Dragons3212

i was wondering... cause i put some bone meal in my mix of soil, but might need some K for my plant cause of its flowering, i got some bloom pluss fertilizer 10-60-10. think it would be ok to use it?

Lizzie Borden

Check your PM's.

Bone meal provides primarily phosphorus, and so does that bloom fert. Get something with a high last number (K).

Dragons3212

i did thanks for the help.. no one else seems to anymore..

TRRU

say brindie, what if one put chemical fert in an organic mix? for some reason i feel really dumb for asking that.
lets say you had a compost pile and you use really good decomposed compost then you use chem fert on it. also, no biggy but the fox farm big bloom. they say its all organic so you could use that too right?
oh yeah one more thing sorry, you know bat guano? well how is that much different than bone meal as far as tea goes. the available and soluble differences are confusing. thank you

Lizzie Borden

The problem with using chemical ferts in an organic medium is that they tend to kill off soil life. Microbes in the soil are necessary to break down organic nutrients and make them available for plants.

Fox Farm Big Bloom is organic and could be used with an organic soil mix containing compost.

Yes, I know bat guano. There are many different kinds of guano. Some are from seabirds and some from bats, and they have different NPK's. Some are higher N and some higher P. The advantage of guano P over bone meal P is guano is water soluble and bone meal is not. Bone meal cannot be made into tea like guano can. Bone meal must be mixed into the soil and allowed to slowly break down, while guano tea can be used for a quick P boost.