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Michigan

Does anybody use this in their patch? I read about it as an organic nitrogen source in Growing World Class Giant pumpkins. I stumbled across several bags of it for only a few bucks total and grabbed them all. Is this something that I can add now? Or will all the benefit be gone by planting time? I could wait til spring, but a few of the bags are torn and the smell is mildly unpleasant in my garage.

1/4/2006 3:34:07 PM

Syracuse, NY

depending on your soil test to determine if you need a lot of nitrogen applied, and only if it said you need a lot, then i would apply the dried blood at the recommended rate
on the packages or bags of the stuff. i think if you added it to the soil NOW there would be no benefit, only after a soil test. experts? where you at? ....lol....eric

1/4/2006 5:25:06 PM

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It's about 10% Nitrogen and is the most soluble source of natural organic N that money can buy. If your soil is low in organic matter then a bit of blood might help.

Like Eric said, get a soil test to be certain.

Dried blood also makes a pretty good Dog repellent. A little old man down the road used to walk his dog every morning. The dumb mutt got into the habit of dropping a Clevland Steamer on my lawn every morning. A few pounds of dried Bovine blood sprinkled around turned him on to my neighbor's lawn.

1/4/2006 5:47:09 PM

Syracuse, NY

or if yer not feeling well, temporarily,
"Cleveland Rocks"! ha ha ha ha h......ahem, eric....

1/4/2006 6:38:19 PM

Liverpool , England

we call em landmines cos ya don't wanna stand on one.

1/4/2006 8:07:33 PM

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You call them landmines Alun because you've never been to Clevland. You gotta love Lake Erie!

1/4/2006 11:00:46 PM

maine USA

Tremor, I've never been to Cleveland, so I really don't get it. What does it mean?

1/5/2006 12:29:47 AM

Syracuse, NY

OHHHH, i see, CLEVland.
i wondered where them CLEVs came from....

1/5/2006 3:51:17 AM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Kathy You have never stepped in a cleveland steamer. I am sure at some time Cleveland was a major center for cattle. They probably went down some streat and left huge steamers in the process

1/5/2006 9:35:34 AM

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Actually a few years ago it was a Lake Erie thing. No one much noticed those pipes coming out from under the buildings along the shore. But in the winter.....

I liked Eric's answer better though.

1/5/2006 11:42:37 AM

Knopp, Germany

Funny where dried blood will take you.

1/5/2006 11:52:15 AM

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Winter message board chaos theory.

1/5/2006 1:38:53 PM

Michigan

Thanks....will hang on to it til soil test in a couple of months

1/5/2006 2:12:42 PM