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How to Amend Soils With Bone & Blood Meal
How to Amend Soils With Bone & Blood Meal. Some soil is not suitable for planting and needs amending before plants can thrive. Amending soil improves its nutrient content, aeration and increases root penetration. Bone meal is a natural, organic soil amendment. It is crushed animal bone. Bone meal is high in phosphorous. Blood meals is dried animal...
Some soil is not suitable for planting and needs amending before plants can thrive. Amending soil improves its nutrient content, aeration and increases root penetration. Bone meal is a natural, organic soil amendment. It is crushed animal bone. Bone meal is high in phosphorous. Blood meals is dried animal blood. Blood meal is typically high in soluble nitrogen, which disperses quickly into the soil. The use of blood and bone meal is prohibited in many European countries and in Japan due to health concerns, but in the United States it is still permitted.
Things You'll Need
Spade
Plastic container
Blood meal
Bone meal
Tiller
Rake
Contact your local university extension service for instructions on how to take a soil sample from your garden. Collect the soil sample and place it into a plastic container. Send the plastic container to your university extension for nutrient analysis. The university will give instructions on how best to fertilize your soil.
Place a layer of 5 to 10 lbs. of blood meal per 100 square feet and 10 lbs. of blood meal per 100 square feet.
Till the blood and bone meal to a depth of 6 to 8 inches using the tiller.
Run a rake along the soil to smooth it out.
Tips & Warnings
Be careful when applying bone meal. Bone meal is high in phosphorous. Phosphorous run off is dangerous for bodies of water. Always work into the soil properly.
Do not use too much blood meal for a nitrogen boost. Blood meal releases ammonia which burns plants.
The phosphorous available in bone meal is only available to plants with a soil pH lower than 7.0.
