Miracle Grow

[ALilGranola]

I planted some green beans (i know it's late) But i live in an area with really REALLY sandy soil..I added compost, but I also added a little miracle grow potting soil into the mix..Is that going to hurt anything? Are they safe to eat?? I have no idea why I didn't think about it before I did...HELP!!! Thanks

[backyardgardener]

Honestly,* I think you will be fine.** Be sure to share your beans with all of us. :)

Backyard

[Newt]

I agree, you should be fine.

Newt

[Allison1888]

You should be fine, but I'd suggest switching to organic products. You just never know what all those chemicals are doing to us. Espoma makes a lot of good organic fertilizers, etc.

[Natural Cat]

There is a product called alaska which is a organic fertilizer and contains fish oils with other nutrients that maybe a great alternative.

www.lillymiller.com

[wihcar]

I have used it for a couple of years with my runners and had no problems.:D

[Jo Green]

[align=left]I think you are okay.* We have used this product in the vegetable garden for years and it is really effective especially in clay soil.* You want to be sure however, not to use it excessively as this is not necessary.* Weekly is fine until you plants are sturdy and blooming and then you can cut back use slightly from there. [/align]
[align=left]We have found Miracle Grow to surpass other fertilizers because it supplies trace minerals in addition to the three basic major nutrients.* You just want to be aware that Miracle Grow creates a high nitrogen soil which will grow plants rapidly.* Sometimes this makes your plants susceptible to insects.* Otherwise I would not worry, we have been using this route for years and our grandparents used this route in their vegetable garden.[/align]

[Newt]

Jo, you bring out some interesting points about synthetic fertlilzers such as Miracle Gro.* I do have one point you made that I disagree with.* You said,

We have found Miracle Grow to surpass other fertilizers because it supplies trace minerals in addition to the three basic major nutrients.

With no disrespect meant, I'm having a hard time finding info that says synthetic fertilizers contain trace minerals.* Here's some helpful links to understand the differences between organic and synthetic fertilizers.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Ptlk/1619.html
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/file...rtilizers.html
http://www.dirtdoctor.com/view_question.php?id=131

This site gives info about trace elements and what they do.
http://www.greenhands.com/soil/trace.html

I decided to go to the Miracle Gro site and see what the labels say.* Here's the site for their plant food.
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/pr...10&id=cat50006

Since this thread is about veggies, here's info on their Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food.* I clicked on the 'Details and usage' tab but there is no info on what is in the mix.
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/pr...48&id=cat50006

Here's their Fertilizer Analysis - 12-4-8 with no mention of trace minerals.* So, I searched for their Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and it has no mention of any trace minerals. It only lists urea, ammonium phosphate, potassium nitrate, potassium phosphate and iron EDTA.
http://www.scotts.ca/media/media/pdf...od%208-7-6.pdf

Newt

[dampenthelights]

Hey im new to this site, just joined looking to learn more about horticulture in general.* Anyways i was reading through this thread and* saw that you guys were talking about the trace elements miracle grow supplies.* So i went and looked at the guaranteed analysis, it does say it has Boron, Cop[per, Manganese, Iron, Zinc, and Molybdenum but nothing about the other trace elements

so it atleast has some of the trace elements although not all of them, its really helpful looking at those links on ferts and the different organic ways of getting them

i think im going to try and use that this year at the greenhouse instead of miracle grow, 'anyways nice to meet you guys