tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post3263129627807988329..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Garden myths discussed. Does bonemeal have any horticultural value?Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-2740342323338936582014-07-28T15:30:28.694+01:002014-07-28T15:30:28.694+01:00You are quite right about dead animals Donna. We p...You are quite right about dead animals Donna. We planted a beautiful yellow magnolia on the grave of our dear cat - and the tree has grown magnificently. It used to be a country tradition to bury a dead farm animal under a new tree. There will be every plant nutrient available.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-14982399409245433162014-07-28T13:10:23.789+01:002014-07-28T13:10:23.789+01:00Very good and balanced post, Roger. I formally use...Very good and balanced post, Roger. I formally used bonemeal as it was recommended by Cornell for natural additives. I guess when you think of animals dying and decomposing where all goes back to the Earth, it kinda makes sense. I stopped spending the money on it though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-34176200919808613102014-07-22T15:21:35.806+01:002014-07-22T15:21:35.806+01:00After our previous banter it was with some intrepi...After our previous banter it was with some intrepidation that I opened your e-mail! I should not have feared and there was your usual wise words. I really do appreciate your contributions to my posts. Together with Sue and Alain.<br />Thanks for the link, sorry it does not come through live but google will quickly find it for interested readers. Coincidentally I had already found it when Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25453614933876400852014-07-22T12:03:11.360+01:002014-07-22T12:03:11.360+01:00At last the long awaited bonemeal post! I remember...At last the long awaited bonemeal post! I remember reading a book on shade loving plants with individual descriptions, under the heading Maintenance in every case there was the advice to "scatter a little bonemeal around the plant in the spring" and I suppose that is how it has always been as you stated. I think the myth grew up around the fact that bonemeal was likened to a plant'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-65751107366567947692014-07-19T22:32:16.236+01:002014-07-19T22:32:16.236+01:00I would not want you to sulk Sue.
If you read the ...I would not want you to sulk Sue.<br />If you read the caption under the picture of meat, fish and bone I said it was as good as growmore - and I regarded that as a compliment! albeit the little dig at the thought of using fishmeal as a fertiliser!<br />I did not show a picture of any branded bonemeal as my comments would be defamatory!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-62965025355404530052014-07-19T16:36:35.202+01:002014-07-19T16:36:35.202+01:00Oh dear so we are wasting our time using fish, blo...Oh dear so we are wasting our time using fish, blood and bone? I shall now go away and sulk!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-42877383855005160522014-07-19T08:11:54.113+01:002014-07-19T08:11:54.113+01:00I agree Alain. I hope you agree that this is a reg...I agree Alain. I hope you agree that this is a regular theme on this blog - it all depends on wise management of the soil- even if this is by leaving it to nature!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-91115280267303655012014-07-19T08:08:01.676+01:002014-07-19T08:08:01.676+01:00Thanks for your endorsement Robert.
Gosh a blog on...Thanks for your endorsement Robert.<br />Gosh a blog on myths, I rushed to your site and joined today!<br />Your comment about manufacturers reducing the phosphate.is very interesting. I think I should do the same with the one general fertiliser I use generally but I suspect that as an unusual analysis over here it will be more expensive. Does anyone know a good one?Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-41936830062893158262014-07-19T08:02:16.785+01:002014-07-19T08:02:16.785+01:00I am sure if you get a balanced general fertiliser...I am sure if you get a balanced general fertiliser of similar analysis to growmore you are not being deprived Dewy!<br />Great that someone reads me in Poland!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-38281149504614479932014-07-19T07:59:26.552+01:002014-07-19T07:59:26.552+01:00Yes growmore is a really good fertiliser and I tak...Yes growmore is a really good fertiliser and I take it as read that it is best when granulated as this eases and speeds up spreading, especially when you top dress by scattering as I do<br />Vitax has the qualities of a base dressing and can be used as the base fertiliser in making up compost - although I prefer the modern coated controlled release fertilisers for this purpose.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-48218469431751982042014-07-19T02:01:34.702+01:002014-07-19T02:01:34.702+01:00A very interesting post Roger. I did not know anyt...A very interesting post Roger. I did not know anything about bonemeal.<br />It is interesting that whatever fertilizer is being recommended or not, it seems to me that what in fact matters is to have a soil rich in humus and alive with micro-organisms that will help plants get to the nutrients (whether these nutrients are present or not in large quantities). In other words, feeding the soil rochefleuriegardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-77202305372583937932014-07-19T01:39:39.258+01:002014-07-19T01:39:39.258+01:00I agree with you entirely, as my post on Gardenmyt...I agree with you entirely, as my post on Gardenmyths.com says:<br /><br />http://www.gardenmyths.com/top-10-gardening-products-not-to-buy-10/<br /><br />In addition to your comments, I believe it also attracts rodents like squires, a big problem across the pond. Most soils in North America also have lots of phosphate. A number of locations have banned phosphate from lawn fertilizers. In Ontario, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426525045722593211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-45249590224641147872014-07-18T22:53:42.655+01:002014-07-18T22:53:42.655+01:00Every time I watched a gardening programme in Engl...Every time I watched a gardening programme in English, they always recommended blood and bone meal. This fertilizer was so much touted that I wanted to have it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it in Poland. Dewberry / Amanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414491661460075503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-24018234812933235972014-07-18T19:24:23.025+01:002014-07-18T19:24:23.025+01:00For no particular reason (other than that I emulat...For no particular reason (other than that I emulated my Dad) I have always used pelleted Growmore - and had good results from it. I have also been known to buy Vitax Q4 occasionally, but I admit that I am ignorant of the science involved!Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com