Miricle-gro organic Bone meal

[FILMNET]

I bought some, should i put some in the ground now for tomatoes before winter, or in spring?

[Worth1]

In my opinion bone meal should be incorporated into the soil, it is recommended this be done at sowing time.
Thusly it could be used at the time of tilling and soil preparation so the microbes have a chance to break it down.
In a sterile soil with no micro organisms the stuff is more or less useless for a plant as with many organic products.

Worth

[FILMNET]

I dug up some old lawn last month 20' by20', for next year tomatoes plants, put nice black compost and some lime in the dirt now. This is old dirt but it was a nice color, so I should put it in the dirt in spring as soon as i can, before putting plants in right?

[velikipop]

I usually add bonemeal at or close to planting time. With tomatoes I toss about half a cup of organic fertilizer that incorporates bone meal right into the hole before the plant goes in. Bone meal is a slow release fertilizer so if you are going to spread it widely across your plot it would make sense to do it in the early spring when the rains start. Adding it now would not hurt but I'm not sure that you would get the maximum benefits especially if you get several months of freezing cold. I would suggest adding straw and leaves to your plot now and in the spring working this it into the soil along with the bonemeal.

Alex

[Worth1]

Spring would be nice.
If you have a farm and ranch type feed store around this sort of thing is somewhat cheaper there.

case in point,
1-1 pound bag of cotton seed meal for plants $10

1-50 pound bag cotton seed meal for cows $10

Thats $500 if you bought 50 pounds from the plant area in the same store.

Its the same stuff.

Worth

[FILMNET]

I know all we have is home depot, lowes, Agaway used to be around here, now they are gone. I am buying anything for next year plants now, it is going away in stores now, Xmas stuff is is all store here now.

[velikipop]

Lowe's or Home Depot do not sell in large quantities. It would be worth your while and save money to find a feed store as Worth suggests. We have several around here that carry all sort of interesting things for gadeners. Cottonseed meal and alfalfa meal are excellent organic fertilizers. Though the price of cottonseed has gone up quite a bit. A 50lb bag cost about $27.00, up from $18.00 two years ago. Still a good deal if you want to make your own fertilizer. I'm working on the local co-op in Bellingham to bring in feather meal, which is supposed to be an excellent fertilizer as well.

[Worth1]

$27.00 per 50lbs Thank god for Texas cotton.
Worth

[Blueaussi]

Filmnet, check the yellow pages for Fed and Seed stores, there might be one not too far away.

[FILMNET]

WOW Yellow pages? we dont have them anymore? Verizon used to give them out but most people here use cell phones, or comcast

[mjc]

http://www.google.com/search?q=feed+stores+MA

[Worth1]

Having a feed store (around here0 is all relative, MA is the size of one of our counties here in Texas.
Sometimes we drive across 3 county/states just to visit friends.

Worth

[FILMNET]

I did find one about 10 miles away. By a old town which had fied's years ago, what should i ask for actually? Thanks, for all the help!!!!!

[velikipop]

Here is some great info on making your own fertilizer and how to apply it. I always hae lots of alfalfa meal on hand because it can be used on so many pants. My roses love it. You will never pay the high price of commercial organic fertilizer
once you start making your own.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ...ur-Garden.aspx