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Blood Meal?
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As a fertilizer, blood meal is mostly nitrogen (typically 12-0-0) and trace elements (it has about .2% iron). It promotes lush vegetation.
A typical application would be to mix about 5 ml per litre of soil, depending of course on what else you are adding. Or, you can top dress a garden at the rate of about 60 ml per sq. metre of garden every month until they start to flower.
Some people say that it attracts pests such as raccoons, but I have not experienced this. I know the fish based fertilizers almost certainly do.
A typical application would be to mix about 5 ml per litre of soil, depending of course on what else you are adding. Or, you can top dress a garden at the rate of about 60 ml per sq. metre of garden every month until they start to flower.
Some people say that it attracts pests such as raccoons, but I have not experienced this. I know the fish based fertilizers almost certainly do.
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Good info, DD4Y. DarkCore, loads of info in the Organics section especially in the Organics for Beginners by Burn1 and in the Organic Fanatics Collective. Best of luck to you. Amazing amount of info here.
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I add small amounts of blood meal and bone meal during the first transplant and final transplant. You could probably get away with just these two nutrients through the hole grow, but I do add additional supliments.
Although blood and bone meal appear organic, often times the source of such products are suspect. Blood or bone from cows from a factory farm can be full of antibiotics, growth hormones, mad cow, etc.
It has been shown the the agent that causes mad cow, or Creutzfield Jacobs (sp?) in humans, called a prion, can enter and infect a human throught the bare eyeball. It is for this reason I shy away from these products for edibles and smokeables, using them more in the flower garden outside.
Guanos and compost teas are better sources of N and P, and safer. Kelp for K is safe as well. If you do want to use these products, like all organics, wear breathing protection, preferably hepa filter, to protect from the dust and/or fibres. Same goes for perlite, rockwool and vermiculite.
Blood meal is pretty strong and quick acting, so always halve the dosage on the container. Bone meal is strong, but slow release, as it takes time for the breakdown to occur. Bone meal also provides calcium. Any organic mix should be premixed and watered at least 2 weeks before use to begin the breakdown of nutrients so the plants can use them. It should also be turned frequently during this time to provide plenty of oxygen for decomposition/composting.
Organics section:
http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=65536
Growers forums: http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=9
Cannabis Infirmary: http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=83
Read this guide to sick plants and pests first: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
Take care.
It has been shown the the agent that causes mad cow, or Creutzfield Jacobs (sp?) in humans, called a prion, can enter and infect a human throught the bare eyeball. It is for this reason I shy away from these products for edibles and smokeables, using them more in the flower garden outside.
Guanos and compost teas are better sources of N and P, and safer. Kelp for K is safe as well. If you do want to use these products, like all organics, wear breathing protection, preferably hepa filter, to protect from the dust and/or fibres. Same goes for perlite, rockwool and vermiculite.
Blood meal is pretty strong and quick acting, so always halve the dosage on the container. Bone meal is strong, but slow release, as it takes time for the breakdown to occur. Bone meal also provides calcium. Any organic mix should be premixed and watered at least 2 weeks before use to begin the breakdown of nutrients so the plants can use them. It should also be turned frequently during this time to provide plenty of oxygen for decomposition/composting.
Organics section:
http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=65536
Growers forums: http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=9
Cannabis Infirmary: http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=83
Read this guide to sick plants and pests first: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688
Take care.
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