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Baja_Costero said:

Not me. That may be what they put on the box but it is an obscene amount of fertilizer. For the good of the planet if nothing else, try a quarter or a tenth that much first (use the teaspoon instead of the tablespoon if you want an easy unit of measurement). If you aren't adding the minimum amount of fertilizer required to achieve the results you want, you are spending too much money and putting too much nutrients into the ground. My usual weekly dose in the container garden (50 ppm N) is 1/20 the suggested tablespoon dose recommended on the MG box.

You have to remember that fertilizer companies generally base their recommendations on what will sell the most product, not what you need in the garden.

I'm talking apples; you're talking oranges! To summarize again (hopefully this time will make this more clear): I'm merely pointing out that the printed analysis on the bag/box (N-P-K) is calculated on the industry standard of what is guaranteed to be in: (for water-soluble fertilizer) 1 gallon of solution when made according to the directions (which is usually 1 tablespoon of the concentrated product) OR (for granular fertilizer) 1 pound.

I think it's important to know how the companies come up with their guaranteed analysis. Of course, how one chooses to USE the product is totally the consumer's choice!