Re: [CH] Miracle Gro
Byron.Bromley (Byron.Bromley@Gsd-Co.Com)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 13:42:30 -0500
Brent
Actually if one reads the label real close, Its recommended using
1/8 tsp per gal (on MG) if you use it everytime you water.
With MG for Tomatoes, it says to spread 1 gal over 10 sq ft.
How do you translate that into cups or pints per plant ??
I got into this because there were about 15 people than were
using it at the 1 Tbsp per gal rate every 2 weeks and having all kinds of
problems. I was hoping I could give them an alternative
that would prevent overfeeding.
Granted the Full strength solution would be good with a hi pH
or poor soil. But I bet 1/2 the people having problems never took
a pH reading or had the soil tested. A few that I talked to didn't
know what soil pH was.
Everyone that is having good luck, uses it in diluted amounts or
infrequently but not by the first instruction on the label
I hope that you can see the bottom line of what I am trying to do
Byron
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From: Brent Thompson <brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com>
To: Byron.Bromley <Byron.Bromley@Gsd-Co.Com>
Cc: chile-heads@hplbct.hpl.hp.com
Subject: Re: [CH] Miracle Gro
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 12:13 PM
> Its the folks that read the label and follow the instructions. IE 1 TBSP
> per gal, every 2 weeks. that have a lot of problems.
As I have posted to this list before, I have used Miracle Gro Tomato
fertilizer on chile plants, per package directions, and I have had
excellent results with harvest of large quantities of great-quality fruits
per plant. And I have seen other gardens using same/similar amounts of
same/similar fertilizer on potted chile plants with same results of large
quantities of great-quality fruits per plant. I can state this even more
emphatically -- I have observed that when this (or other similar)
fertilizer product is used at a significantly lower rate than recommended
on label, then chile production is diminished accordingly.
I strongly recommend the use of Miracle Gro Tomato, per label
recommendations, for use on chile plants grown in pots.
Usually these products specify a range of dilutions, for use according to
circumstances. This range usually goes from 1/2 or 1 tsp to 1 Tbs per
gallow of water. The maximum strength dilution is not intended for
situation where all watering is done only with that fertilizer solution --
this situation calls for the lowest recommended dose. The highest dose
rate is for correcting a nutrient deficiency, e.g. plants haven't been
fertilized enough, over-watered, excessively porous soil, whatever. And,
if you are using a potting soil which already contains pre-loaded
time-release fertilizer, you'll probably have to use low doses, at most, of
additional Miracle Gro-type fertilizers.
--- Brent
P.S. Of course I have no affiliation with any fertilizer company,
horticultural company, advertising company, etc.