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Blood Fish and Bone
Ive just been recommended to use BFB on my lavender plant but having just read another thread on here someone has said it's poisonous to dogs. can someone expand on this a little please, as i have a chihuahua who likes to eat things he shouldn't. i'm guessing it isn't going to be a wise move to use this on the ground.
what can you recommend instead of BFB that is both cat and dog friendly. i have a lavender thats been planted from pot to ground and i don't think it's taken too well as i seem to be loosing more and more of the green part of the plant ( it also didn't flower but i didn't expect that this year anyway). something on the cheaper side would be great
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sorry this has gone into the wrong thread. newbie mistake
It's not poisonous to pets as far as I'm aware (many dogs I've known have eaten it to no ill effect). However it is very attractive to dogs and foxes and can result in the garden being dug up by animals in search of whatever it is that is smelling so delicious.
That being said, lavender is not a hungry plant and if it's not doing well I suspect that it may be a problem of inadequate drainage rather than lack of nutrition. I never feed lavenders.
Lavender needs free-draining gritty soil. If your soil isn't like this you can add a bucketful of horticultural grit to the planting area before planting, and even raise the lavender on a little hillock to facilitate draining away of rainwater.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can concur that it is enormously attractive to dogs, mine can't be affectionate enough if I'm trying to use it in the garden, also I had newly planted roses dug up by Monsieur Reynard one time.
No harm done though
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sorry, should have said Welcome to the forum 
Don't worry about where to put your queries - we find them. A good clear title to the thread (like yours) is a great help
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dogs like to eat chicken manure too. I'm guessing they are attracted to anything in the ordure line.
I was thinking of chucking it all over the garden so that the foxes could turn over the soil for me. Is this a cunning plan or what
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And like all of Baldrick's cunning plans, maybe it won't be quite as successful as you hope. Fox poo, anyone?
Hmm forgot about the poo
Bone meal has some downsides. Though it's rich in phosphorus, studies conducted by Colorado State University show it's only accessible plants growing in soil with a pH level below 7.0. Bone meal is also dangerous to dogs and, if consumed in large enough quantities, can form a dense mass that has to be removed from the stomach through surgery.
Just a item on bone meal
I think those problems occur if a dog gets access to a bag of bonemeal and wolfs the lot down - it shouldn't be a problem when a small amount is scattered. All sorts of things have been surgically removed from dogs' stomachs http://barkpost.com/dogs-eat-strange-things/
It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have those things around our homes - just that if we've got a dog inclined to gluttony we should keep a close eye ......... speaking as someone who's Springer regularly ate lumps of frozen dog meat wrapped in cling film left out to thaw, not to mention the childrens' wax crayons, husband's socks and pieces of Lego - how do I know? They came out the other end and were found on the lawn
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.