Blood Fish and Bone

[roitelet]

Help please!

When I gardened in the UK I used to use Blood, Fish and Bone as a general fertilizer. I have been able to buy the components here in France and would like to mix them so that I can apply it in one go.

Can anyone tell me what the proportions are that I should put in the mix or would it be better to just apply them seperatley, ie Bone meal to things like parsnips and Blood to Leafy crops etc.

Awaiting words of wisdom

[Waffler]

Can't help you I'm afraid. It's just your post reminded me of when I found one of our trout dead up the garden; as I bunged it on the compost heap I thought "Hmm, that covers all bases for blood, fish and bone!"

[Benacre]

Don't bother just sprinkle it around fruit bushes etc I never bother working out all the paremeters just chuck it on and I have had no problems. It is slow release so I do it in spring and two weeks prior to planting any seeds.
I do sprinkle some along by Potato trenches as well

[Snadger]

I think it was the 'oldie worlde' equivalent of national growmore!

An equal quantities NPK feed.

Fish = Nitro+>Phosphate
Bonemeal = Phosphate+>Nitro
Blood = Potassium+>Nitro

As can be seen its a reasonably high Nitrogen feed so should be used with caution! Tends to attract rats so I am told!

PS It should tell you application rates on the individual boxes! If they are all the same mix in equal proportions and apply.

[Stroppy scotte]

Snadger--you are a true encyclopaedia of wisdom!!!
All useful information.
Thanks

[Alice]

Can't help you I'm afraid. It's just your post reminded me of when I found one of our trout dead up the garden; as I bunged it on the compost heap I thought "Hmm, that covers all bases for blood, fish and bone!"

I've found dead trout in the garden too. Assume the heron got it from the burn and dropped it.

[supersprout]

You can buy organic BF&B from the Organic Gardening Catalogue

[unconcerned]

I also used orgainc blood fish bone on my chillies last year and it made great plants. However not so great when it came to flowering. This year I'm going to up the K value when it gets to flowering stage with some fruit skins - melon, apple, even potato. Just burn them to ash and they have a huge K content. If you are looking for orgainc solutions try this interesting table on our fertilizer guide:

http://www.thechileman.org/guide_fertilizer.php

Regards

[roitelet]

Thanks All,

I shall have to go and read, and translate, the advice on the boxes and then decide if I should mix of use the three as they are

[Mags]

Blood fish and Bonemeal

Hi - I am a big fan of blood, fish and bone, and have been for quite some time - because of its slow release properties. For those of you worried about vermin, make sure it is well raked in , but be sure to keep it away from plant roots - water in if at all possible. My dogs used to love it and make holes with their noses - I thought it was the cats until I caught them at it. I became wise and after that. You can get 25kg bags for quite a decent price - JA Bowers costs about £16.75 and a non branded may well be cheaper if you do some research. Homebase has large tubs of their own brand - don't know how much it is this year mind, but it seemed to work equally well. I have a large allotment, and tend to use quite a lot.