July 10th: “Please sir, I want some more!”

Well okay, the plants aren’t really talking to me. Not yet anyway. But it has been suggested to me, by a number of people who know better, that I am seriously under-feeding the plants. Given how crowded the containers are, I have to agree.


So how much is too much? With Miracle Gro, there’s always the danger of ‘burning’ the plants with too much of the pretty blue mix —one of my friends calls it Miracle Glow—  (I think it’s the chlorine content does it). With Better World, I can load it on without danger of burning, since there is no salt or chlorine present. 


I mentioned in an early blog that I’ve been mixing Better World with water as a ‘tea.’ I’ve been doing this because the Miracle Glow all-purpose blue powder is also mixed with water to make a... Kool-Aid-like substance. So it seemed the best way to compare. But the easier way to apply Better World is just to spoon the powder grains directly onto the soil around a plant, and add water. I’ve decided to do this henceforth. 

Here you can see Better World powder grains sprinkled onto the soil. 

I used a fork to mix it into the soil.

You can also see how much better the peas on Better World are doing, compared to Miracle Gro.

I’m doubling the feed for both.