Bone meal is harmful to eat in large amounts because it can form obstructions in the stomach/intestines. -edit- This was actually taken care of from the link posted before http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/bone-meal/ Also, on the N content of bone meal...if it's steamed it's nearly bare of N (though some claim values of 2-3 N (NPK)). If it's dried/crushed it can contain a 4-5 N (NPK) value of N. That said, almost all commercial bone meal is steamed and personally I'd ignore it's N content given it's lack of quick availability anyway. This post was edited by nc-crn on Tue, Dec 17, 13 at 20:15

As I understand it - used to was, bone meal was a good fertilizer because it was made from bone that had bits of meat still clinging to it, as well as the marrow still inside. Nowadays the bones are steam cleaned before being turned into bone meal so they dont' supply any nitrogen at all anymore. As stated previously, phosphorus is not generally limited in supply in the soil and what you add tends to last a long time. Nitrogen is what's limited. While bulbs don't need much nitrogen at planting time, a little is better than none. That's why the newer bulb fertilizers have a bit of nitrogen in them and wise nursery personnel no longer recommend straight bone meal but rather bulb fertilizer. It's also good for planting container plants, as it gets the phosphorus and potassium in the root zone where it's needed and only adds just a touch of nitrogen which is all newly planted plants can take. I see no reason to prefer slaughtered fish to slaughtered cattle. The cattle at least get knocked unconscious with a bolt gun before being killed. The fish are generally left to suffocate slowly, or are bashed in the head with a baseball bat in the case of salmon fishing. Either way a conscious creature is being killed. Life feeds on life, no two ways around it. But to each her own.

Not sure which they would call it, pattico, but sure am sorry that your DD had that happen. Guess the doc will just have to understand. Does DD think they will hire a temp or is she worried about her job? My DS, who has had back problems since he was 18 just got the news yesterday that his back has gotten worse. An ER dr. told him he would probably have to have surgery. I told DS not to worry so much until he could get other opinion. Unfortunately, he lost his job because it was his first day. I knew that he would not make it through the day. The job required him to stand at a machine and move fast around it. He could barely stand up straight for the past few days, much less have to move fast. He told them the problem and they sent him home. And he is not eligible for employment with them again. Bad thing is, he has been trying to get on with this company for over a year. His employment sure came at a bad time.

Here in the UK in the garden centres you can find the very common hostas sold bare rooted in a plastic bag surrounded with a bit of wood shavings, a pretty picture on the outside hanging from a peg next to Dahlia tubers. In Holland the Dutch wholesale growers dig the hostas from the field, wash, dry and divide into single divisions. They pack them in boxes of 50 and then freeze them until they receive an order. They are delivered in this state with instructions to allow them to defrost completely before planting. From what I recall freezing was in reality holding at -3 C. A couple of years ago I germinated some Hosta seed in flats fairly late in the season. Come winter I left them in the greenhouse totally dry for around 4 to 5 months. Spring time I watered them and back they came. I'm talking really tiny seedlings with barely two leaves! The only point I'm trying to make here is the ability of this plant to tolerate all kinds of conditions during dormancy. This year I plan to take a few duplicate plants once they die back, remove all the media and leave them dry on a bench in the garage till spring. I want to see if they can survive and grow on the next season. Dave