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| Blood Meal / Dried Blood |
Sprinkle over compost heap if high carbon content brown matter e.g. Paper, chipped
twigs, straw... Etc, is in excess of nitrogenous green leafy matter.
---- Can be incorporated to balance the carbon content when digging in a high carbon
brown mulch - otherwise nitrogen is robbed from the soil.
-----Use on nitrogen hungry greens:- broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spinach,
Brussels sprouts; also lettuce, and on corn-cob ...
Apply during the growing season.
Also used to repel animals like deer and rabbits, but only effective if it
remains dry. I suggest placing it in containers.
Action On Plants - the analysis shows that nitrogen is the major constituent of blood
meal as it is a constituent of blood protein.
These blood proteins are rapidly broken down to ammonia by soil bacteria. In warm
moist conditions that favour bacterial growth, blood meal decomposition can be too
rapid. Ammonia may be released in large enough quantity to damage delicate roots.
Plant roots absorb ammonia to take up nitrogen for building plant protein. Therefore
blood meal is useful for plants that add lots of green leafy growth.
As it is a fast acting organic feed, care should be taken not to apply too much,
especially in warm moist conditions. Blood Meal could be used to effectively balance
carbons in the compost heap or when digging in.
Application And Rate - no more than 4oz per square yard during growth. Apply during
the growing season.
Release Rate - rapid lasts up to 4 months.
Soil Reaction - acidic.
CAUTION
****Don't apply to seedlings.
A fast acting organic feed and care should be taken not to apply too much. Rapid
decomposition when conditions are warm and moist could be damaging.
--- Don't apply to peas and beans and other legumes. They have root nodules with
bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen.
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