Feather Meal (13-0-0) - 50 lb Bag

Feather meal, a by-product of poultry processing is cooked and sterilized under intense heat using steam pressure cookers then dried and ground into a meal.

Our feather meal is 13% Nitrogen. It is a semi-slow release organic fertilizer providing plants with nitrogen over an extended period of time. Plants like corn, leaf vegetables and others requiring a consistent supply of nitrogen.

Feather meal begins to release its nitrogen within 4-7 days of application*. About 75% of the nitrogen is released at a steady rate “slow feed” as plants metabolize the nitrogen for 3 months or more*. The remaining nitrogen will release for up to another 3 months*.

*But there are several factors that will determine the rate of nutrient release, some of these include: soil pH level, moisture levels in the soil, soil temperature and the presence of enough micro-organisms to break it down into plant usable nutrients.

We use two sources for feather meal so the following information covers both product that you may receive.
Mason City Label  Wilbur-Ellis Label Wilbur-Ellis Spec Sheet

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