Blood Meal 12-0-0

Blood Meal | Organic High-Nitrogen Fertilizer for Rapid Plant Growth

Enhance your garden with Blood Meal, a quick-acting organic nitrogen fertilizer ideal for encouraging rich, green growth.

What is Blood Meal?

Blood meal is a dry, inert powder created from blood, utilized as a high-nitrogen organic fertilizer and a protein-rich animal feed.

Blood Meal boasts an NPK ratio of 13-0-0, making it extremely rich in nitrogen. This slow-release amendment is not a quick fix, and it may take up to a month to witness the results from your blood meal application.

Benefits of Blood Meal

The primary advantage of blood meal lies in its high nitrogen content. It consists mainly of nitrogen with a small amount of phosphorous and potassium, which makes it particularly effective for helping plants that are experiencing nitrogen deficiency.

Blood Meal can also function as a natural pest deterrent, owing to its scent, which can repel certain animals. For example, it will deter deer, rabbits, and moles. If you notice your garden vegetables being chewed on, lightly sprinkle blood meal on the leaves and around the base of the plant.

How to Use Blood Meal

Apply blood meal in the spring as soon as you observe plant growth, and reapply every 2 to 3 months until the growing season concludes. Use 1 to 2 lbs. for every 100 square feet; a 2-lb. application is regarded as heavy feeding. Until you get accustomed to this product, start with just 1 lb. per 100 square feet.

Utilizing blood meal comes with certain risks, so it's wise to use it as a fertilizer only when necessary. Yellowing leaves often signal nitrogen deficiency, and these weakened leaves cannot absorb nutrients through photosynthesis, which makes blood meal an effective remedy for restoring plant health.