It's no wonder many organic gardeners reject these synthetics and rely on old standbys like bone meal, blood meal and fish emulsion. But times are a-changin', and even these additives, variations ...

Miller recommends adding blood meal or cotton seed for nitrogen, and fish bone meal for phosphorus. For a 100-square-foot bed, you’d add 3 pounds of each. Drip irrigation is best, and you ...

"Before I stick it in there, I've got to add some extra calcium. So, this is fish bone meal. This stuff has a fair amount of nutrition, but it breaks down really slow, so you still have to use ...

You never want to get mulch mixed in when you're planting.” Morris also puts a handful of fish bone meal into the hole before he plants the bulb. But he warns against doing this if you have a ...