I LOVE spray n grow! Do a test, spray one plant with it and do not spray an identical plant. You will see the diff. Best place to use it IMO is in the veggie bed, but I use it on ALL of my plants.

Any of those hose end fertilizers give a very dilute dose. To be anywhere near effective, you would need to spray at least every other day. You can get Wal*Mart's generic water soluble, K-Gro from K-Mart or other generic brands from any big box store will work about as well for a lot less. Just check the NPK content. As long as that's close to the Spray and Grow or Miracle Gro NPK content you'll get similar results. All of these act quickly and don't stay in the soil long. The nitrogen evaporates as urea gas and leaches out quickly. I think you'll find you'll spend considerably more than if you purchased an organic or slow release chemical type you have to scratch in, it'll last longer in the soil, and give you better results.

It's been over 6 months since our last deep freeze, so I thought it was about time to give an up-date. All of the Olive Trees showed signs of freeze damage. Many of the leaves and smaller branches turned brown and eventually died. I would estimate that about 1/3 of the outer foliage had some sort of damage. I waited until May before removing any of the burnt looking foliage whatsoever. It's now the middle of August and the trees look green and healthy. The Oleanders and Changsha Orange didn't make it. However, I am happy to report, after turning all brown and looking quite dead, the Climbing Figs made a 100% recovery. In fact, they look better than they have in years (probably due to all the new growth). Looking around the neighborhood, it appears that most gardens suffered similar damage as mine. One can still see some dead limbs and leaf burn which hasn't yet been removed. A few homes lost some marginal hardy plants/trees like Eucalyptus and Sago Palms. But overall, it's now hard to tell that we ever experienced such cold weather. I am now back in Ireland, completing the end of a two-year assignment. If our Olive Trees make it through this winter, I plan to attach photos so everyone can see.

Yeah, fatamorgana, stinging nettles. It did say sow in spring, but the weather here was so crazy...i guess when I did sow them it was too warm. Yeah, it's a perennial, and somebody is cursing it now, but don't know who! I guess i'll get another packet and try a fall sowing. Should I stratify them first you think? Thanks, Gretchen (recently nicknamed dirty girl but won't use that name as it could be taken the wrong way!)