Bone meal is a good fertilizer for bulbs and tubers such as crocus,
tulips, hyacinth, iris, etc. Apply it after the blooms die. Usually
bone meal should not be applied to acid-loving plants.

Grass/soil does not necessarily need lime, unless a pH test indicates
so.

Hollytone provides many trace elements and is a slow-release
fertilizer. Mir-Acid is fast-acting and short-lived. I found that it
is advantageous to use both fertilizers on azaleas, but not at the
same time. MirAcid to the grass will cause it to green up and grow
faster than the parts not getting the MirAcid.

Make sure the cow manure is well composted else it can burn out roots.
Topdress with a layer of cow manure, then top with an organic mulch to
prevent weed growth and conserve water. Azaleas have shallow root
systems and greatly benefit from a mulch.

On Thu, 29 May 2003 11:59:05 -0400, "Tracy McDaniel"
wrote:

p u.
that stuff stinks.
My aunt told me it was "wonderful" and she uses it all the times (she has no
yard pets)...
apparently it will drive dogs mad.

Is this for acid loving soil or alkaline?

If you use it, please tell me where and why.

If you do not, please tell me why not?

I bought a bag and now don't know if I should spread it around my hostas,
lilies or ornamental fruit trees. Do evergreen shrubs (such as holly) like
it?

This leads me to another set of questions.
If yards (turf grass) need lime and azeleas and rhodo's need acid, what
happens to the grass around the azeleas when one applies mir-acid to shrubs?
Also, what is advantage of holly-tone over mir-acid?

Am I better off just driving to a local farm and picking up some dried
"natural cow fertilizer"? I see the disadvantage of this in receiving weeds
and corn seeds in my garden...then I'm back to using commercial weed-killer
such as Spectricide or Preen.

Let me know,
Thanks,
Tracy