How To Make Bone Meal

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@bobshagit-io8lq]

do you dry out the meat and use it too? or discard it?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@bobshagit-io8lq try not to waste anything,!

[@inaya_123]

Any substitute for dehydrtor

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@inaya_123 just let them bake in the sun!

[@ralsharp6013]

Amazing! 😮 home made!

[@andreafalconiero9089]

Very good video! I'm surprised however that when you were talking about pressure-cooking bones you didn't mention the most important reason to do this, which is to produce *bone broth* as a base for soups, stews, etc. Yes, the leftover bones are great for making bone meal, but for me at least they are a _byproduct_ of making bone broth. If you're going to use the energy required to pressure-cook for 2+ hours, you may as well get the full benefit of the process, by using the results for both for yourself and your plants!

[@NamasteTexas]

I don't have chickens but I make bone broth from store bought pasture raised organic chicken bones and toss in veggies. The result is a great broth! I've never made bone meal but I want to try. I can't believe I have just been throwing the bones out. Having said that, have you made bone meal? And if so, what order do you go in after your bone broth is done? I'm thinking dehydration then crushing. I don't have a dehydrator so I would just roast them.

[@andreafalconiero9089]

@@NamasteTexas I did make bone meal on one occasion by grinding the leftover bones (which were very soft) in my meat grinder. This works, but it can be a time-consuming process and normally I don't bother to make bone meal in this way -- usually I just discard the bones and use the bone broth. When I did make bone meal, I didn't bother to dry the bones first. Instead, I just put them directly into the grinder. This worked fine, but you'll have to apply the bone meal *immediately* to your garden or dry it out somehow before storing it, as the meal contains plenty of moisture. Baking the ground bone meal on a cookie tray, or similar is what I'd probably try. If you don't, you'll end up with a stinking mess (as I discovered!).

[@JanZigbe]

Killing 3 birds with one stone: Bone broth, bone meal and tallow.

[@jenniferpepler5843]

I would agree with that, however, I have my neighbors saving all their bones for me so I can make bone meal. I am not too sure I want the broth from that but will likely give it to my animals unless you have any other ideas? I am open to your thoughts. Thanks.

[@flauwegeit]

The secret to the great looking foliage in graveyards unraveled !

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Exactly!!! I truly believe I'll grow my best tomatoes after I'm dead.....LOL!!

[@flauwegeit]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I wanted to say 'I'm Dead !' but I hesitated. It's probably that and the host of nocturnal gardeners in spirit that labor away for very low wages >

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@flauwegeit Ha ha exactly!

[@tacowolf3198]

Haha morbid but I read forage in the graveyard.

[@flauwegeit]

@@tacowolf3198 It's not a bad idea, What's for dinner ? An all season salad of graveyard flowers >

[@OakKnobFarm]

Great idea! We always save bones to make bone broth / stock already. This gives us one more use of our scraps!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Now that's true homesteading/permaculture Dave....Eat the meat, make broth/stock from the remains, dry the bones for fertilizer! ZERO WASTE! How it should be! :-)

[@heatherjolly8389]

Same! We usually make bone broth weekly in our Instant pot now I can use the bones too! (and maybe the damn bears will stop getting into our garbage!)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@heatherjolly8389 Love it! Self sufficiency at its finest!! :-)

[@joanies6778]

OMG, if I had known how delicious AND nutritious home made bone broth is, I 'd have been doung it for years. Now I can use the bones in the garden after... this is truly brilliant! And I bought a second nutribullet at a yard sale, so now I have one I can dedicate to garden grinds: banana peel, egg shells, and now bones!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@joanies6778 totally. Bone Broth and then Bone Meal afterwards... Nothing goes to waste!

[@jamestboehm6450]

I've found that after I fillet spring catfish the left over carcass buried under tomato and pepper plants can grow double size. Had peppers that grew over 5' last year and produced 2-3 times the normal crop. Just one of my tricks

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Outstanding James! Love it!

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Ah, fish carcasses, also a great idea.

[@koicaine1230]

I bury overstock from my pond under my plants and it's miraculous how well they do, I don't even have to fertilize my Corn.

[@redstone1999]

I tried that one year under 158 tomatoes. Next morning 158 tomato plants dug up and laying on ground with their cages. Raccoons apparently love fish. LOL

[@nunyabisnass1141]

@@redstone1999 might i recomend somethi g that likes racoons, like a 12gauge.

[@ahjort100]

I'm totally doing this! We just bought a half a cow and I asked the butcher for the bones as well. My original plan was for the gut healthy bone broth, but I love this final step as to not let anything go to waste! Thanks for the incredibly helpful tutorial!

[@DK26KM]

who are you feeding with half a cow 😮

[@dougreynolds2813]

my wife and i did the same thing for the wrong reason, we got them for our dogs; next year our half beef bones will become bone meal, the fat suet for the birds. i think K M must be a bit naive about "the who are you feeding with half a beef" comment, in our family it's my wife and i; and my 91 year old mother-in-law, and the friends and family we dine with. we have 2 freezers, K M. that how you feed a half of beef, one meal at a time. idiot!

[@NamasteTexas]

​@@dougreynolds2813 you don't need to call people names. That's very juvenile. Grow up.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@@dougreynolds2813Calling someone an idiot was really uncalled for,he just asked a simple question,smh...

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@chubnouba23 Yeah there wasn't any need for that,smh...

[@deehermione943]

Here researching bone meal because my 9 year old told me that I should give my potted plants some to grow faster... because that's what he does in minecraft😂 I'm new to gardening, had no idea that this was even a thing!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Give it a try Dee, let us know how it goes!

[@ren.pfa.99]

Minecraft teaches kids so many things! My 10year old cousin could recognise my amethyst necklace and the axolotl species I was watching a video about.

[@thatguychris5654]

Great content! For the cheap people like me, boil the bones over an outdoor fire then dehydrate them in a home-made solar oven for an entire day or two. Zero energy costs 👍

[@bobtharealest3723]

love that, im going to do the same and make a solar oven. mayaswell use the hot days to my advantage. i dont own a dehydrator and searched coments for alternatives so thanking you!

[@auntmayme8119]

I have to follow up to my previous comment. I tried this today and I’m so impressed! I had some turkey bones in the bottom of my freezer to use as soup. I pulled them out, boiled them for broth for eight hours and make turkey and bean soup from the broth. Then I put the bones in my dehydrator. Twelve hours later, I put them in the blender and they ground up perfectly. Of course, I had the Naysayers and the Doomsday Dudes telling me it wasn’t “cost efficient”, but there’s a tradeoff. While I am using a dehydrator for 12 hours, I realize in the end I’m giving back to Mother Earth what she gave to me. And it is cost effective, because the bones would have ended up in the landfill otherwise. Thank you so much for this video! I’m going to pull out all the bags of bones in my freezer and get started on more. There’s only so much soup one can make and working with the byproducts in this way is so incredibly sustainable.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Totally Beth, love it!! I have a buddy that's been putting them in his fire pit and then collecting them afterwards. Even more cost efficient, plus it just gets mixed in with the wood ash (pot ash) for even more nutrition! Either way, its all for the plants! :-)

[@joahntanedo-alba7923]

Another option is putting the bones for bokashi composting.

[@sunayakong8537]

One way to save on electricity is just leave the bones out in the sun. I cook my meat, give the leftovers bone with a little meat on the bone, put it out for my wild birds, in my case blackbirds let them pick the meat off then I pick up the bones and put them in my sun dehydrator for a week or so then I pulverize with a hammer.

[@vanessacrouch7637]

@@sunayakong8537 your sun dehydrator as in leaving it in the sun outside right? 😂Sorry I'm a little slow but hoping this is the case as I do not have an dehydrator

[@cr4zyj4ck]

@@vanessacrouch7637 yes indeed, leaving them out in the sun! No need to worry about buying a dehydrator machine for this - the sun will do just fine.

[@kskorner74]

don't forget the wonderful bone broth you have just made

[@SaphsContainerGarden]

Thank you!! I won’t be throwing the bones away anymore after making broth!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Definitely! Waste not want not! :-)

[@SaphsContainerGarden]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Seriously! How can you not make use of it? I just need to get a mortar and pestle!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@SaphsContainerGarden Definitely! You can use a hammer and a cloth bag...that also works in the meantime. :-)

[@TheMillionDollarDropout]

I used to like the term “use every part of the chicken” but this takes it to a whole new level. Thank you gardening. Now I don’t have to waste 20+ lbs. of chicken bones a year. I’m going to have so much bone meal for my plants from now on. It will help to revitalize the crap out of my old/used soil! I just read that someone uses Bone Meal and Alfalfa meal to do this and their soil comes outs amazing by the time spring rolls around, ready for plants again. Composting is already good enough! I can only imagine how much more healthy my soil will be once I add this stuff.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Try to render the bones down in a firepit....adding it and Alfalfa Meal to compost.....Amazing stuff!!

[@garthwunsch]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms but that wastes the amazing and delicious bone broth! Great video! Subd!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@garthwunsch cheers Garth!

[@dougreynolds2813]

i'm changing my plans for all our bones now, i'll even go get the ones in the yard that the dogs chewed on; i probably won't make bone broth from those bones, however.

[@cr4zyj4ck]

Here's a tip - if you live in an area with hot, dry summers, you can simply spread your cooked, broken bones on a cloth on the roof / in the garden and let the sun dry them out for you! No need to run your dehydrator - after all, you don't need to worry about the bones decomposing or breaking down, since that's the whole idea, anyway!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Beauty! I wish I lived somewhere warm like that...

[@PastorBobUhls]

Thx

[@josephnezperce4320]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Arizona here. Bone meal in a day! :)

[@charlesroberts3910]

Is that bone broth good for cooking

[@micheleworthington2053]

@@josephnezperce4320 us too! I want to go out and harvest some of the carcasses I see all over and do this! Hubby thinks I'm nuts! lol

[@michelledelkel]

I don't eat meat, but I do cook it for my dogs and this will help not only my garden but my conscious knowing the chickens are not going to waste. I had the thought a while ago but found your video to be super helpful in how to go about it. Thank you!

[@AJ-ku9jz]

Bone meal is great for dogs too, a necessity in fact

[@TheJakeRobinson]

I'm sure someone has already pointed this out... you are 1/2 to making bone broth - add some other ingredients, onion, carrots, and celery and pressure cook them with the bones, add additional filtered water and when you're done, strain and keep the bone broth - super-healthy and delicious... now do the rest with your bones to feed your garden...😎

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

My puppy LOVES bone broth!

[@monthapril6441]

Genesis 3:19 till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

[@SteveInLava]

This comment is irrelevant to the video. Why did you make it?

[@Curlyheart]

Austin 3:16 says i just whipped your @$$!

[@lavrynthos]

Also, take the dried powder, mix it with vinegar and let it sit for 3-4 days until it stops fizzing. You can use the resulting concentrated phosphorus+calcium fertilizer as foilar feeding at 1/1000 dillution

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cool, I'll have to try that Niko!

[@williamcox3412]

Yet again we are presented with unique content presented in a straight forward and pleasant manner. And as always, watching was time well spent. Your channel has become the go-to reference that I will always check when researching a gardening topic.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much William...too kind! 🙂

[@VULXRIL]

I'm starting my own business pray for me guys

[@ILoveTheSmile]

how is your business, friend?

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

Hell yeah brother

[@yahushaismyshepherd1179]

Had an outstanding garden this year. Amended my soil with bonemeal and seaweed. Thank you for this video. Bonemeal was pricey. Going to give this a whirl. Just processed 15 chickens today. So going to give it a go.

[@sirenemily]

I've never thought of this. Turning "trash" into treasure! Love it, thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Totally! That's a perfect way to look at it!

[@bigbubba4170]

I cook out on a grill during nice weather. I cook a lot of ribs, steaks, chicken, etc., that have bones. I save the bones from one meal and put them in the fire of the next. This cleans, cooks, dehydrates, and makes the bones very friable, that is, easy to pulverize. I then crush the bones into powder and add it to the ashes of the wood fire. Even the bones that don't get totally pulverized are porous enough to let bacteria into the surface to work their magic. So far, so good!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

That's the perfect way to do it! So easy, no waste!

[@almostoily7541]

Sounds like a form of biochar!

[@JosiahC-p7c]

Thank you for spending your time to teach us all of this info

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@JosiahC-p7c cheers Josiah, thanks for watching

[@johnjude2685]

I'm also now grinding egg shell and dried out bannanas. Thanks Jeff so much teaching

[@getplanted5730]

Great info! What I do is save all my leftover soup bones and chicken bones and just through them in the fire then take them out before they break into smaller pieces or you can leave them in turn sift them out at Th he end, but the first way is easier. Then I just turn them into dust using any method you showed, or you can use a more primitive method and get a big rock or brick and just smash them up. The fire seems to be the easiest way.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Eddy. The fire method is awesome because its free and easy. Also, you can combine with wood ash (potash), which is a fertilizer itself as well! Good stuff!

[@haraldsorafumo6943]

Are the nutrients still in the bones if you burn them

[@watermelonlalala]

@@haraldsorafumo6943 That's what I wondered, because I burned chicken bones a couple of times and used them in planters. Sometimes, not completely burned to powder.

[@cr4zyj4ck]

@@haraldsorafumo6943 you're using the bones to replenish elements in the soil - phosphorus, calcium - and elements cannot be destroyed in a fire of *any* heat, only in a nuclear reactor. Burning them will be just fine.

[@haraldsorafumo6943]

@@cr4zyj4ck Thanks

[@deebirdwell2051]

Jeff, I just wanted to say thank you for this video on making bone meal. I watched this a couple months ago and have since made 2 batches of homemade bone meal. Turns out the tasks are not bad at all and I feel really good about not spending money on a product that I can make myself. Results have been great, I have happy sub artic tomato plants and my Bella Rosa tomato plants flowered greatly. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you from Tampa Bay Florida.

[@vjm3]

Every weekend I cook myself some slowcooker chicken, and if I have any chicken/steak bones, I always add them in. I found after cooking the bones are pretty tender and fall apart much easier (and my food tastes way better). I already have a dehydrator for beef jerky, so throwing in the cooked bones seems like an eloquent solution. Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Perfect use case then! :-)

[@gailkerr3652]

Thank you for this! I have been dehydrating and powdering banana peels and eggshells. I hadn't thought about using bones.

[@nukious]

Jesus I’m getting old to find this entertaining

[@barbarafugazzotto6589]

It’s amazing how everything can be reused!! Thank 🤩

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Truly barbara! The garden is the ultimate cycle of life!

[@JO-jj6vu]

I didn't know it would be that easy to make. Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

It really is. Once dried into a powder, lasts forever as well! :-)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

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[@sunray9941]

What if use the bone broth as a liquid form of firtilizer?

[@arezhik7774]

I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong, I have the bones and I've ran them for around 6 hours in a pressure cooker and they're still hard. Any other tips?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@arezhik7774 just let them dry out... Like get REALLY dry and brittle...

[@cherylhowker1792]

I'm new, from march of 21 I had a garden but it's mainly been 22 that my money has gone into it, and as much as I can spare,mainly on compost as I need to fill containers as I physically can't bend to do in ground gardening. So it's all pots and grow bags. Really enjoying it but I struggle with the UK weather,never know it be this dry.only had 10-15mm of rain since march. It's nuts,not even enough rain to fill 100l water butt. Crazy. Usually we moan about UK being wet but not so far. And apparently next week it's gonna go from 22c to 30c+ in 3days. Not looking forward to it tbh as I have seizures brought on by many things but heat being one of them.... And the plants won't be happy with heat like that they will need daily water I expect. ATM they doing ok on every 3 days,but no more. Thanks for your help it's really appreciated

[@maharajette]

Thank you! Watching this after cooking down a Turkey after Thanksgiving and I was hoping I’d find something like this to teach me how to prepare the bones to help my garden. This is great, even better than I hoped!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Alexandra! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@haleysow]

Thanks for sharing as it’s a good idea. I learnt from other channels that they buried fish head and I asked my mum to try it out for lady finger plants, it’s just so healthy and grow super well.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

For sure Haley....fish was likely the original organic fertilizer for coastal agriculture! Plants love it!

[@ren.pfa.99]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Can bones from cooked fish be applied directly to soil after cleaning and drying them? And can that replace the bone meal process?

[@soniaskolnick3868]

​@@ren.pfa.99 if whole fish is used for fertilizer, I don't see why you would need to "clean" the fish bones. The only drawback would be animals digging them up if they aren't buried deep enough.

[@omearica-rc6fp]

I did this last week. Didn't know there was a video on it. I hate waste and my iris plants are going to love this.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on! Good to hear!

[@highlandscommunityclub1160]

With so much that I feel I must buy for my garden it is so great to learn how to DIY bonemeal. That, and the world’s supply of phosphorus is limited and depleting fast. This is my second try at bonemeal. The first time I didn’t put enough water in the pressure cooker and burned the pot,(but just a bit). But I will not be deterred! You mentioned seaweed fertilizer. Hope you made a video on that! Will check now. Thank you so very much!! I owe my strawberries to you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I'm right there with you!! Trying to buy as little as possible! For seaweed booster, I DID make the video, check it out!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIvWi4CmYrJ2ers

[@sharonmckee2403]

Thank you. I just finished roasting, then cooking 38 hrs in a crock pot. Now, to the dehydrator!

[@londonpickering8675]

Might be my fav vid so far. Excellent explanation/demonstration. Thank you and Happy New Year!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks London, really appreciate that!! :-)

[@sigridtheehaughty4386]

I appreciate how straight forward this video is! I make my own cat food and always have tons of chicken bones left over so I'm glad to finally have a use for them! It always felt so wasteful just throwing then away.

[@BoholrealestateNet]

I just use eggshells. Along with banana peels mixed with water ... blend thoroughly then mix with more water add every 2 weeks to your peppers after just starting to bloom. Yep, it works like a charm.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Awesome! Keeping doing what works for you!

[@nunyabiznes33]

Do eggshells have enough phosporus?

[@ayeshaPH]

@@nunyabiznes33 mostly calcium. I learnd to use banana peals with egg shells in a blender to feed my plants. And they LOVE IT!

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@ayeshaPH I use vinegar that had eggshells soaked in them to spray my plants and that's what stopped them from dropping their buds so they can finally flower. I suppose the epsom salt also helped. It's really just phosporus that I can't find a good source for. Maybe I'll stop using eggshells when I start using bonemeal, don't want too much calcium.

[@ayeshaPH]

@@nunyabiznes33 Yes i forgot ... the epsom salt 1tls per 4 leters you are correct. This does help cirtian plants bloom.

[@catherineharris27]

I 💙 how you talk about a plant/ nutrition for the plants then you give us a example of how to do it! Like this video. Like Bone meal making it yourself to prove to us its possible to make it at home while saving money n showing us step by step! Thats y I love ur channel. I have learned so much in the last couple weeks on raising strawberry 🍓 plants and beds. We appreciate all your hard work n we support your channel and of course you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much Catherine! I love that people are taking more of an interest in it and sharing ideas and knowledge passed down. Glad the info is help you and your garden, that makes me happy! :-)

[@frenchfatfather]

My plants will be really happy after this 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers!

[@guysolis5843]

Great video, straight to the point and no fluff...I do like how you use that shave lather bowl NOT for it's intended purpose..but very inneresting!

[@jtcowboy5518]

That's awesome! Buying bone meal isn't cheap. Now I can make my own. I like the mortar and pestle method as I don't want to kill my blender. Thanks for this great vid!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Awesome man, glad you caught this video! It really is easy and cheap to make! Cheers

[@miman-ck9jv]

Go to the thrift store and get a blender for a couple of dollars make it your garden blender

[@garendasosro3686]

I have been wondering whether bones can use as fertilizer. I finally I got your video. Thanks a lot. I'll try soon.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Best of luck Garenda!

[@electricbeing993]

i did this with muscle shells last yr. great video.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yessss! Oyster Shells work great as well!! Cheers. :-)

[@andymike6575]

I used to make my own bone meal but it took way too much precious time and effort so I go to the local funeral homes and pet clinics to get the unclaimed bone ashes from cremations. You’d be surprised by how many peoples’ ashes just go to waste! They make excellent calcium/phosphorous fertilizer. Plus it’s free and no tedious work involved!

[@TinaWindham-r3n]

My dogs were cremated as will I but to think no one claimed their ashes is sad . I have buried my bunnies when they passed under my banana plants so they wouldn’t be dug up . 👍🏻🤟🏼

[@mirozen_]

Thanks for the video. Is there any reason you can't just bake them in the oven at 225 for an hour rather than leave them in a dehydrator for 12 hours? Sure would save time...

[@blairtheageese5269]

Wow so easy and yet cost so much in the stores , thank you good video and not wasting my time

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching! 🙂

[@Pubgfetiz]

Another Great Amendment Indeed Jeff, That’s good to know, Thanks for another interesting video. 🙏🇨🇦

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Seddy! I'm excited mostly to add it to me seeding mixtures this winter....really get a killer germination mix going! Cheers to you. :-)

[@Pubgfetiz]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms That’s gonna be an additional killa miracle portion for your germination indeed.🙏🇨🇦

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@Pubgfetiz Definitely!

[@Pubgfetiz]

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[@redtobertshateshandles]

I dug your seaweed video. Whilst down the beach, I saw an old lady finish swimming and she picked up some pieces of seaweed. I have lots of old bones saved in a garden bed, been planning on burning them. Landlord probably wondering about it. Lol

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

LOL yeah, everyone out in their backyards....burning piles of bones....nothing too sketchy about that! LOL!

[@rhondamoffit6490]

OMG!!!!! I just love you!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHARING AMAZING CONTENT!!!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Ha ha thanks rhonda! Super appreciate that! Share with your gardener friends! Have a great great weekend!

[@rhondamoffit6490]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I sure will!!!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@rhondamoffit6490 thanks so much!

[@loricochran4692]

You sir are the champion, my frin. Legendary content.

[@brandiisbell7746]

I've been making biochar for years and just a few years ago I started adding deer bones that I get from the local processor. Big bonfire 100 lb to pounds good music cold beer and the bio bone Char is fantastic

[@rexhavoc2982]

Bones and wood cooked in the bio oven together? How are you crushing the bio char? and to what size? Thanks,

[@brandiisbell7746]

@@rexhavoc2982 good morning. I do not have a bio oven I just make this simple big bonfire. I use the whole carcass of the deer. By the time I scooped out Embers from the bottom of the burn I put them in a big barrel of water and quench them quickly and they Frac into a thousand pieces. By the time I crush them in a half barrel with a sledge you can hardly tell bone from regular charger but once in awhile you get little fragments and knucklebones and little white pieces and I actually like that. They're chard inside and break very easily like saltine crackers. I stepped out the smaller fragments and char and supercharge them. The bigger pieces go into the compost and my friends chicken yard.

[@rexhavoc2982]

@@brandiisbell7746 Thanks for the info.

[@sikaberg5649]

Good Sir, you hv the patience, which are rare in other Gardners or Nurserymen.

[@cmsag7428]

Agree with the prior comment. We always cook the turkey carcass, to get the bone broth, for making turkey soup. Always discard the bones when done, but this is a great way to not waste anything. Appreciate your channel, as I am so, so sick of this political BS. Need to get back to real life. Thank you. BTW, have a little over 1 month to go on my "garlic in the fridge" experiment.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Appreciate that! I'm glad so many people see the value in just not wasting stuff and squeezing everything you can to be as self sufficient as possible. Have a great weekend! :-)

[@noelstokes6901]

Xx

[@NancyfromCanada]

I love composting and will try making my bone meal awesome! A thing I do with my compost is put my old coffee (not with cream) into my compost! It has more nitrogen then the coffee grounds I’m told! So my compost get both! Nancy from Canada

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Nancy! Love the tip!

[@robingw2615]

I think I’ll just go to an farm or anything and buy some bones to make bone meal Great video 👍

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on buddy! Its super easy once you make that first batch! :-)

[@brandiisbell7746]

Please don't by bones when there's so many free ones. Slaughterhouses butcher shops deer processors. Lots of free resources if you just look around for bones

[@OWK000]

A glass Oster blender is a good choice as, 1) the glass doesn't get scratched like lucite plastic, 2) blades are easily replaceable, and 3) you can screw a Oster blade and screw on cup assembly, onto any standard canning size lid jar, but pro tip: put the gasket between screw cup and the blade, rather than between the blade and the glass jar as regular jars are much thinner than the borosilicate glass blender jar and the gasket will slip out and get cut to pieces. Have you ever tried using a cheap meat grinder or a Corona, or Victoria type coarse grain grinder?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Great suggestion on the glass one.... Worthy investment. I haven't tried the grinders but for sure they would work!

[@joaomelo7376]

Its easier to dehydrate the bones in the oven :) i do it in a different order.. boil-oven-grinder... it turns to dust real quick, although i believe it takes away some of the nutrients with the double heat but since we can be really generous with it, it saves a lot of time :)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I'm finding a fire pit to be the most economical method....

[@timmartin8191]

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[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I do my best each and every video

[@timmartin8191]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms And it shows. You make awesome content.

[@Donna_G]

That does look easy. I don't have a pressure cooker or Insta-pot. I have a slow cooker. For me, long cooking is not a problem. How long would it take to soften the bones in a slow cooker? My food dehydrator is over 25 years old and only has two settings On and Off. It still works.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey Donna, slow cooker works as well. On the high setting, you're probably look at over night at least. 12 hours? Maybe more.

[@dianeharrell817]

I find it takes about 36 to 48 hours of slow cooking (barely a simmer) to get my chicken bones soft enough to cut with kitchen scissors. When making bone broth, I go a minimum of 3 days anyway...

[@karenbearden6198]

Thanks for this info! I can't tell you how much I've thrown out after making bone broth. You're right, the small bones can be smushed with your hands.

[@brooklyngiraffe]

This is so helpful! I’m going to try making my own bone meal. Thank you for another great video 😀

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Brooklyn, best of luck! :-)

[@luckygardener2151]

Thank you. I will use this in my raised beds.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, best of luck!

[@jannapackard3910]

We always throw our bones in the wood stove and burn them. Then we add the wood/bone ashes to the garden. Are we destroying the bone meal or is that ok too?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

No Janna, that totally works as well! Traditionally that is how they were made! Well done!

[@mrsd3455]

I knew wood ash was something our chickens liked to bathe in, I often wondered if it could be used in the garden, seems like it could be quite messy

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@mrsd3455 Oh no, its really easy to work with because its so water soluble! It literally disappears into the soil once you water it. I did video on it about a month ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apDFhaChpc6YaM0

[@illanaisme]

I do the exact thing. I use my wood stove or fire pit. Zero waste!

[@khandam7709]

when you burn bones you are oxidizing the material into different chemical compounds, many of which turn into a gas and evaporate into the air. it will have less nutritional value than unburned bone meal.

[@auntmayme8119]

And here I’ve been grinding up eggshells. I’ll have to try this will all the chicken bones I have. Thank you!

[@aguywithoutaname]

Thanks a lot because in where I live it's very difficult to get bone meal. But what is another option for a dehydrator😁

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I think even the sun would work, if its warm enough.....certainly an oven on its lowest setting would also work. I've seen people chuck bones in the fire as well!

[@aguywithoutaname]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms oh sun is not a problem in where I live 😂😂 . ( Africa)

[@engell3707]

@@aguywithoutaname 😂

[@aguywithoutaname]

@@engell3707 😂😂

[@dr.patriciamills]

I make bone broth already so now I will take those bones and turn them into bone meal - thanks!! Much appreciated!

[@jokhamohamed9136]

I'm interested to know if you can use fish bones as they are easier to work with. They probably have additional nutrients which won't be available in animal bones.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

For sure. I suspect that's what most fish meal fertilizers are made from!

[@geminicatz27]

I loooove bonemeal! Just as the name implies…one can make the perfect meal out of it…I definitely love to chow down on it myself! 🤗 Chalk full of vitamins and nutrients! A healthy choice for breakfast, lunch or dinner! YUM! 😋

[@hogue3666]

On top of your cereal, or just a pinch between the cheek-and gum?

[@gonzo191]

I just bake my chicken bones (with eggs shells) in the oven for 1 hour at 350F, let them cool and blend. Seems like you're using a lot of energy and time to make yours.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Baking at 350 uses far more energy

[@florcedillo7964]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms what about direct sun drying?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@florcedillo7964 that works too!

[@sunayakong8537]

@@florcedillo7964 this is how I do mine bones. I put the bone out for the birds they pick the bone clean, then just leave the bone out in the sun for a week or two and grind up. No electricity needed. I us a hammer to pulverize.

[@florcedillo7964]

@@sunayakong8537 interesting 🤔. I will try it! Thank you 😊

[@mohannadmalik5373]

I simply LOVE your direct simple language tips, I am happy that I subscribe to your channel peace!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers Mohannad, thanks so much for watching and for the support!

[@marvelenelavigne7427]

Now I know what to do with my chicken bones. Thank you

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Definitely! Those bird bones just disintegrate into powder so easily too!

[@TheRealMrBeercan]

I use a pressure cooker. It works much faster to soften the bones and I can usually liquefy them in a blender. Another trick is to get a cheap garbage disposal and hook it to a sink stand outdoors. Then after you pressure cook the bones, you can quickly run them through the disposal into a five gallon bucket. I usually pour the liquefied bones in my garden. Bones seem to never compost by themselves, so I found pressure cooking them take care of that.

[@dowefiredfn901]

Minecraft looks different here🤔

[@teenagardner3623]

So happy I found your video! I knew there was a way. We all need to expand our own fertilizers these days.

[@melanieallen8980]

I cant believe I missed this video!! yayy.just made my day!!!!love love this video!!!😍

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Melanie! :-)

[@Adriel_Idea]

Brb Gonna hunting some skeleton

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

:-)

[@C-Mo_PuraVida]

Hell yeah man your video was spot on it was detailed and we got straight to the point without a bunch of BS good knowledge to know and yes I agree wholeheartedly with adding the other amendments . I do the same thing and also use worm castings and then I inoculate my biochar with a plethora of all the different homemade amendments . I've been doing all of my own fertilizers and vermicomposting for a year now it's been amazing knowledge and also repurpose a tremendous amount of waste that used to go in the trash and now it's saving me money Period Super stoked For this upcoming spring Gotta get through winter first though.. LOL that's all right though I feel like a mad scientist these days making all of my different concoctions and whatnot.. LOL

[@nancycashiola3793]

Thank you. This video answered my questions.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching! :-)

[@Moni-mv1ww]

Thank you for making this informative video. I have implemented most of the methods you demonstrated in your video to make bone powder out of poultry bones for m my dog’s homemade food, only because I do not give them intact bones, as that could damage their intestines. I have large dogs, and I make a lot of dog food, so I work with large batches of bones at a time. The process is time consuming, and thus using a mortar and pestle would take too long. So, after boiling, I dehydrate first, and then pulverize in two steps. First, in my back up Ninja blender for coarse chopping. Then, in my backup KRUPS spice grinder for a finer powder. Both appliances have survived multiple pulverizing batches so far. Afterwards, I am able to store the bone powder and use it for each batch of homemade dog food. So, my dogs are getting their calcium and phosphorus right back into their food, in proper measurement, of course. And, if I have any extra, I suppose it can go into my garden! But, I usually don’t. The bone powder just keeps getting rotated between my batches of dog food. Thank you, once again!

[@shilohndrah]

This is a great tutorial on bone meal! Thanks so much!🙏🙏🙏

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers Susan, thanks so much for watching!

[@josephnezperce4320]

Just subbed. Ive been spreadinf both BONE MEAL and BLOOD MEAL in the bottom of my Cannabis holes for planting years-i didnt last year and truly regret it as flowers wer looser than ever...

[@BigWesLawns]

My friend just bought half a cow. Gonna have to grab up some of the bones.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Bone meal for a lifetime!

[@DebHeadworth]

Thank you so much! You're a great teacher!

[@Luv2Garden2]

This is totally a game changer. Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks, and thanks for watching! :-)

[@ernaverheijdt2925]

Thanks i badly needed it.. your method is the best.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@ticaj]

Thank you for this video!😃👍🏼 Now I can make my own bone meal! I first found out about bonemeal from Minecraft, now I know how to use it for real life plants it's really cool 🌱👍🏼

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Happy growing! :-)

[@allenchrispenaranda5596]

Shout out here from philippines thank you for this video,🤗🤗

[@yamwhatyam77]

Very cool! We'll done, I'll be sure to try this!

[@shawndoe2834]

Awesome Video. Really enjoyed watching.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Shawn, appreciate the support!

[@TommyMLe]

Awesome tip. I actually just throw mines in the air fryer or oven, and start smashing it and grinding it in a motar and pestle. The motar and pestle that we use for southeast asian cooking is pretty heavy duty, so that's how I'm able to save on hours of preparation.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Nice work! How much do you use? Do you mix it in or just top dress?

[@TommyMLe]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Haha I have no idea about the quantity that I'm using. I kinda just eyeball it and hope for the best. So far, it's been working out. I actually had no idea what benefits bone meal had for plants until I watched your video 😅 I'm the type that just tries to return organic life back into Earth. Your videos have definitely been super helpful, and I've been learning a lot. Keep up the great work! Oh and I top dress it, Lol. Though I should probably start mixing it in now.

[@carrolinenewtonisaac3234]

Thanks for sharing, I will be saving some money 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Caroline! :-)

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

Im gonna try this out. Thanks for sharing

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching!

[@YorNary88]

Awesome! Now I know what to do with all the leftover bones from my pho. Thank you!

[@MminaMaclang]

This is a pretty good video. If you'd accept some feedback, I'd just like to advise to give a bit more dynamic to the tone you say your sentences. So they all have a similar tone, which is okay for a short couple of sentences, but listen back to it and the tone of your sentences repeat far too often for one whole video. It may tire out people watching you. But this was still super informative and extremely clear to me. Hope to see more of your content!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching! :-)

[@Akshay-vq1uv]

Well explained! Cheers from India 🇮🇳

[@jenniferpepler5843]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!

[@bloodybonescomic]

Perfect! Now I am motivated to clean out the crawlspace under my house.

[@trucid2]

Yikes, what lives down there?