That is a bummer. Heard it often here this year. I wish they would mark those bags better! It says on the garden soil bags that it isn't for use in containers but it is small print easily overlooked and many have fallen into the same trap you have - discovering its problems only AFTER they planted. I assume you know that there is much better (and cheaper) stuff than MG that's available for your WS containers? Dave

Well, it's not that they don't like chemical fertilizers, it's that the mediterranean herbs, oregano, rosemary, sage and thyme like the soil leaner... their flavor will be better if they struggle some. I wouldn't really feed them more than once a season. The basil and lemon grass will take more feedings.

Tom, Where the farm is the ISP is dialup at 22k on a good day, mostly 14.4, no cable because the state says it cannot cross a power line above ground and it would cost too much to bury it for only one customer, no cell phones work reliably because the tower is on a different mountain top. The mountains cut off everything including satellite TV. The city is a ten mile drive around to the other side. Regular TV was 3 channels when I was there and I'm not sure it still runs with the new digital TV signals now. The kids enjoy the ATV's, snowmobiles & mountain bikes... lots of walking & hiking trails to use them on and the trails go right on up into Canada. They enjoy living there because each kid now has their own bedroom. There's a brook fed pond at the bottom where they can fish, gig frogs, etc. I left my aluminum row boat there and they use it, they ice skate on the pond in winter. When they came to visit I asked how they liked living there and they all excitedly related tales of doing this and that and how cool it was. Lou

I have use' Miracid' many times in the past and it did nothing for my acidic plants except make them grow more leaves..Cut a heck of a lot of flowering rpoduction down..One year I got no flowers at all on my Rhododendrons and Azaleas..I stop using it. In fact, my Citrus Trees still turned yellow using that stuff...Until I found out about vinegar and foliage pro, I could not green up a citrus tree if you paid me, not even the local garden experts! I did find out that they consistently acidify their water though after asking them why they trees were always so much greener than mine...