Putting Down Roots (Snclair Bone Meal Fertiliser)

Member Name: Sarahjh

Product:	Snclair Bone Meal Fertiliser
Date:	01/12/08 (223 review reads)
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Advantages: An organic root building food

Disadvantages: Please dont apply any where near a shore or fresh water

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 £3.82 and is available from most garden centres.
Bone meal works more slowly than many other fertilisers, it makes really good nourishment for bulbs, crocus, daffodil, iris and tulip, the bone meal needs to go into the ground when the bulbs are first planted, thus the fertiliser and the bulbs grow together, the slow release of the bone meal enhances growth.
Roses enjoy a good feed with bone meal, the extra nourishment seems to give good results


Bone meal can also be bought in tablet form from Health food stores.
Bone Meal must always be kept away from any water system or shoreline, if by any chance it is leached into the water there is a high chance that aquatic life may be endangered.
Adding bone meal promotes root growth with shrubs, trees and perennials, but I would never consider using it on my annuals.
Root crops love the phosphorus that is in abundance in bone meal, so do peas, beans and sweet-peas. If you consider using bone meal to feed the soil then rake it into the beds a couple of months before you sew.
Clematis, lilac and Hydrangea all love a sprinkle of bone meal.
But don't be tempted to apply the meal to rhododendrons or azalea's because they love acidity in the soil and bone meal has an alkaline reaction.

You might also notice something funny going on if you own a dog! the bone meal smells very tempting to dogs, ours loves to lick it! A dog minus manners!

Summary: A good nourishing root building food