Super Fertilizers: Blood & Bone Meal - How, When, Where, What

In todays video I will talk a lot. It might not be the most entertaining video but I hope it will help some of you. Blood meal and bone meal are both fertilizers that can be a good organic option.
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[@robinhardison5817]

It's amazing how incorrect information spreads from KZbinr to KZbinr and no one ever bothers to actually research the topics. No bone meal is water-soluble. And most blood meal products are not water-soluble either. There are a few water soluble blood meal products out there but you generally have to special order it. Otherwise adding this and bone meal to water does nothing. It does not make it break down faster. Bone meal takes several weeks to get to the point of STARTING to break down and then it's several months before the full benefit is achieved. Blood meal takes at least a couple of weeks to START breaking down. And breaking down does not mean adding to water. It takes soil biology to break both these products down. If you add both of these meals to sterile soil/mix then they will never break down meaning the plants will get NOTHING from it. The soil has to have live bacteria in it in order to break down this and most all organic fertilizers. To get the most benefit if any at all from bone and blood meal, it needs to be added to live soil several weeks at least before anything is planted. But for example, if you add blood meal at the same time you're planting head lettuce then the head of lettuce will be grown and harvested (in about 30-45 days) before any blood meal starts releasing any nitrogen to help it. But if one person with a lot of subscribers says it on KZbin then a hundred more will repeat thinking they too will get a lot of subscribers and make some money. And the people watching who still struggle getting plants started and can't figure out why it's not as easy as it looks in the videos are the ones that get hurt with half correct and blatantly wrong information and then they just give up thinking they are doing something wrong.

[@happylivinginparadise9151]

Thank you for all your information. You are absolutely correct. SO MUCH MISINFORMATION. What fertilizer do you recommend ? If adding BM and BM with water doesn’t work how would you recommend getting phosphorus and nitrogen to the plants?

[@zxhusk1556]

Ooh nice minecraft texture pack.

[@simplifygardening]

Here in the UK you can buy a mix called blood fish and bone and also buy them all individually, but they are great fertilisers. Like you I use a lot of chicken manure from my own poultry. Great episode again

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . believe it or not, but the reason why those greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers from the Netherlands of earlier days (Seventies and Eighties of last century) tasted fishy was excessive fertilizing with processed fish waste . . .

[@judthemagicdragon]

interesting information Simeon .. incidentally we started using bloodmeal on our flower borders and it works great at keeping the deer off .. we can actually grow tulips again now ;)

[@jeremybrua5523]

I always buy the tallest tomato plants from the nursery late in the season for next to nothing and remove most of the leaves then plant them 30-40cm deep. I have even used a post hole digger to get the holes deep enough before.

[@julier1080]

To save digging you can also plant them sideways as the stems will grow a root system anywhere they are in soil.

[@voidremoved]

why don't you just plant them normally? last year I tried it your way and tried other same variety just planting with the entire plant intact. the ones left intact did much better than the ones I buried deeper. like 10 feet taller....

[@spiko-ou3bp]

I get my bone meal from skeletons

[@teganslatter5159]

I get mine from my inventory 😁

[@spiko-ou3bp]

@@teganslatter5159 👍 Jeez this was 8 months ago

[@gerardjachymiak5822]

@@spiko-ou3bp yeah but im pregnant

[@spiko-ou3bp]

@@gerardjachymiak5822 ??? 😂

[@gerardjachymiak5822]

@@JC-vi7gg ha yeah that's the only part you can't eat

[@gabriellakadar]

Is there some reason why amendments were not added to the planting holes as opposed to a top dressing?

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

Hi great channel. Can you use blood meal and bone meal mixed together for fruit trees ? Do both make a great combo ?

[@louisramirez7435]

Hello Simon congratulations on your 100,000 mark. Highly recommend using a dust mask when handling bone and blood meal best to error on safety side. Thanks for your videos.

[@KALSINFILMS]

With so much cow and chicken manure I am surprised you need additional fertilizer especially N.

[@keystheproblemfanpage4875]

Use octopus blood

[@Largexxl-zn4lx]

are your tomatoes vegan? ;) I eat animals and dont care about "blood powered" veggies, how do vegetarians think about that?

[@slycat1939]

Looks like you got just about all you need to really grow a great garden. Glad to see you out and about. Tis the season to really get into the farming groove of things. God bless you and your family always and in all you do.

[@potenusa1]

What the KZbinr said is not right. The plants will not absorb the nitrogen directly from the blood meal because it is organic (protein) and the plants only absorb nitrogen in its inorganic form, therefore it will require time to be converted from protein to inorganic nitrogen by the microorganisms. Please don't release misleading information

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . so why don't we process death human bodies to blood & bone meal . . . that would save a lot of costs and would bring some fertilizers back to nature (where it might be needed, not in the grave yards) . . .

[@julier1080]

Look up the Wallace McCrae poem ‘Reincarnation’.

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

It’s not a bad idea burning humans eats toxins and uses lots of resource they are better off being buried without any protection like coffins etc let nature take over

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

I didn't read that.

[@tom7601]

Back in the late 1960s, I worked for a "Feed & Seed" farm store. We sold garden tools, garden tractors, rototillers, shovels, the usual. We also sold fertilizer more aimed at the farmers. The area in Southern California was mostly Avocados and citrus. We had one customer who had probably 100 acres, or more planted to Naval Oranges. He would buy blood meal a couple of times a year, usually around a ton at a time. Luckily I didn't have to haul it through town. After delivering it, I had to undress on the back porch and hang my clothes outside. Talk about a stench! I don't suppose your one or two Kg bag is a big deal... :-)

[@saemushailstorm3135]

O yes - it DOES STINK , hah !

[@tokiyama_omgbruh]

So u basically 78+ years old if I did my math correctly?

[@tokiyama_omgbruh]

Or 69 years old if you say late 60s? Damn boi

[@zazaluchi8287]

Are you a swede? Damn informative info! Ärru svensk eller?

[@gaylelucas5909]

Thank you so much for videoing you using blood and bone meal. I've used both of those before, with excellent results. Can't wait to see how your plants do in a month or so! And once again, thank you for a very enjoyable video (I think I say this every time I watch one of your videos!). You are truly blessed, and I appreciate your sharing your blessings with all of us.

[@Chris_Husk]

Just go and hunt a skeleton at night then craft the bone to bone meal

[@danc.2457]

Hmm , do you really know what you're talking about (??) , if not you shouldn't be talking like you have knowledge to teach people ... it's my understanding that Blood Meal is a "very very" slow acting release because "it is NOT soluble" ... Blood Meal is meant to be used during garden soil prep. at least 4-8 weeks BEFORE planting ...

[@TarpeianRock]

I tend to use blood meal at the early stage of the plant to stimulate leaf growth. Once blossoms appear I switch to bone meal : to stimulate fruit growth. After the winter I give all my hedges a good helping op blood meal : it makes my bushes super thick and leafy.

[@SagebrushSage]

Simeon, another great video. What are the structural ribs of this greenhouse made from? And, what are the dimension of the structure?

[@edieboudreau9637]

Kent Munday check older vids. He discusses it there.

[@crossing3790]

Hi Simeon. Just wondering where did you purchase both products here in Sweden? I would like to try it. Tack så mycket

[@pagegreer5081]

Joel Salatin compost s complete cow carcasses. Do you compost chicken parts or is that regulated in the EU so it can't be done..

[@Theorimlig]

Here are the rules for Sweden, in a nutshell (from the Swedish Agriculture Department's website in Swedish, www.jordbruksverket.se/amnesomraden/djur/produkterfrandjur/dodadjurochslaktbiprodukter.4.207049b811dd8a513dc80003872.html) You have to get dead animals picked up by a company that specializes in collection and destruction of animal carcasses. These animals are incinerated. In a few areas of Sweden (the sparsely populated inland regions of northern Sweden) you can bury all kinds of animals. Dead horses and pets, including dwarf goats and miniature pigs, can be buried anywhere in the country. If you believe the animals died from an epizootic disease (like an epidemic, but for animals) you have to have the animal incinerated. Some animal byproducts from for example butchering can be used as dog food or composted. Some can be buried.

[@saulurena7681]

I love both. Add some earth worm castings. Mmmm.

[@meauxjeaux431]

I added bone meal and blood meal to my green beans. Unfortunately, it was BEFORE I read on the bone meal bag that said "Do not use on beans and other legumes" I scraped most of it up, but some leaves shriveled up all at the same time a couple of days later. I cut them all off and my beans are doing very good now. Not sure if that was the problem or not.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Hmm, why don’t beans like bone meal?

[@chelemichele1524]

☆☆☆enriching the ground the way nature does it☆☆☆ have a beautiful blessed weekend☆☆☆

[@fuckfannyfiddlefart]

no, nature doesn't have industrial agriculture, there is nothing natural, just exploitation, pain and death.

[@straightshooter2454]

Timely video....planted into pure compost and everything turned yellow but didn’t die...bloodmeal and fertilizer a few days ago and now things are turning green....bone meal goes on this afternoon....thank you...

[@zodiark2456]

@@fuckfannyfiddlefart how do you think dirt gets it nutrients from in the wild genius through other plants and animals dying returning the nutrients to the ground

[@jamess1787]

Except plastic... :'(

[@jennsadventures84]

Wanted to say thank you for the heads up on the Bresse chicken breed. We just ordered some from a small farm. I ordered 5 4 month old pullets. Very excited to try their eggs. We are not set up for hatchin and processing yet. So eggs it will be for now.

[@mikeypeinado383]

What is the reproductive rate and upkeep of ur chickens if u don’t mind I’m quite interested in how much abundance is in these methods

[@antonioaguilar7871]

So it doesn't work like in Minecraft

[@dollyperry3020]

You might want to remove the foliage that is touching the soil. :)

[@djor316]

again another informative video.I am learning so much from you Simeon.Have Blessed weekend with your family.and Good night from the US

[@jimwilleford6140]

Sweden. Great video. Thanks so much. One question please? When building my Permaculture beds in the fall, is it helpful to add blood and/or bonemeal to jump start the beds of is that just wasteful? Thank you!

[@danielcherry509]

I always add some to my soil mix, I add a lightly to the top and then a stronger mixture a few inches down as to not shock the seedling

[@gabrielac1954]

Are those bone&blood meal going to attract animals?

[@Verdonne]

Do you need that many tomatoes etc to feed your extended family or do you sell some of them?

[@martinspijker9661]

i use bloodmeal on my cabage.. they really love it..:)

[@poolman8676]

About how much do you use? Only used two tablespoons per plant. Do you think it's enough?

[@martinspijker9661]

@@poolman8676 i would make it 3, for every growing month 1..:)

[@JoshuaG85]

I have pepper plants at my house growing. But the peppers are getting holes in the bottom or tan spots on them. I water once a week. Also it has rained a lot in Maryland. So I looked online and found out about the bone stuff. I got a bag today. I am not sure how it will work on things already grow. We have peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, lemongrass and a few other things growing here. Not sure I can put it on everything. At my grandparents I have tobacco, peppers, tomatoes, watermelon, pumpkin and some other stuff. His garden has been going for like forty years. But it looks awful now. Nothing is growing good. So I will try the stuff on whatever I can.

[@lindenbergers]

Very informative, thank you! Good math on the amount needed!

[@jetheryratliff1549]

Thank you so much for the information. I feel a lot better about how to use these in my garden now.

[@veassna2039]

Thanks for your sharing guy 🙏

[@kerrin46]

Did you mention how useful calcium (bone meal) is to tomatoes? I work in a garden centre and all our tomato fertilizers note on the packaging that they contain extra calcium. There is even a liquid product call MagiCal that is just for tomatoes. Cheers from Vancouver.

[@ericjohnson1008]

Hey Neighbor, I wish you were my neighbor. I'd loan you my Belted Galloway bull. Love the look of you heard and can't wait to see what a cross would look like. I guess transportation from Texas (8400 km) would be rough on my bull. thanks for sharing.

[@bethduffey247]

Amazing timing for the video! I just bought my blood meal for this season. I use it primarily to deter deer, and secondly as fertilizer. Great organic stuff, but it is a bit expensive. Thanks for your good advice.

[@dballard8660]

Good information on natural fertilizers. Thank you. Great channel.

[@avonleanne]

love love LOVE your greenhouse! how neat to always have a place to plant, no matter the time of year...must have one for myself someday....thanks for answering my blood meal questions =)

[@connietam7039]

胃

[@danfraser7479]

I think you need a pickup truck to work on the farm.

[@carpentryfirst3048]

Would compost and work castings be enough to fertilize a vegetable garden? What other "at home" solutions are there? Love the idea of not spending extra money on my garden. Just started and it gets expensive quick

[@irmasanchez5274]

5:50 He talks about insulation. Then explains that they watered once when they planted and then again after applying the bone and blood meal? How is it possible that he only has to water twice during a season? Is it due to the insulation? Not sure how that works. Is it possible to do something similar with plants in containers? I have made bone meal. Has anyone made blood meal?

[@PhilVerryChannel]

Why put it all in two buckets just to dump it all in one large tub?

[@charlesripplinger633]

How many Tb per Tomato Plant of BOTH Blood Meal & Bone Meal?🥰

[@gabrielac1954]

Measure total 60gr mixture of blood & bone meal per plant

[@SashasGarden38]

Thank you so much for this helpful video 🌱

[@Bigcountry_littlelegs]

Its interesting see other places where the blood and bone is separate but in australia i cant find it separate its all mixed together

[@TK-qu1ht]

Thanx Simeon. Good advice.

[@geraldswain3259]

I forgot to say ,I believe bone meal is low nitrogen, hi phosphate but I may be wrong.

[@jay90374]

you are wrong

[@geraldswain3259]

jay90374 Go straight to top of the class ,and collect your green star from the Headmaster !.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Appreciate time spent elucidating on thus subject as well as attempting to get others questions answered. Thanks.

[@robertperry1133]

Nice setup, do you have plans for your greenhouse? It looks like you used wood framing. I built one out of 1 " pvc a few years ago but I'm thinking it will bcome brittle and break. We get a lot of wind here in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

[@edieboudreau9637]

robert perry there is a vid on the build.

[@martinspijker9661]

bonemeal is low in nitrogen..

[@KALSINFILMS]

7/22/0 s bone meal. A google search can confirm that. How can u be so wrong?

[@dianerodriguez6546]

He siad the blood meal has high Nitrogen and the bonemeal has phosphorus and calcium.

[@elmagraham9506]

I hate up-talk. Sounds so infantile!

[@kevinbrookes2032]

Really informative and nice relaxed presentation. Well done :-)

[@gingercox6468]

How do bunnies challenge fruit trees?

[@jeffstreeter3037]

Isn't dog food kibble made of blood meal and bone meal?

[@ontheroadwithyode390]

@@jeffstreeter3037 yes

[@jarrett754]

What are your thoughts on liquid fish emulsion?

[@qw8838]

Even on x2 speed this meatball speaks slow

[@aemanuel4481]

Nice 👍 Simeon 👌❤️

[@rodneyhendrix1292]

Simeon, will this work for a first year hulgacultar raised beds? I understand that that as time passes the more admendments added will help the soil. Thanks

[@TheCheapReefer]

Super fertilizers isnt blood and bone its (earth warm castings , kelp , alfalfa , Bat guano)

[@ricardorodriguesrr18]

Why?

[@darrensmith9143]

Great to see the drone flying!!

[@sonyhk3824]

Good idea. Great

[@terijean6351]

Thank you Simeon. I added my amendments to the garden today after watching this. Wanted to do no till but the clover ground cover was just too tough for me as I'm still gaining strengh after cancer. But appreciate the information. The Bresse are expensive here! We really like the forestly vlogs as well. We have learned so much. Glad you all practice safty for your sight, hearing and body! We're still watching some of your older vlogs. Hope little May is still doing well!

[@1d1hamby]

Wood chips take extra nitrogen since they lock it up untill they decay.

[@wallyw3409]

This is a great job managed in a sluaghterhouse and the plants still has many composting sights. The big one still is the stomachs contant

[@mzaphod64]

Are vegetables on blood and bone considered vegan?

[@julier1080]

No.

[@mzaphod64]

julie r Thanx

[@b3n711]

thanks my garden is going to be so happy

[@saemushailstorm3135]

1st time ever heard of applying this way - should be interesting to see results !

[@saemushailstorm3135]

BTW - whats size of buckets ? not 5gal obviously

[@saemushailstorm3135]

whoops - thought you were going to mix w/water & do liquid application ; should have waited longer to watch , oops ! -cough doesnt sound 'good'...!?

[@julier1080]

Yeah, I was watching thinking ‘he should have a dust mask on’ and then heard the cough... I use bone and blood meal and azomite mineral dust and it’s all nasty stuff to inhale.

[@misscomment8025]

Thank you

[@thomasgronek6469]

Thanks for the video,,, It sounds like one could just plant a fish (which I've used for roses), they love it.

[@aleblanc3547]

Great information, and another video done well. Thanks Simeon!!

[@studabakers4507]

How often do you reapply?

[@gabrielac1954]

If I don't mistaken, every 3 months

[@butterchuggins5409]

Thank you for the information. Great video!

[@armeniancrusader301]

Minecraft

[@peakadventures_]

Weirdo

[@pagegreer5081]

Thank you for the answer!

[@geraldswain3259]

Used it for years ,marvellous stuff , I alternate it with liquid sheep daggins . Regards.

[@sislertx]

About a teapoon to tablespoon around the plant if it it isnt huge..scratched in a bit..the watered in.. I LIKE JARDOM THING CAUSE ITS FREE.

[@HomesteadingwiththeHeberts]

Good information on the blood an bone meal. I have always watered any fertilizer into the plant as that is how they are going to draw up the nutrients.

[@VT-ix5oh]

Blah blah get to it