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Re: Miracle Gro


-----Original Message-----
From: Ross E Stanford <stanford4334@juno.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, May 29, 1998 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Miracle Gro


>
>On Thu, 28 May 1998 23:46:06 +0100 (BST) Allan Day
><allan@crwys.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>On Thu 28 May, Ross E Stanford wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>      I called Miracle Gro at 1-800-426-8419 to see what they had to
>>> say about using regular Miracle Gro with the soaker hoses or drip
>>> system.  They said that regular Miracle Gro is not 100% water
>>soluble
>>> and will eventually clog the hoses or drip system.  The special
>>formula
>>> for the in line feeder is 100% water soluble.
>>>      I don't know if that is true or just hype to get you to buy the
>>more
>>> expensive
>>> product.  I am afraid to try it and find out.
>>>      Hey, this is right up my alley.  An experiment.  I think that I
>===================================================
>>>
>>Go ahead and find out for us all. How about dissolving a sample,
>>filter
>>it and see if there is any residue.
>>
>>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>====================================================
>OK Allan,
>     I just did a quick experiment.
>I made up two separate one gallon jugs of Miracle Gro.  One, using
>one TBS of regular MG, and the other using one TBS of the "special
>formula".
>     Since there are no instructions on the "special formula" package for
>mixing
>not using the feeder, I just guessed that it would be the same as for the
>
>regular stuff.
>     They both looked the same before mixing.
>     After mixing, the "SF" looked a much paler blue than the regular
>stuff.
>     I measured 8 oz of the "SF" out and poured it through a paper coffee
>filter.
>It went through very fast.
>     I then measured 8 oz of the regular stuff and poured it through a
>second
>paper coffee filter.  It started out fast and then slowed down to the
>point where
>it no longer would go through the filter.
>     Upon examination of the two filters, I could see no difference.
>Apparently, whatever is clogging the filter is transparent or white.
>     I'm a believer.  I will not use the regular Miracle Gro through my
>soaker hoses.  I figure that the soaker hoses have an even finer filter
>than the coffee filters because even under pressure, they still only
>weep.
>     Not too scientific, but useful.
>
>Stan         the cheap and lazy gardener.  (to do this test was cheaper
>and lazier than
>                  replacing all of my soaker hoses.)
>Stan,
I love your posts, just keep them comming, I don't often respond,because I
don't really have anything to add, but certainly enjoy the frivality of your
posts, (even if I don't believe your cheap or lazy - just practical!).  Oh,
pardon me I don't mean that as a put down of any kind.

Granny Pat'
Pat Sneath
Rolla, B.C.
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