How to use Blood meal and Bone meal as an Organic fertilizer

Organic fertilizing doesn't have to be complicated. its safe, inexpensive and much healthier than using chemicals. here's how we fertilize our backyard fruit tree orchard. this video shows the back corner of of our backyard where we have 7 of our 23 fruit trees and grapevines. we fertilize with bone and blood meal to "feed" our soil organisms.
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[@KhashayarGhazianzad]

Thanks for sharing. Fully watched, liked and subscribed. You have a new friend here👍

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Thank you friend!

[@steveziegman7563]

Who knew that blood and bones would be not only good for the garden and orchards but necessary. Very interesting and informative. Thanks, Aaron. Keep up the good work. Dad

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

They are in a powder form so they are easily digested by all the living organisms living in the soil.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

They are a great short and semi annual fertilization resource that work well for our trees and plants!

[@JhonatanLopezProductions]

Vegetarians are going to have a fit over this

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Lol if they only knew about the benefits of using leftover parts of the animals, so nothing goes to waist! The circle of life.

[@PennyLane-wc3iq]

Was thinking about getting blood & bone meals instead of pre-mixed fertilizer, thanks for this video. I'll go ahead and order now!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Great idea, this is a good time of the year to fertilize. If you're still trying to establish your soil, add in a bag or two of earthworm castings. That's basically like the Trinity of organic fertilizing! We are doing just that this week, look for our spring fertilizing video soon.

[@trang6961]

Thank you

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Absolutely 😎

[@lieto360]

Makes a point to promote wearing gloves and then proceeds to fertilize in bare feet, walking thru blood meal and bone meal dust lol

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

I was wearing gloves because I didn't want to get my hands dirty, I have to clean my hands fast when I need to hold my baby girl when she needs me. I didn't even realize that! I'm barefoot most of the time, so it's completely mindless for me to even think about my feet! Lol

[@diyoff-gridsolarlifesuppor894]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard awesome. good man.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Thank you, I appreciate the compliment

[@diyoff-gridsolarlifesuppor894]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard yeah man. the blood and bone meal are free of disease and pathogens from the factory.

[@sambecause6332]

This dude is the the man

[@tinaknutsen]

I use blood meal on all my house plants…works great. Most expensive thing is buying bigger containers to transplant my monstera and fiddle fig. Have been into houseplants since the early 80’s and love working in flower beds. I also like using alfalfa throughout my flowerbeds and lawn. Sometimes mixing in 5 gallon bucket with water and compost letting it steep. I have rocky clay soil. However you can really see the improvement of certain beds I pay more attention to. I am just starting a vegetable garden. So thank you for this video.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

That's wonderful! How old are your monstera and fiddle fig?! 😎

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

We've been placing loads of compost in used black #5 gallon planter pots and letting them drain into the soil to nearby plants. The plan seemed to love it! In addition to blood and Bone meal, that compost steep tea is amazing!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Have fun with your vegetable garden! Where are you growing? Arizona?

[@tinaknutsen]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard I bought both at the same time 7 years ago. Have propagated both several times and given to my friends. Really have to many house plants…Every room. I am just a plant addict that loves to propagate, Divide, air layer. I am in Western Washington and have had quite a bit of rain, but today was beautiful and got 2 Queen Elizabeth roses planted…looking forward to blooms this June! Have a wonderful day!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

I love it! You're a plant mom at heart 💚

[@blueheronhill]

I hope you have a second apple tree near by that is different than the honey crisp or you won’t get any pollination on your apple tree.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

We do! We have 4 different varieties of Apple's. As of today our Honeycrisp is finally coming out of dormancy. We may have to do hand pollinating depending if our Anna has flowers too.

[@hikinglifesupport5852]

Fun video, thanks for keeping it simple. How fast do the blood and bone meal work?

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Fast is a relative term when it comes to this type of organic fertilizing. These are not water soluble so they will take a few weeks to breakdown. It's broken down by all the beneficial microorganisms inside organic soil. It can take up to 6 - 8 weeks depending on soil conditions. Our soil is very alive year round and this may only take a couple weeks to breakdown.

[@joshbeard9809]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard Blood meal is slow release which is one of the reasons in shorter growing seasons you only need to add it twice a year (spring and fall).

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

@@joshbeard9809 blood meal increases nitrogen slowly. You can titrate to effect for shorter growing seasons.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

@@joshbeard9809 if you need a fast quick acting nitrogen, use fish emulsion, 5-1-1. It won't burn your plants roots.

[@KHKH-os6kt]

Try not to block the air flow to your A C unit.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Good point. Our AC runs hard during the summer just like millions of other homes here in the deserts. Airflow is essential for those units to not overheat! We try our best to keep a minimum of 2' clearance for our unit. That's why we added the step stones right next to the unit, as a reminder to never plant anything next to it. Last summer we had a couple stocks of sorghum sprout up at the end of summer. We have since removed them.

[@stephaniemontalvo4910]

Can I use bone meal and blood meal. Since it's slow. Can I also add fish fertilizer? Or will it burn my plants

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Neither will burn your plants. All 3 of those will attract beneficial microbes and organisms and tiny critters that will digest and break down all of it over the next few weeks and months. The fish fertilizer is a liquid so it will help your plants a little, right away including spraying it on the leaves!

[@NubianP6]

Since these are both slow-acting, would it be okay to side dress the drip line with a mixture of these, and still use a fast-acting liquid fertilizer periodically through the growing season? Thanks for the video! 🙂

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

They are slow acting ingredients because they need to be digested by the microbodies that are in your soil. Worms, potato bugs, etc. Yes you can place these ingredients directly underneath a drip line. But I would recommend broadcasting it directly over the drip line and watering it in manually at least once a week if you don't get rain like we do in Arizona. It's best to be broadcasted throughout your soil, the worms will digest it and move on and leave their humus behind in other places. Those places are where the roots of your plants will get fertilized!.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Yes you can use the liquid fish fertilizers, the 5-1-1 and the 0-10-10. Those are purely organic and feed your soil instantly. I use those together in the same watering can every 7 to 10 days, and we have phenomenal results!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

If you don't want to use the fish fertilizers there are other instant organic liquid fertilizers out there. As far as the blue type miracle granules, they're not necessarily organic but they are just elements, you can use them to jumpstart young plants but I would not recommend using miracle grow blue granules long-term.

[@robertallen3602]

How long does this take to start working

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Great question! We broadcast it directly on top of our mulch. As soon as we apply it we spray it with a decent amount of water into the soil. Our automatic drip system keeps our soil moist so the worms and other living organisms can find it, digest it and then excrete it out which makes the HUMUS. AKA worm castings. Which then is leached into our soil feeding our tree roots. This process can take anywhere from a couple weeks to months depending on many factors including temperatures of the ambient weather and soil, the health of your soil and the amount of living organisms in your soil and of course the moisture content of your soil. Oh and the health of the plants feeding on it all.

[@ceaseanddesist8036]

I primerly grow all kinds of palm trees. Would the following regime be a little overkill for my garden: Add Bone, Blood and some wormcastings early in the season. Then when it warms some more add an organic palm fertilizer and apply a mix of 5-11 and 0-10-10 alaska fish fertilizers mixed together every 2 weeks or so.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

We are fertilizing with blood and bone meal as well as coffee grounds right now! Valentine's Day weekend is perfect for most growing zones, it's just before the plants start waking up, these fertilizers aren't instant but they will feed the soil, the little microorganisms that live and produce Humus, which is full of bacteria and fungus that are extremely beneficial for the root system.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

The fish fertilizers are great, but if you stay consistent with your natural organic fertilizers, you will only really need to use the fish fertilizers once a month. Pay attention to the plants and if they look distressed then add more fish fertilizer through the hot summer months.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

What varieties of palm do you grow? Where are you from / growing them?

[@ceaseanddesist8036]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard hey thanks for the answer. I grow the following palms: Queens, Robustas, Filiferas, Kentias, Majesty palms, Royal palm, Teddybears, and lastly triangle palm. For trees I got a Mango, lemon, lime and Mandarine. I live in Northern Mexico at allmost 2000 meters. Climate is similar to Phoenix I think, but I think the brief cold snaps at night can get a little colder here and we got rain season in summer.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Growing palms here in the desert of Arizona has it's challenges. We have queen palms that disease easily from infected birds. I've learned that our palms are under watered severely. You have a wonderful variety.

[@cactuscannon]

I am curious if you got any apples on your Honey Crisp? Online it says you need 800 to 1000 chill hours.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Not yet. It's only been in the ground for the past 2 seasons. It's finally established and very happy where it's at.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

We may get some flowers on it this next spring, I can see a few fruiting spurs on it and we are hopeful!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Dave Wilson nursery in California are growing a few of these trees in their test orchard. They get less chill hours than we do. I haven't seen any production on their tree yet, at least they haven't mentioned it yet.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

If in a few more years we do not get anything off of it, we will graft a few varieties of low chill apples onto it.

[@FirstLast-numba1]

gotta apply this shit 4-8 weeks before you actually need it!!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

You absolutely could do that. We found things really take off as soon as the ground warms up!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

... also we plan to constant fertilize with 90% sulphur this year. Every month we will apply sulphur to help acidify our soil for the pH sensitive plants and trees.

[@ceaseanddesist8036]

What is another "Slow Realese" organic material I can add as a pottasium source? I don't have access to Greensand. Is kelp a good candidate?

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Kelp is really good because it contains all the essential minerals. Potassium is a macronutrient, it's found in most fruits and vegetables. Coffee grounds are a great source of macronutrients including potassium. We have phenomenal success making our own compost with our table scraps. Basically anything from the kitchen except for fats and oils can go into the compost bin. It is nutrient-dense and really good food for the Little critters to break down the elements.

[@ceaseanddesist8036]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard this was mainly for my potting soil mix. I got some kelp now. I wonder what you think about this potting soil recipe. 2 parts coco or peat, 2 parts compost 1 part perlite and pumice mixed in equal amounts. To spice it up with some more nutrients I will add bloodmeal for N Bonemeal for P and finally Kelp for K.

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Those are all great soil mediums but don't forget to add native soil to the mix. We like to use compost on top. And then blood and bone meal on top of the compost. Every time you water the nutrients will leitch down into the soil by gravity. We have studied and learned, Too much organic material inside the soil where the roots are, may and have lead to root rot if overwatered.

[@myselfdotcom]

how often you feed them?

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

Great question! There are 3 main holiday weekends that we fertilize on. Valentine's day in February. Memorial day in May and Labor day in September. And that's it! We do apply our compost and then mulch on top as needed. The worms really like what we feed them and they give us their castings in return! It's a great relationship.

[@myselfdotcom]

@@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard thanks. I started my raised bed with leaves compost and top soil mixture. So not sure how much I need

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

If it's a brand new bed I personally would add a bag of worm castings. For some reason our worms gravitate to the concentrations of the castings. Maybe looking for love? IDK. But here's a little secret, If you don't have any worms yet and want to jump start your organisms family. I've gone to the live bait section at Walmart and bought a couple containers of live worms and added them to our orchard soil. They are much larger. They seem to consume our mulch faster in the areas we 'planted them' a few years ago.

[@benjaminjinright5001]

Better not breathe that bone meal!!!!!

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

No kidding! Cough cough... Lol

[@arielcortez7393]

Gloves but no shoes 😂😂😂

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

I'm barefoot so often I didn't even think about it! LOL

[@jeaniec891]

Does this attract rats, other animals?

[@AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

I can imagine it would! Especially omnivore or carnivorous type animals. We watered it in heavily to take care of the surface dust. The odor was gone the next day.