Miracle Grow. And how it's used by me.

[M. Frary]

Nice growing Mike!

To think I almost entered the first 2 in the mame contest!
They're shohin in size now.
A couple more years on this program and I'll have a couple of beasts.

 

[Wilson]

Strong trees, and strong ferts= badass growth! With directional pruning like you are doing, can get you so seemed trees in a couple years. Throw in the possibility of taking root cutting a là @Smoke and you got a nice bunch of elms.

 

[M. Frary]

a nice bunch of elms

I've got elms coming out the wazoo!
But I will be using some root cuttings.

 

[Anthony]

Mike,

at the group meeting yesterday, we dropped off 30 or so growing root cuttings [ done January this
year ]
The mother plant grew to almost 3 inches in trunk diameter in 6 months.
Just used 1/3 of a 55 gallon US barrel, with a 8 mm inorganic and organic mix.
Didn't need the Miracle Gro, just root run.

Additionally be careful of soft wood from too much Miracle Gro.

BUT the trees are looking Good!!!
Good Day
Anthony

 

[M. Frary]

Mike,

at the group meeting yesterday, we dropped off 30 or so growing root cuttings [ done January this
year ]
The mother plant grew to almost 3 inches in trunk diameter in 6 months.
Just used 1/3 of a 55 gallon US barrel, with a 8 mm inorganic and organic mix.
Didn't need the Miracle Gro, just root run.

Additionally be careful of soft wood from too much Miracle Gro.

BUT the trees are looking Good!!!
Good Day
Anthony

Imagine how large they would be if I had them in a 55 gallon drum to let roots run.

 

[Wilson]

coming out the wazoo!

Sounds like something from an anatomy book written by Dr.Seuss!

 

[Anthony]

Mike [ I have seen this in Florence, Italy ]

Imagine how many weeks you would take to defoliate a 3 foot tall elm wilth
all of those fine branches and leaves.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[Driver170]

Is this stuff not high in Nitrogen like 24%

 

[Driver170]

Miracle gro on yews -

Thats from Bonsai Europe

 

[M. Frary]

Is this stuff not high in Nitrogen like 24%

As high as I can get it. It's 20 20 20 out of the box and then when you start tripling and quadrupling the recipe it's more.
Never killed a tree doing this. Never had one show any adverse effects whatsoever.

 

[M. Frary]

Miracle gro on yews -

Thats from Bonsai Europe

I don't have yew but I would give it to them just like every other tree species I do have.
None of that low nitrogen crap.

 

[coh]

Is this stuff not high in Nitrogen like 24%

There are several different formulations of miracle gro available but yes, one of them has 24% nitrogen.

I'm not a believer in this kind of super-fertilization but people do seem to use it successfully. I wonder if there might be certain tree species (like hornbeam, perhaps) that would potentially be sensitive to these kinds of applications. My recommendation to people who are interested in doing this would be to start with trees you don't care too much about and gradually increase the dosage and see how they react in your environment.

 

[Anthony]

I study more how soft the wood would be and how easily destroyed.

Years ago we used lumber from the Northern Range, rainfall over 100 inches.
The wood was for beehives and is usually very durable.
Instead it was so soft, the termites loved it.

I imagine too much fertiliser will do the same.
Good Day
Anthony

 

[M. Frary]

I study more how soft the wood would be and how easily destroyed.

Years ago we used lumber from the Northern Range, rainfall over 100 inches.
The wood was for beehives and is usually very durable.
Instead it was so soft, the termites loved it.

I imagine too much fertiliser will do the same.
Good Day
Anthony

I haven't had to deal with soft wood yet.
But if it starts to get floppy I'll take appropriate measures.

 

[quietobserver]

I haven't had to deal with soft wood yet.
But if it starts to get floppy I'll take appropriate measures.

If you do modern medicine will have you pole vaulting out of bed in no time....or at least that's what a friend of mine told me.

 

[Soldano666]

If you do modern medicine will have you pole vaulting out of bed in no time.....

depends on the medicine...

 

[sorce]

medicine

Is there more than one?

Sorce

 

[Lionheart]

I've been looking for 0/10/10 or similar without luck. Can you make a recommendation? TIA

 

[M. Frary]

Not here.
20/20/20

 

[turnyface]

Reviving a dead thread.

Is this fine on potted Japanese maples? Walter Pall says he uses it on all his trees using 3-4 times the suggested dose.