How to Grow Sage With Bone Meal

Sage is a leafy, green herb often used in soups, dressings and poultry dishes. Sage is often grown in kitchen gardens and herb gardens so it is readily available for cooking. This herb lends itself well to growing both in the ground and in containers, depending on the gardener's preferences and space availability. Sage is easy to grow, given the proper lighting and moisture conditions. Organic fertilizers, such as bone meal, offer added phosphorus to the sage's soil, allowing the sage to grow larger and be more productive.

Container or garden space
Commercial soil mixture
Garden trowel or claw
Bone meal
Sage starter plant(s)
Support stake
Water

Instructions

- 1
  Choose the proper time to plant your sage, such as late spring or early summer.
- 2
  Fill a container or hole in your garden area with a commercial garden soil mixture.
- 3
  Use a garden trowel or claw to dig bone meal into the soil in the container or garden hole.
- 4
  Use a garden trowel to dig a small hole in your prepared container or garden area. Make the hole large enough to contain the roots of your sage starter plant.
- 5
  Remove the sage starter plant from its nursery container (do so carefully so you don't damage the young plant's roots) and place the plant's roots, soil and all, into the small hole you dug.
- 6
  Fill the area around the sage plant with some of the displaced soil you have already treated with bone meal.
- 7
  Place a strong stake into the container or ground just behind your new sage plant to support it as it grows larger.
- 8
  Water the sage daily at the roots to maintain moisture levels in the soil. Do not overwater your sage as it could kill the plant.
- 9
  Dig more bone meal into the soil around the sage plant at the end of the summer to prepare the plant for harsh winter conditions and to help it recover from a productive summer.

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