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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: weedgrower on April 03, 2007, 09:51:22

Title: spray and grow
Post by: weedgrower on April 03, 2007, 09:51:22
somebody down our plots recomended a product called spray and grow. to use on the veggies. apparently it is organic and works by helping the plant get the best out of the soil. i have had a look on the tinternet and the only place i can buy it from is a shopping channel called qvc. i have watched a video on it and thewy are claiming allsorts. does anyone know of the product and if so does it do what it says on the tin
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: lauraladybird on April 03, 2007, 10:15:28
 Yes it's me again! are we talking foliar feed here? Sounds like, supposed to be a usefull method where soil is below standard.  I wouldn't go paying an inflated price for this is probably not much different than miracle grow!  They are fast acting and can encourage alot of sappy growth which is susceptable to pests ect.
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: weedgrower on April 03, 2007, 10:19:59
hi again. nice of you to reply
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: Deb P on April 03, 2007, 14:21:19
It's am American product, found this on their website...

Spray-N-Grow is a simple mix of micronutrients, cultured in a water base, that acts as a biocatalyst. A professor at a major agriculture university stated that Spray-N-Grow is a balanced system of micronutrients reacting synergistically...all components working together harmoniously that, in effect, perform as a single active ingredient.  Spray-N-Grow

1) Activates dormant microorganisms in the soil enabling plants to better utilize nutrients

2) Concentrates phosphate at the bud tips, and causes the plant to produce more blooms and set more fruit

3) Reconditions the soil and helps restore it back to its natural fertility by restoring microbial activity

4) Relieves the built-up stress condition caused by over-fertilization, salt buildup, and petrochemical use

Lots of customer comments raving about it, can't fathom what is so special about it compared to any other type of foliar feed though.. ???
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: OllieC on April 03, 2007, 14:30:14
Last time I looked, Miracle Grow was one of the few that specified the levels of Trace Elements. The fact they'd bothered to put it on the label was my main reason for buying it.

The quote from the site of Spray-n-grow would put me off buying it. They deliberately try to sound clever by using overly complex explanations, and their "professor" isn't even named. IMHO they have given a very complex (yet strangely lacking in any useful information) explanation of what foliar feeding Miracle Grow or something similar would do.
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: tim on April 03, 2007, 15:13:53
 More a 'soil conditioner' than a feed? Not the first of its kind.
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 03, 2007, 21:04:18
An unnamed 'professor' is a dead giveaway. The rest is BS; what's a micronutrient anyway? A sacrifice to the Great Goddess would do at least as well.
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: Amazin on April 03, 2007, 23:19:20
Ooh, thanks for the tip, Robert...

...now where did I put that silver sickle...

;D
Title: Re: spray and grow
Post by: woppa30 on April 04, 2007, 08:19:40
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on April 03, 2007, 21:04:18
A sacrifice to the Great Goddess would do at least as well.

...and if done on the lottie the dried blood would help :-)