Why is Miracle Grow so frowned upon?

[Terps]

Miracle Grow does NOT contain any micro nutrients. Just straight N-P-K.
Plus the pH of Miracle grow is way off unless you correct it i think thats why alot of people complain about plant burns, if u mix up a batch of decent nutes and test the pH most will be right around 6.5 - 7.5 (which is somewhat neutral) if u mix up a batch of MG nutes the pH is no where near 7

[sara01]

I heard that apparently MG isn't formulated for plants that harvest fruit and therefore plants that will never be used for human consumption, so it contains chemicals that are potentially dangerous if ingested and maybe carsinogenic if such plants are smoked?
Whereas other chemicals that are specially formulated for fruit-bearing plants will be less harmful to your body as they are designed to promote growth of fruit that will be consumed. If you look on the labels of these they will show pictures of fruit, etc but MG doesn't.
Not sure though, I'm not a scientist! But I'd just be careful, I won't use MG now as I'm scared of this.

[khyberkitsune]

Miracle Grow does NOT contain any micro nutrients. Just straight N-P-K.
Plus the pH of Miracle grow is way off unless you correct it i think thats why alot of people complain about plant burns, if u mix up a batch of decent nutes and test the pH most will be right around 6.5 - 7.5 (which is somewhat neutral) if u mix up a batch of MG nutes the pH is no where near 7

As I sit here reading the side of my Miracle Gro tomato fertilizer, I see plenty of micronutrients - iron, boron, manganese, and more are listed directly on the side of the box.

Could you at least read the entire package (or the website which has a better breakdown of the contents) before making such a baseless statement?

[budlover13]

I heard that apparently MG isn't formulated for plants that harvest fruit and therefore plants that will never be used for human consumption, so it contains chemicals that are potentially dangerous if ingested and maybe carsinogenic if such plants are smoked?
Whereas other chemicals that are specially formulated for fruit-bearing plants will be less harmful to your body as they are designed to promote growth of fruit that will be consumed. If you look on the labels of these they will show pictures of fruit, etc but MG doesn't.
Not sure though, I'm not a scientist! But I'd just be careful, I won't use MG now as I'm scared of this.

I along with most people I know have used MG in our veggie gardens for years. As far as ingesting goes, I flush well before harvest of any crop. I'm only on my second grow right now, but I ran my first run with all MG. Soil and nutes and was fairly happy with my harvest. I decided to go organic, but kept two plants in MG since I am familiar with it. Don't wanna lose the whole crop if I mess up!

My grow is in NO way a scientific comparison, but my two MG plants are healthier than my organic ones. I fought an infestation of spidermites on this 2nd grow and lost 3-4 weeks of veg growth, but I saved my ladies. Wasn't sure if I should've scrapped the grow or not since it happened 2 weeks from the start, but they have recovered. I grow MOSTLY for myself and think I'm back on track for now.

[khyberkitsune]

You know what, now you've gone and put the wild hair up my ass to go and let one of my Hindu Skunk moms flower using MG nutes and 100w LED.

I've got my tomato production nutes here. I also have Florikan Dynamite, which I might use instead after I powder it up so it is no longer time-released. It worked well as a standalone basic hydro nutrient for my hydroponic tomatoes when applied like that, I think it would rock in a base of Light Warrior/ocean forest mix and added in tiny doses.

[budlover13]

Wild hairs just add a little spice to life. I'm ALL for experimenting with my grow as long as I have a little back-up JUST in case I screw it up.