I use it all the time! Don't really notice the difference but I sent a bottle to a fellow gardener in Canada who had never heard of it. She thinks it is great stuff and when I asked her why she thinks that way, she said that she fed it to her newly planted stuff and it seems they just took off! I also got it at Wal-mart.

I use it and do think it makes a difference, especially when transplanting.
Karyn

I have used it for a decade. I think it is a very good product to add a few drops to regular watering and to use with B-1 for transplanting and seed germination. You do not need much, just a few drops. I use about a gallon per year. I also very much like spray-n-grow which is a similar product delivered via foliar feeding using warm water and cocowet to saturate leaves in the morning or evening. Neither of these are fertilizers but vitamins and essential minerals that I feel enhance plant health. I also like seaweed extract for the same reason. Of course, now is the time to give your plants high K (0-0-50) to protect for winter and against cold. Potassium sulfate (AKA sulfate of potash) or a product called Pro-tekt (0-0-3) are excellent if your plants will be exposed to cold conditions. Regular fertilizers are counter-productive at this time (stimulates new growth which is vunerable) so they should be cut. Superthrive is fine as long as your are watering. Bill

i have started to use it this summer. i think that it makes alot of difference. I use it with cocowet, spray and grow and bill's fertilizer. my plumies are too "young" - can't tell if any difference there. but my stephanotis bloomed second time ( blooming now), rehabilitated my 2 jasmines, and my orchids which did not do much in the last year or so have new growths. one of my standard cattalyas which usually put out one flower is now putting out 2 per pseudabulb (sorry about the spelling errors - no spell check on this thread). the potted gardenia tree is still flowering and having new buds.. ie, it is still alive. I usually kill them within a couple of months; so this is fantastic for me.
sue

I've been using the SnG trio for about 2 years and like that also as well as kelp extract and a carbohydrate synthesizer called Sweet. Bill would the potassium sulfate be of any benefit to plants that will be stored dormant for several months for us up North?
Karyn

Hi Bill.
what is high K? When do I stop feeding my plants for dormacy?
Karen B.

Karyn- Two areas that I am really not confident in are grafting and winter storage. I would think it would not hurt since it strengthens the plant without providing growth at the tips. I do know that I forgot to use it last year and my friend did. He had no stem or root loss in the freeze whereas I had disaster. I also think it cuts down on black tip for plants exposed to moist winters/springs.
Karen B- In Calif you stop fertilizing now or two weeks ago (late Sept/early Oct)Fertilizers are mostly NPK. N is nitrogen for leaf and tip growth, P is phosphorus which sets flowers, and K which is potassium for general root and stem health and protection against sunburn on leaves. So when you have a 10-52-10 fertilizer it has 10%N, 52%P and 10%K making this high P or high phosphorus for setting flowers. A 20-20-20 has equal amounts of each but has more nitrogen than I think is needed after the first two months of spring for plumerias. A 0-0-50 is only potassium with 0% N and P. This is a high K or a high potassium. It is sold as potassium sulfate or sulfate of potash. You do not want N or P in the fall as new growth is very sensitive to cold and black tip fungus, however K helps harden up the stems (grayish color) and strengthen the root system which helps the plant endure cold. Bill

Hi Bill
thanks. understand the potash. Used to use it on my my roses. Ok.. bet in planting bone meal would have been good too. thanks. thats what I wanted to know.

Weather is getting strange, cool at night. then this weekend high 80's...i have no hope sadly for bloom on my two yr old plants, unless I get a real warm spell..sure wanted Daisy and aztec gold to bloom, grew so large and strong. i was also given a large nice cutting, it putting out a inflo and trying to grow leaves. need warmth.

Karen b.

I ran a test on platyceriums, (Staghorn Ferns). I had 3 similar plants. One was given tap water, one was given RO (drinking) water. The third was given RO plus Super Thrive. I took photos to measure the growth. It was obvious in 14 days that the RO water was better. And the RO with Super Thrive was the best by 100% over the tap water. They were watered daily and the test is available to view on my web site www.Halling.com/Platyceriums/Water_Test.htm