i am MG guy. i use just a pinch of the granules in a gallon of water and then fill a spray bottle with it to gently spray my seedlings. i use the sprayer every 3 weeks. when they are big enough to repot into 4 inch pots i bottom feed them using 1 tbls of granules to a gallon of water and bottom feed from then on. i laso use the fertilzer every three weeks. inbetween i use regular warm water.