Its Planting season... Don't forget the All Purpose Miracle-Gro Plant Food !
Written: Mar 22 '05 (Updated Mar 22 '05)
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Pros: Promotes Growth, gives your plants and flowers healthier Blooms and Foliage.
Cons: None
The Bottom Line: Promotes growth for vegetables, flowers, roses, trees, shrubs, houseplants, and even your lawn.
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| MississippiMom's Full Review: Miracle-Gro All-Purpose Plant Food |
Can you go without eating and just live on water alone? Well neither can I, nor can my plants. Do you have a Green Thumb? If not use Miracle-Gro All Purpose Plant Food and your plants will look like you do.
For Years I have always used Miracle-Gro Plant Food. My preference is the All Purpose Plant Food. Why you ask? Well mostly because I buy one large box and I use it on all my Houseplants and Outdoor for my Vegetable Garden and Flower Beds and Shrubs.
Miracle Gro also has a potting Mix that works well with the use of the plant food for your plants. I use it together for my houseplants and can see them flourishing as the spring is setting in.
In Buffalo its very COLD and we don’t really have to many really sunny days throughout our winter months so my plants need a little extra care. Seems to me by using the All Purpose Plant Food it enhances the root growth.
Our Winters are so Brutal that all my outdoor plants need strong roots to survive and I honestly feel that by using this plant food all season it helps to protect them throughout the winter and to help them to bloom in the spring.
Inside my home, I have a sun room that I have designed to be my space, its where I sit and spend most of my time when I am online. I Love to be able to look away from my computer screen and see and smell the beautiful floral scents around me. My computer room looks like a Botanical garden. With all the different types of Foliage leaf and Flowering plants I have I need an All Purpose Plant food to keep them Healthy and help them to GROW!
I must admit, Gardening is one of my favorite pastimes. I love to create beauty and nurture it. I feel each time I dig in the dirt and plant either a seed or a bulb I am leaving a little piece of myself to remember.
Last summer I spent most of my off time with my daughter and her family. My son-in-law works away quite often so Mom was there to help her with my Grandchildren. They just bought this home the summer before so I had great plans to help her with re-landscaping her front and side yard.
Together we dug her beds and planted her Hydrangea, 6 rose bushes, and a wide variety of perennials, such as Day Lillies, Clematis, Hostas, Black-eyed Ssans and a variety of annuals.
Planting her flower beds I added Miracle Gro Potting Mix to to plants as I planted. I used one handful of mix around the roots and covered them with the garden soil. I watered them regularly.
I found by using Miracle Gro Potting Mix, there was no need to feed them with Miracle Plant Food for the first 30 days.
After that I fed them with Miracle Gro All Purpose Plant Food about every two weeks.
The same goes for all my houseplants too.
I watched how quickly all the plants took to the soil and started to flourish. It helped her Roses take very well, the blooms were large hey bloomed beautifully all season and the Scent of her roses filled the area where I sat out with the children.
The Garden area …I love that spot… On gorgeous sunny summer days I love to be outdoors especially with my Grandchildren and my dog and Just Relax!
Thank you Miracle-Gro for making this possible.
Some facts about Miracle Gro All Purpose Plant Food.
Miracle-Gro All Purpose has three active ingredients in a 15-30-15% mixture: Nitrogen, Potash and Phosphate.
Nitrogen accounts for about 15% of the organic compounds found in plants; required for proper nutrition and growth.
Potash is potassium; it increases root growth, reduces water loss and helps retard crop diseases.
Phosphate is essential for photosynthesis, the process by which plants absorb the sun's energy; stimulates root development.
The All-purpose Plant Food works well on vegetables, flowers, roses, trees, shrubs, houseplants, and yes, even your lawn.
Miracle-Gro is a water soluble, looks like blue color crystals.
Simply mix 1 tablespoon of it with one gallon of water for outdoor plants, a teaspoon per gallon for indoor plants. Water the plant at the root as you normally would. It is recommended to be used every 7 to 14 days.
I keep an old Milk Jug filled with this solution under my sink because I use it so regularly.
I owe all the credit to Miracle Gro Plant food and Miracle Gro Potting Mix. For making my garden and flower beds grow as healthy as they do. My flowers blooms continuously spring, summer and fall.
Same with all of my houseplants they are doubling in size growing tremendously. Some are even out growing their pots and need to be transplanted this spring.
Some facts about the potting mix. I just purchased another bag to add to my existing house plants and to repot three new plants I just picked up at home depot. I couldn't resist giving them a home seeing they were on sale for $2.29 each. I will be transporting a few of my plants in the sun room outside to the porch soon so I need to plant a few more to take their places and a little change of scenery too.
If you use Miracle-Gro Plant Food you will love using Moisture Control Potty Mix.
So for those of you who forget to water or if you water to much this would work for you.
Information from the Package reads:
**Takes the guesswork out of watering.
**Exclusive AquaCoir Formula protects against over-watering
**Absorbs 33% more water and releases it to roots as needed
This mix also states it is enriched with Miracle-Gro Plant food
States for best results to wait 30 days before feeding your plants the Miracle-Gro Plant Food. Then to continue feeding every two weeks. I find it does work!
The package I purchased is 8 quarts. I picked it up at home depot for $3.97.
The Bag is Sturdy with a zip lock top. Stands up on its own which is great when you are transplanting. On the back you will find easy to read information on how to use, how much you will need, hints for gardening and gives you the web address www.miracle-gro.com For more product information and gardening tips.
From my own personal use over the years I have been gardening and the success I have had with my plants I would definitely give this product a 5 Star rating, along with Miracle-Gro plant food... 5 Stars, so together they make a Perfect 10!
Go with Miracle-Gro!
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