Specialty Gardening: Miracle Grow add - Chapter II: The Experiment, 1 by heathrjoy

heathrjoy wrote:
I'm not sure where to begin, other than the beggining, so please bear with me...this is going to be long, my posts always are anyway. In this instance I'd hate to leave anything out simply trying to be short in my posting. I'm also going to set all of this info up in my DG Diary and keep track of the whole experiment there, that may take a bit to do, so don't be holding your breath. I'll give as much info on everything as I can. If I leave anything out please feel free to ask any questions. Make any suggestions & comments you'd like...d-mail me if you don't feel comfortable posting in the forum...I'm fine w/ that & welcome it. I repeat again that I'd love as much input on this experiement as possible!! =^)

Here is the list of the test plants I have potted up and their corresponding numbers. All pots are marked w/ numbers and what they are being tested in/with. After potting them up I started to think about how would be best to measure their growth. It seemed very unscientific to me to just look at them at the end of the growing season and judge by myself which one looked healthiest and most lush. Besides, all of the plants are not exactly equal starting out, they are all very similar, but not exactly equal. So, I decided to ask Mark (my dh) to help me measure them. We measured the height and width of each plant. The height is measured from the top rim of the pot, not the soil level, since the soil level can change. We measured the highest and widest points, not inculding flowers. I couldn't think of any other way that would be good to measure growth...if someone else has an idea I'd love to hear it!! The numbers following the test mixes are the heights (ht) and widths (w) of the plants.

"Base" is my MG mix with no ferts in it, I will list the exact contents of everything later, including the contents of the Potting Soil used.

Here we go! =^)

1. Miracle Gro - ht 2 5/8", w 4 1/2" x 4 1/8"
2. My Miracle Gro Mix - ht 2", w 5 1/4" x 5 1/2"
3. SuperBloom + Base - ht 2 1/2", w 5 1/4" x 4 5/8"
4. SuperBloom + Potting Soil - ht 2 1/8", w 5 1/8" x 4 1/4"
5. Poo + Base - ht 2 1/8", w 5 1/8" x 4 3/4"
6. Poo + Potting Soil - ht 2 1/2", w 5" x 4 1/4"
7. Alfalfa + Base - ht 2 5/8", w 4 3/4" x 5 7/8"
8. Alfalfa + Potting Soil - ht 2 3/8", w 4 1/4" x 3 7/8"
9. Osmocote + Potting Soil - ht 1 1/8", w 4 1/4" x 3 3/4"
10. SuperThrive + Miracle Gro - ht 1 3/4", w 5 1/2" x 4"
11. SuperThrive + Poo + Base - ht 2 1/2", w 5 3/4" x 4 5/8"
12. SuperThrive + Poo + Potting Soil - ht 1 5/8", w 5" x 3 3/4"
13. Potting Soil - ht 2", w 5 1/4" x 3 3/8"
14. Base - ht 2 3/8", w 5 3/8" x 3 3/4"

Abbreviations
Miracle Grow - MG
SuperBloom - SB
Alfalfa - Alf
Bunny Poo, Rabbit Manure - Poo
Organic - Org
Osmocote - OS
SuperThrive - ST
Potting Soil - PS


A pic of the 6" pots they are planted in. The gray and terra cotta one in front are the same pots, just different colors. I only used one pot like the terra cotta colored one in the back on the left.