Bone Meal for Healthy Plants

Bone meal fertilizer is often used by organic gardeners to add phosphorus to garden soil. Bone meal fertilizer is essentially what it says it is, a meal or powder made from ground up animal bones


The three most important nutrients for plants are nitrogen, for green leaves; phosphorous, for healthy flowers and roots; and potash, for overall vigor and disease resistance and bone meal is an excellent source of phosphorous and it is easy for gardeners to use. 


The effects phosphorous has on plants that can be easily observed by gardeners are in vitality, the time of blossoming and maturity. Flowers will produce more colorful blooms. 


Phosphorous is critical as a stimulus to root development and roots branch out and root hairs form profusely in the vicinity of a source of phosphorous. Because of its effect on roots, phosphorous is a major factor in determining early growth of a plant and its vigor throughout the season. Throw a handful of bone meal in the hole when planting trees, shrubs and rose bushes and to help them establish a healthy root system faster.


Be sure to consistently water so the phosphorous in the bone meal can be released slowly and taken up by the plant's roots.