favorite video. Transplanting my tomatoes and needed a refresher. Thanks.
I make my own bone meal and add egg shells and coffee grounds in it. My plants love it!
Thanks for the informative video!
How do you grind it up?
@@TheMillennialGardener I just use a blender. I store them in freezer til I have enough and then I cook them down for quite awhile, use that water in my garden....let them dry out til I can break by hand and then put the pieces in a blender and powder is the result. Shells I just dry and crunch up and then throw in blender and coffee grounds I just let dry.
@@mamamoon65 awesome
Me too !
@@TheMillennialGardener I don't even grind mine up. We often cook our meals on a charcoal (wood char) not coal. After the meal is cooked I remove the excess ash from the catcher and add in my bones. Put on an old cast iron pan or pot. Next day. Collect the ash. Potash and phosphorus booster. Viturally no work on my part except for sifting it out. 99 percent of it falls through the sift. Note. I live in Thailand and many meats are sold with bone. We cook 80 percent of our own meals. But the PH you say! Everything, everything in moderation. I don't ever buy external nutrients for my large garden. JLM, Korean natural farming and manures. Devote your winters to making these additions. Bonus. It helps with the winter garden blues. Not a suggestion, just my experience. Buy if can't make it.
Thanks. I'll be planting tomatoes next week and will be sure to use some bone meal I have from last year. I've never used it correctly- thanks for pointing out how one should. (The "it's the 80s" bit with the straw was hilarious too btw.)
Thanks MG for another informative video. I didn’t know this is how you apply bone meal, down around the roots and above layer. Learning more about how the bone meal needs to get mixed in and slowly broken down first before the plant can take them up great advice. I also learned to optimally, fertilize several weeks before planting during the break down period, if possible so the soil is ready. All good stuff to know.🌱
From CA🏖️take care.
I appreciate you sharing your experience and knowledge on gardening. I have found many of your recommendations reinforce what I remember from my Grandparents farm but I’ve also learned some new tricks from you. Thank you for your efforts.
New sub from Northern Minnesota. Thanks for the videos. I don't post often but I always leave some imogis to help the algorithm. Please take this as a sign of my respect and appreciation for the work.
I'm an old 61 yo gardener and really enjoy your videos. Straight to the point' informative and good cadence. You earned a sub!
Thanks so much for subscribing! I appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
You're not that old. Oh, to be 61 again! Lol.
I am 60 almost 61. And I feel like I am still 40. It's just a number. Remember that everyone.
@@sandrajohnson9926 Yup, I'm 79 and would love to be 61 again except for the heart attack!!!LOL!!
I listen to a variety of garden channels, and by far, I like yours the best. You give such detail explanations of EVERYTHING and how it all affects the life of your garden. This is my first year of attempting a garden and your information has proven to be invaluable. THANK YOU!
Thank you so much! I’m really glad to know it is helping. I wish you the best of luck this year. Take it slow, savor the successes, and don’t worry about the failures, because they’re the best way to learn! It’s a fun and rewarding journey.
HAVE FUN! You're gonna kill shit, grow too much of some, too little of another, get all kinds of weird bugs and problems, and it's ALL OKAY! Keep a garden journal, it's THAT important and so helpful! When you started seeds, what soil you used, what fertilizers, any problems you notice, etc. Date everything.
I have an approx 40 yr old glass & alum greenhouse, south-facing. Last yr I tried to use it. After cleaning & disinfecting i used 15 bags of Miracle Gro Organic($250.) soil"for raised beds" at recom of local Extension center. So disappointed. Zuc, yellow squash & cukes had lots of foilage & big blooms which promtly wilted and fell off= not 1 friut. Peppers poor. Tomatoes had bottom end rot until I added diluted milk. Wasting this $$, time and hard work has me not wanting to even try this yr but I want to. Any advice is welcome.
Hi great video. Thanks for your helpfulness !
My question: does your planting and feeding bone meal to tomato plants work similarly for tomato grown in “VegTrug” like elevated garden planters?
…thanks in advance for your reply
He says CAN double but Truth is is doesnt .
You have done too good of a job spreading the word. My last store trip where I purchased fertilizer, they were out of bone meal.
Yes I was very impressed with the harvest of tomatoes this year and I didn't even keep applying bone meal through the season just at planting time I'll be sure to do this with the rest of my crops that you mentioned. Thank you for the tip.
You are my favorite garden video on YT. I had only grown flowers, tomatoes, cucumbers, & squash in the past. Retired now, so I am trying to plant other veggies this growing season. Therefore, I am so appreciative of your help! You have been blessed with the teaching gift!
Thank you so much! I'm really happy to hear the videos are helpful. Gardening is so rewarding. It teaches patience and investment, and it's so rewarding when you get that harvest.
I just discovered the magic of bone and blood meal this year. Thanks for the tip on how to continue fertilizing through the season. Love seeing Dale at the end of your videos.
Both of those items are fantastic. The results can't be denied. Dale sends his love ❤
I've got 2 bags of that exact bone meal. I'm gonna plant my tomatoes with it. Great video as always!
I appreciate you putting direct links to the products instead of just the full storefront
I've used bone meal on my indeterminant tomato plants but hadn't realized it's also good for any plant with blooms which turn into fruit, thanks for that tip🙂.
Oh. I was throwing it on everything in the garden. But not very much.
I've always used it in every hole for bulbs.I guess I'll need a lot more this year.
You're great with your presentations! Well done, and I learned a lot. Thanks for this!
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Your videos are so informative and so helpful!!!! Thank you for making these!!!
Thanks for this great informational video, you’re a great teacher! Love the segments with Dale🥰Have a great day and happy gardening!🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼
Love the step by step way you give directions. So helpful for a new gardener. You helped me so much last season, when I did my first ever garden. I'm excited for this season.
Always thought bone meal was just used at first planting
Bruh, micro rizzaaahhhh!!
I like happy frog, perlite,worn castings in the beginning, water with recharge, molasses , and bone meal at the start of flower, can't get my lazy ass to water consistently😢
Totally unrelated but I love how you put your rain barrels. We were wondering how to raise them up high so gravity could be used to water our outdoor plants and that’s a great cheap way to do it and still looks nice. We are installing 2 rain barrels this year. Our water bill is insane where we live! This will help. Just ordered some bone meal, thanks for the video!
This was the cheapest way I could find to raise them up while also having a sturdy base. You can't beat concrete blocks. Best of luck with the bone meal! It's great stuff.
Thank you. When I built my garden boxes...you saidbefore put bmeal, so my tomatoes, potatoes. So excited to see this.
that was great! thanks so much for putting all of that info together - valuable. I sincerely enjoy your videos. Keep em coming.
I used bone meal for the first time in my garden last year and WOW. It was the most successful garden I've ever grown. I wondered about repeat applications, which I didn't do, but now I will. I'm also zone 8a living in coastal VA. Off topic but....I'm hoping to order my orange and lemon trees this week. You convinced me to invest it those, so I'm going to try it. Give Dale a skritch behind the ears for me! He's such a good boy!
It is amazing stuff. I swear by it. The results are incredible. If you haven’t ordered your trees yet, I HIGHLY recommend Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. All my grafted citrus trees are for him. He is a great person, and he will ship phone orders. Tell him I sent you 😆
Please be sure to protect them in winter like I do. Citrus won’t survive longterm in our zone unprotected. They take a little work in winter, but they’re maintenance free mostly the rest of the year except for leaf miner and spider mites occasionally, and pruning. Dale says hello!
@@TheMillennialGardener i just mine from him too for zone 8a here in southern Piedmont nc
We can plant citrus trees in NC, or is it a greenhouse thing?? ... I truly miss the orange trees, Lemon, and lime. We used to get them from our daughter's house.
I got my citrus trees from Stan too. I only live just over an hour from him and visited on Tuesday. He is great. He comes to speak to my homesteading group occasionally which is how I learned about this channel. He always says @The Millennial Gardener put him on the map. ;)
Calcium also stops Blossom End Rot on Tomatoes
Almost fell off my chair with your bone meal/straw demo. Just about snorted out my tea, lmao.
Thanks for the information. I've put bone meal in my potato pots, per your instructions. Now I'll add it to all of my other seedlings that fit the criteria. Thought they'd all be in their pots by now, but today is raining with mid 40's daytime temp and low of low 30's tonight. It was 86 two days ago. Sigh... crazy spring in north GA.
Glad you enjoyed it 😆 What terrible weather we had this weekend. 2 inches of rain and we were in the 40's all day. It was colder than January. Now, we have a potential for upper 30's tomorrow. Winter always comes back for a last bite of the apple.
You're amazing! I enjoy the way you think and operate! Always another great learning experience! Thank you!
O just came across your videos and have watched several of them. You do what I have been taught to do by my mother, which she was raised on a farm when she was growing up. BUT you have taught me some New tips and tricks. Loving you videos the more I watch them and I share them with my brothers because they do gardening now as well. Thank you and keep up the Fantastic videos.
0:35 I enjoyed your video on bone meal. I already had some on hand from planting my fall bulbs. I'm looking forward to having Olympic size thriving tomatoes this year. (Bone meal "lines"...😂 too funny) Also very thorough explantions of the N-P-K numbers and how plants use each one. Thanks for the "reasons to use bone meal crash course." Very informative and useful!! 🍅🌿🌼
Love the level of details in your explanation. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much as always. Your videos are perfect because they are short, easy to understand and direct to the point. I totally trust everything I have learned from you. Many many thanks!!
Ok. Urging the seedling to sniff that gator back was the best skit on the channel so far. Also dale is super spoiled, love it . Keep up the good work. 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it 😆 Dale spoils us every day with his presence, so he deserves to be treated every now and again. He doesn't know how good he has it...
This is very timely for me. I’m just about to plant my dwarf tomato seedlings, mostly in 5-gallon grow bags. Thank you!
You’re welcome. I try to time these videos based on the season.
How'd they do?
I appreciate your videos so much. You teach and communicate so well and it’s so practical and helpful. Thank you for putting in the effort to make great content for those of us still learning on our gardening journey.
Just found your channel - love your 80's comments 😂😂😂. I've watched 3 of your videos and are finding them very informative. The fact that you're in NC too (I'm more north in Louisburg) hits my targets with the advice your sharing. Thanks for info! 😊
Great video. On my end, my golden globe turnips are about ready for picking after over-wintering. My leeks, carrots and brussels sprouts did well too and a little batch of parsnips and I'm in Canada. Let's grow throughout the year! 🙂
Hello. May I ask when did you plant all your plants??? Did you use a greenhouse or?? I love leeks.
alot of ppl tend to forget how important iron and magnesium are to the soil! I add a small amount of epsom salt( magnesium), and I rust iron nails in a bowl to get iron water, put small amounts of those in a watering container, fill and add to each plant, just a little soaking around the plant stem in the ground! It makes the shiniest, healthiest bearing of tomatoes and bell peppers for sure! Thanks for talking about the phosphorus... i may add some this year, because our rain has shit off. We got the first rain in over two weeks yesterday!
The plants were growing but needed watering, and as soon as I watered them.... an hour later it rained!!!! A good soaking... mich needed! I tend to not add anything and ise Diatenaciois earth to protect plants from aphids and potato bugs as well as japanese beetles ( especially for my dads 100+ year old family grapevine! ) they destroy leaves on anything green!
Great info, and as always, very clear and concise… with a little humor. Thanks! Will be adding bone meal to my regimen this season. And I love seeing Dale! Such a sweet soul.
I think you'll be impressed with bone meal's results. Dale is a perfect pup. We're lucky to have him.
I've learned so much from you over the last year!! THANKS so much!!
The slow feed bowls crack me up. our girl needed one and she has figured out how to hoover the food out of some spots...dogs..gotta love em
It's dangerous to feed Dale without one. Deep-chested dogs like Dale can literally die from eating by developing bloat. He will gulp his food so quickly it's dangerous for his health. When we first got him, he used to eat so quickly he'd vomit. These puzzle bowls have been, literally, a lifesaver. The key is to press the food into the grooves so they struggle to eat.
I love using bone meal!!! I have all raised beds and I know the nutrients leach out over the season after season. Loved your vid!!! Love from NJ
It's rough, especially on the rainy coast! Bone meal is essential in my garden. The results are dramatic. I was born and raised in NJ. Tell the place I said hi!
Small world…. I was born and raised in MD but have deep roots in NC….. NJ isnt bad but I live away from the NY hustle and bustle… I’m in South Jersey so actually have a nice place to have a garden…..
I have become such a huge fan of this channel since stumbling upon it a while back. Always an overwhelming amount of information and straight to the point. Great work! And who doesn’t like a solid 80’s joke¿ “6:35”
Been buying bonemeal by the bucketful here in the UK. I use it while planting my tulips, dahlias, crocusmia, carrots, radishes and fruiting vegetables. The particles come in different sizes so it's quick and slow release.
Having been a late teenager in the early 80's I got quite a chuckle out of your little demonstration with the straw! lol Great information. Going to implement this in my garden more this year.
Glad you enjoyed it 😆
Same here!😅
Lmao. Yeah, that was good. Do you know what your grandmother did? 😂
took me back to the 60's!!
I'm in the DIY camp also. We raise our own grass-fed beef and lamb (and venison). We also have chickens. I pressure cook the bones. The chicken bones turn to mush pretty quickly. The beef bones take longer but also do eventually get brittle enough to break into small pieces. I use the first cooking for broth/stock, then use the bone broth for other purposes. Mostly I just toss the bone pieces into the compost, but now I'm thinking of being more purposeful with it's use :)
I've wanting to try to make my own bone broth to use in canning stew.
*Any advice?* ....
@@my_flippin_journey simple version for broth is to pressure cook the roasted bones with whatever herbs/vegetables that you want for flavor. Strain out the bones, herbs, vegetables for use as broth or stock. For bone broth, put the bones back in and pressure them with a bit of vinegar (I typically use apple cider vinegar). The vinegar helps get out the minerals I've been told. Bone broth isn't all that tasty (it's bland compared to stock) but it has the minerals. I pressure them for bone broth for a couple of hours if it is for me to use, or even longer if it is for animals or as a soil amendment.
If you take those bones after you've pressure cooked them for 3 hours at 15 lbs they will easily turn into a mush. I take this mush of meat marrow and bone and add oatmeal. The I use a small scoop and portion them into pink pong ball sized portions and bake till dry, cool, and place in gallon zip locks or something similar and keep frozen. These are the best dog treats ever!
@@brendamontanye9877 also your broth will be more tasty and have better color if you brown the bones under a broiler before makeing into broth...
@@zephyrwinkle6552 Great idea. But I would make them into a different shape. Balls can get lodged in a dogs mouth and choke them to death. I would make them in a long shape, like a dog bone.
Thank you. This is the first year I rolled my tomatoes in bone meal powder and added it to the hole. Excellent results thus far. THANK YOU!
A great video. I always use bone meal even if I can't afford to buy any other type of fertilizer. I don't usually side dress my tomatoes but always side dress my peppers. One problem I have had is when adding bone meal to a planting hole is racoons will dig the seedlings up, therefore I have taken to broadcasting it and raking in a few days before planting.
I amend my fruit trees with bone meal, kelp meal, home made compost and sea soil every year at least two times a year, even very established trees! They generally produce pretty well
Bone meal is fantastic for most fruit trees. Figs go absolutely nuts for them. The difference in production when regularly applying it is stark. It's like night and day, as they say.
I think if your tomato leaves get any purple color on them that it is usually a sign of phosphorus deficiency. It's happened to a few of my plants in the past. Bone meal always brought out the healthy green color.
I used bone metal last planting and had a massive more fruit production..you are 100 % correct
This was the first video I saw on this. So helpful!
Bone meal made a huge difference in last year's garden, but didn't realize the re-application possibilities. Thanks for the info! Picked up some grafted Purple Cherokees and German Johnson's from Lewis Farms in Ogden and hope they do as well as before. Cheers!
It's awesome stuff! If your plants are still blooming, reapplications can help keep the party going! We have 2 cold nights coming up, so be vigilant. I think it's going to frost tomorrow night in low, cold spots.
If you don't have access to bone meal,pelletized guano is also good. 0-22-0. I use it especially when transplanting seedlings to encourage root growth and for citrus trees. Going to try it on sweet potatoes next.
That sounds similar. That's something I've never seen before, but that's a beautiful NPK for fruiting.
@@TheMillennialGardener I've had good success using guano with citrus trees, ornamentals, and tomatoes. I do container gardening. But I've also read that high P is good for root crops such as alliums and sweet potatoes, so I'll try it out.
Bone meal is hard to find in the tropics, and prohibitively expensive.
I’ve been using bone meal for years. I mix1/3 cup into the planting hole along with 1/4 cup of organic veggie fertilizer and 1/8 cup of Azomite, but after watching your brilliant video I’m going to start dusting bone meal on the root ball as well when planting.
Thanks for including fish emulsion in your video I’m a big believer in it as well. And with that one you can use a straw. 😅
I totally agree, I want to grow Olympic size and producing plants in my garden. 😃. Love your videos!!!
Howdy MG and Dale.👋 Great info. I usually do an application of bone meal at planting and an extra application for some flowering plants, but not all. I'm going to use it regularly now. Thanks for the knowledge!👍
Breakfast with your fur baby....how sweet!😃
Happy Resurrection Day!
It's dynamite stuff. Really fantastic. Happy Easter! I hope you're doing something special. Dale and I are having both sides of the family over and making brisket 🙂
@TheMillennialGardener Brisket...I'm a Tejas girl...love our brisket. 😋 If you make brisket like you do pizza, I know it goooood!👍
We are also having family over.😃
Our main course is a steak and potato pie my hubby love.😃
I know Dale's going to be so excited with family all around him! Tell him howdy!🐕
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@@valoriegriego5212 it's actually corned beef brisket. I am going to smoke it. Corned beef is a little too salty for me, but when you smoke it, it takes the saltiness out of it and it makes fantastic tacos. It's not traditional, but we wanted something different than the same old Easter ham we have every year.
Steak and potatoes are always a winner. Sounds sort of like shepherd's pie? Or maybe more like a chicken pot pie but with steak? Either way, sounds good. Dale would like a slice.
@@TheMillennialGardener soak your corned beef in a container of water for 24 hours before you smoke it . That will take the excess salt out and your smoked corned beef will be amazing!!
Another great video! Spring is coming, so time for the refreshers... Thank you for this video! Also, what are your thoughts on calcium acetate?
This was very helpful and I took notes! Thanks!
Really helpful!! Love your videos. I have never experimented with Bone Meal. I look for forward to seeing the results!!
Dude! You are hilarious and informative. You had me going there for a second with the bone meal on the plate 😂 Ha ha ha! Thank you so much for all of your work. I’m becoming a better gardener because of you.
I'm so happy to hear the content is helping! Glad you appreciated a little humor in there 😆
Pretend it's the 80's 😆
I have found using high amounts of K over P to make the biggest difference. Master blend ratio is 4-18-38 and is water soluble (so one must be very very careful)
I got about what farmer Dre gets 30 lbs of tomatoes per plant. Best year I’ve ever had in the garden using that last year.
I haven't experimented with high levels of potassium for tomatoes, but I do have some 0-0-60. That bag has lasted me probably 5 years. Maybe I'll try some. Tomatoes struggle badly where I live come June due to the rain and humidity.
How do you make it Theo?
@@lsherylc2524 morgan county sells it I believe is the name
Don't use the 0-0-60 , if your going to try using potassium use only the 0-0-50,but you better be careful what you do because potassium and calcium don't get along they hinder each other from being taken up by the plant.
Very good job with this video! I am a UF graduate in IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and apply fertilizer for a living. You put together a nice cohesive guide for beginners to understand. We all have out tricks to what works in our given environment. Phosphorus is a missing link for most soils and a few more products would jump start your garden even further. Keep up the good work! I enjoy your channel. P.S Leelanau Sweetglo is an amazing watermelon, that is how I found your channel !
Your videos are EXCELLENT!
Great info on the bone meal and how to apply it.
Thank you! I'm really glad they're helpful.
I have been using bone meal for decades and I just love the results
Good video, the credit card lines had me lol! Here's a cautionary tale about bone meal for ya. Keep out of reach of dogs... may of 2019 my dog got hold of a bag of bone meal and ate about half of it. It pretty much solidified in her intestines so she was completely blocked. $5000 worth of surgery and treatment saved her life.
That’s awful. It is the consistency of ready-mix concrete. It would be extremely dangerous for pets to get into. Sorry that happened, but thankfully it was treatable.
Great info!! I mix powdered milk to pig directions and pour around my tomato plants once a week. No blossom end rot
Learned it from an old farmer, these are heavy calcium feeders. I grew Hungarian oxhearts,,German pinks and Amish paste. They had tomatoes past the second frost !!! Hugh stems and
Good tip!
What are 'pig' directions?
@@cedricerleward Probably the strength needed to feed piglets. Just a guess.
For the record, blossom end rot is usually a condition caused by uneven watering. All the calcium supplementation in the world won't matter if you allow your soil to dry out, then over-soak it, then allow it to dry out again, etc. Even moisture is key for calcium uptake. Providing you are watering deeply and mulching your soil, something like that should provide usable calcium, but I'd be careful with pH because tomatoes actually prefer a mildly acidic pH, and milk is alkaline.
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Pretty sure it's a typo.
Pkg, not pig.
I live in zone 8 on the coast of Va, your videos work better for me than most of the other content on this app. You’re great and I love watching your content.😁👏❤
I’m so glad to hear it! I appreciate you watching.
Great video! Thanks! Absolutely love your channel: so informative and helpful.
Just found your channel and absolutely LOVE it! ❤️ I saw you mentioned in another comment thread that bone meal is good for fig trees. We have a HUGE fig tree at th home we recently bought. Do I have to mix the bone meal into the soil or... How should I apply it? The tree is well established and we've harvested 2 very productive years.
he shows you in the beginning of the video
While I agree with your point about soil testing for phosphorus being unnecessary, one thing that should be tested before using bone meal is the PH. Bone meal will increase the soil's PH, and if your soil already has a very high PH, increasing it further could make other nutrients unavailable to the plant. If you have a high PH soil, you may want to also use a soil acidifier in addition to the bone meal.
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Well done man..
Ive used the stuff for my tomatoes and dahlias, late fall and again around the first weeks of June. I have been slowly patterning myself into the calendar. Using the 23rds as reference points. I also add at planting, but only the one other time over the season, thanks for sharing your seasonal feedings schedule.
"how to apply it? Cut with credit card and get your straw." OMgosh! You had me hysterically laughing out loud!!! SO glad I found your channel recently. Will order the bone meal through your link tonight! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. I couldn’t resist 😂
Lmao
Youre amazing! 3q’s: how do you find out if your tomato plant is determinate or not? What if you’re planting in a elevated bed, do you need the same amount of bone meal? I see that some tomatoes need staking and others hang. How do you know which is which?
The supplier of the seed or plant should specify whether it is a vine or bush (indeterminate or determinate) variety. Vine tomatoes need support, bush tomatoes can often benefit from support. Vine vs bush also have different pruning requirements.
There is a gardening show here in Australia called Gardening Australia. In the early 2000 one of the presenters, Colin Blundell, always swore by and used blood and bone for the vegies and fruit. As I am new to vegie gardening and have been thinking about it and you have now confirmed it for me. Thank you for the way you present and share your knowledge.
You're welcome! Blood meal is fantastic for leafy growth, and bone meal is fantastic for root development and flowering/fruit set. When you combine the two properly, it's quite powerful.
Thanks Anthony and Dale ❤
You're welcome!
I really like using bonemeal. I even save my bones and process it all into bonemeal when I have some spare time. Surprisingly you can make quite a lot bonemeal even from a small household that doesn't really eat much meat.
How do you grind it? Getting that fine grind appears to require special equipment. Powdering it is important to help it break down, because bone shards can take forever to break down.
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if you have wood stove you can burn the bone then it easy to crush to powder
@@abdelrhmanoubied9624 WOW, thanks so much for mentioning that technique.
The ash including the bone meal would be a super duper plant food.
For my tomatoes I personal use fish, topped with lots of powdered eggs shells, some coffee grounds, then cover with a handful of lime.
Keeps the critters away and the plants love it. Happy gardening.
@@TheMillennialGardener Try using an angle grinder.
@wellspring2life Boil the bones to make stock/broth. Save the broth, then boil the bones again with 1 cup of vinegar per gallon of water for 4-6 hours. Strain the liquid, which when cool, can be applied directly to the soil. Dry the bones in the sun for 4 weeks. Break the bones into chunks with a hammer. Grind the bones in a thrift-shop blender, or (ideally) a ball mill. Beef and pork bones are much harder to process than chicken bones.
I tried bone meal a few years ago and my dogs dug up my beds and ate it. Without bone meal no dog problems
Awesome video and info . I will be sharing to family, friends and others that that do and should garden !!! Well done ... 2 thumbs up
I found some 4lb bags of bonemeal at TSC for $2.50 on clearance, and 4lb bags of organic 5-4-4 and 4-6-3 on clearance for $2 at Walmart.
Now? That’s a killer deal. If they’re having prices like that now, that’s nuts. In Fall, it is a little more common.
@@TheMillennialGardener TSC was a couple weeks ago, Walmart was the fall.
Our local TSC had Dr. Earth bone meal on sale for 5.99 at the end of last season, and since they had a TSC credit card new sign up promotion, they ended up being about $2.99 each. I caught an awesome fertilizer clearance at Walmart in 2021 10lb,8lb,4lb bags of fertilizer just $1 each, but 2022 was a bust. They have been changing their Expert Gardener brand lately, new designs on the bag, reformulations to cheapen them up a bit (4-4-4 now instead of 5-4-4 NPK on the all purpose, etc). They've also made all their 3.5lb bags 4lb and their 10lb bags 8lb.
@@keyphabenyisrael3219 awesome. I love a good deal
Thank you for explaining all this. I greatly appreciate it.
Such great info! Wish I had seen this before I planted my seedlings. I will use it going forward. Thanks!
You can still add some around each plant. Dig it in a bit.
That credit card sketch would have made a great April 1st short! lol
We generally use Blood, Fish and bone as an all rounder, tomato feed and i am making jadam with sea weed and some other plants.
Pretty sure my neighbours think we are up to something dodgy as we have uv lights in the windowsill for our tomatoes and a light box made out of foil! They don't know about the mushrooms we grow in our bathroom! lol All legal Pearl Oyster mushrooms though.
Overall, people are more accepting of using UV lights and growing mushrooms indoors but we sometimes get raised eye brows. It is usually people who can tell the difference between a tomato plant and the other type. Even my hubby was a bit wary about us growing oyster mushrooms at first until he tried them.
I grew a Serrano pepper in my bedroom inside a wooden box lined with foil with a halogen shop lamp on a chain during college. When we would have parties, you’d never see so many people get really excited at first, and then 5 seconds later get really disappointed. True story 😆
@@TheMillennialGardener Living here in Oregon, I can grow all sorts of shrooms and medicinal plants. 😝
.....might add: check the soil ph.
Minerals are plant available at various ph levels. Hence a 6.0 to 7.0 is an optimal range for almost all fruit & vegetable crops.....blueberries being an exception. Think a ph range of 4 to 5 for them.
These suggestions assume a fairly neutral pH. Blueberries like a pH around 4.5, but they can tolerate a little higher or lower.
At 6:20 when you put it on plate and cut out lines straight faced made me laugh. It also lightened up the serious tomato facts and then producing , and sharing your knowledge which UA-cam is great for Company.
Thanks being a good friend and honest person. I will do that for my all plants.
I appreciate it! Thanks so much for watching!
Laughed so hard at the 80s skit. Love all your videos, clear ,concise and informative. ❤ Dale.
Glad you enjoyed it 😆 Dale sends his love 🐕
Come on! Pretend it's the 80s! ROTL!
When you broke out the credit card I just about died hahaha! And yes on the bone meal and put into the hole and stir around. I think that's a vital ingredient to success. Good stuff!
I'm glad you enjoyed it 😅 It's fantastic stuff for strong roots and increasing blooms.
Great informational presentation. There are so many opinions on fertilizing but you sold me on the bone meal.
I just bought bone meal to add to my container fig plants, now I’m going to add them to my tomato plants too! Thanks for the tip!
Bone meal works well for tomatoes, but it's AWESOME for figs. They respond incredibly!
@@TheMillennialGardener I just used up the 4 lbs bag that I bought on my figs and tomato. Can’t wait to see the results. Will be in the lookout for Bone meal sales from now on. Thanks again for the great tip! I have a lot to learn from you!
Great demonstration on how to use bonemeal. I have never used it before, but will definitely get some now as I have a few cherry tomatoes started indoors. Many thanks 🙏🏻
I highly recommend it. It's also absolutely incredible on fig trees for enhancing production. The difference is noticeable, and quickly.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks 🙏🏻 and say “hi” to Dale from me 🥰🐶
@@TheMillennialGardener I've only used it for flowering bulbs.
I had no idea to use it any other way.
Calcium. It makes sense.
My tomatoes will definetly be getting bone meal this year.
Thank you.
@@TheMillennialGardener does your family eat all the figs (mine won't eat fresh or dried, but I do) do you have to buy a dehydrator to dry them?
AAANNNDDD just like that the plate, credit card, and tube got you a new subscriber!😂😂😂🎉
I’ve researched at least a dozen or more “expert” gardeners / farmers” on UA-cam.. I’ve watched dozens and dozens of videos… Probably hundreds… Now I have it narrowed down to 2… Thanks for saving me the efforts of testing my soil, as well as a test kit I trust I don’t need… Also, I’m going to take your view on adding bonemeal for phosphorus..
Thanks so much, great info,
this has really helped me a lot, especially since I'm a first-time vegetable gardener.😊
Thanks again 😊
Have you looked into agricultural molasses? I started using it with my fish fertilizer and I've noticed a big difference in the grow and health of my plants.
I have heard of adding this to tomato plants but have never tried it. When I redo my potting soil each year I typically add bone meal, blood meal, azomite and a slow release granular fertilizer. When planting I also add fish fertilizer to the water at about quarter strength each time I water for about two weeks. This year I am going to try molasses for tomatoes and peppers.
i use it sometimes. Also on my compost pile to kick start a cold compost pile. To get it working .
@@colliecoform6238 I use the same when I am ammending my beds. I put the azomite in water sometimes too to water with.
I have not. Is it costly? I'm pretty careful with the organic fertilizers I use in my garden, because they're often pricey and add up fast. I find fish fertilizer and bone meal to be worth the cost since you get more in return by investing in them, but I've also tried some other products and have been less than impressed.
Its like crack for the bio life in the soil