Willofig
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Posted 1391490991
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Has anyone ever used this plant food on anything?
ADelmanto
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Posted 1391517956
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I tried using it with my figs last year. It's hard to say if it did anything because I did not have a control group. I used a mix of ozmacote & lime (50/50) and watered occasionally with Superthrive. I figured it couldn't hurt. Figs grew well so I guess it worked. Just hard to say it it was Superthrive that made the difference. I would use it again. Remember it is not a fertilizer, it works in a different way. I think it makes the plant more able to take up the nutrients.
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bullet08
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Posted 1391518252
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i think dennis uses it during the rare rooting his trees. like other chemicals, i bought it, but never used it. i'm sure there will be time when i'm going to break that out to use.
deerhunter16b
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Posted 1391522618
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I tried using it when up potting last year. Not sure if it made a difference.
ascpete
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Posted 1391522709
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I've never used it, but the active ingredients are a Vitamin (B1) and a Rooting Hormone (NAA). It may help root growth in some plants, but not many plants use or respond to the Hormone (NAA) and there seems to be no evidence that vitamins help plant growth.Quote:
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http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Garden/beware.htm A good example is vitamin B1 (thiamine), often sold to "prevent transplant shock" and "stimulate new root growth" when planting trees, shrubs, roses and other plants. A study in the 1930's provided the basis for such claims. Pea roots cut off from the plant were placed in a culture medium in the laboratory.
The researchers knew that thiamine was normally found in roots, so they put thiamine in the culture medium and found that root growth did occur. Vitamin B1 is manufactured in plant leaves and sent to the roots, but if roots are cut off and placed in a petri plate, vitamin B1 stimulates growth of the roots when it saturates the culture medium
The bottom line: While root stimulator products are not necessary for transplant success, if you do use one, make sure it contains a rooting hormone and fertilizer rather than just vitamin B1. The vitamin B1 is for marketing purposes rather than actual effect.
newnandawg
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Posted 1391524614
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I use it anytime I up pot any plant. As everyone said, you really can't tell if it works or not. It is widely used in nurseries
Figaro
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Posted 1392052497
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SuperThrive is good to help treat/prevent stress in plants, which is why it's often used for up-potting. It's not a feed/fertilizer, as Pete pointed out, but vitamins & hormones. I wouldn't use it regularly, but if you have a plant that is stressed, or you plan on stressing the plant (i.e up-potting, shipping, heavy pruning, etc.) it does appear to help.
[B]Figaro Zone 10b - South Florida[/I] Growing: Black Mission, Strawberry Verte, LSU Hollier, LSU Purple, LSU Scotts Black, Cajun Gold, Panachee, Excel, UCR 291-4, UCR 143-36, Violette de Bordeaux, Ronde de Bordeaux, Calvert, Black Madeira, Col De Dame Blanc
BronxFigs
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Posted 1392061411
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Absent using any control groups, and showing documented, repeatable results, everything about "SUPERTHRIVE" is just speculation, and always will remain anecdotal until proven otherwise....pro, or, con.if used as directed . There are worse ways to spend money.
greenfig
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Posted 1392062811
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I tried to use it last year but cannot tell if it made any difference since all my figs had grown 6-8 ft in the season. I think a good soil with mulch and compost would make a bigger difference.
