Snclair Bone Meal Fertiliser

J A Bower`s bonemeal is a superb way of organically feeding root growth. We love our garden, but as most of you will know the more you tend and feed the soil the better the overall result will be. Bone meal is a slow release fertiliser that contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and lots of calcium. Bone meal is sourced from the slaughterhouse, the bones being sterilised first of all and the ground into a coarse, medium or fine grade. At one time the farmers apparently used to make their own bone meal by roasting the bones, or another method used was to ferment the bones in water. A 1kg tub of the Organic root building food will cost ...  Read the complete review

Bone Meal is a general purpose slow release powder fertiliser, that can be applied as a base dressing or as a top dressing for already established plants. It can be used for Trees, Roses, Shrubs, Climbers, Bulbs, and most other plants. It has an interesting history of uses. Among other things it was formerly used in animal feeds until it was discovered that it played host to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Most likely that's why it says on the packet not to use where cattle and sheep have access. It was also used as calcium supplement in humans until it emerged that many preparations were contaminated with heavy metals such as lead. There ...  Read the complete review