I've seen photos of buds grown with Miracle Grow that would rival anything grown with anything else. It all depends on who's using it. Most of the time though it's new growers and they misuse it and it burns the plant and right away people start yelling foul. It just takes extra care and extra steps to keep a plant as healthy as it can be. Once you know those steps and follow them and know what to do if a problem arises, you could grow monster buds that'll blow most people away. So why doesn't that happen more and you hear of lots of people talking of how well Miracle Grow worked for their grow? Because most people as they get more and more into this 'hobby' start looking for the newest and most 'advanced' product offered. Just like any other hobby enthusiast. You don't get into radio control airplanes with an old balsa and tissue plane and use the oldest controllers they have for very long. You use it for awhile then get the kick ass F-18 with the most advanced controller known to man! Same with this hobby. You start out with one 60 watt incandescent bulb and a seed from some ditch weed you saw growing along the highway and watering it every day and feeding it gobs of Miracle Grow cause that's what was sitting in the garage, to hydroponics, the best seeds you can buy, 1000's of watts of hid's hanging all over the place and the very best organic fertilizers known to man. Sorry. I get sort of windy sometimes.