It has a good reputation around here. Sadly I haven't tried it because for whatever stupid reason Oklahome is one of like 4 states that it can't be shipped too. I suppose I could get someone to bootleg it to me but I don't know if its worth all the trouble.

Mike

IMHO I think for the price you can get a whole lot more for your money with foliage pro that every one brags about. I am using Miracle Grow 24-8-16 with fantastic results and I use a 28-0-4 for my in-the-ground tangerine trees and foliar feed with the 24-8-16 with micros. In winter I foliar feed only.

Steve

Superthrive is one worthless "fertilizer". But a good snake oil. Silica

One thing I can tell you, that guy of the pic of that bottle is making millions from it!

Dr. Malcolm Manners a citrus professor at Florida Southern University in Lakeland, FL, ran an experiment using Superthrive. He had half of the plants in one of the Universities greenhouses treated with Superthrive and the other half control. At the end of the cycle at harvest the a grower was asked to point out which plants he thought were the Superthrie cultured plants. After pointing out the "super" cultivars, he had a 50% error rate, a rate one would obtain with plain guessing. The University had no longer any further use for the product. - Silica

Wow excellent information, Sillca. I guess that bad outing down at the University did not stop Dr. Manners from putting it on the market.

I'm not a fan of superthrive, either. But it is NOT a fertilizer, doesn't claim to be, and warns against it on the label. It doesn't supply anything that plants require for normal, healthy development.

Take a complete multi-vitamin every day and use your diluted urine to water your plants. Add a zinc tablet to your regiment and 2 TBSP of vinegar to PH-down the urine solution. Water, vinegar,and vinegar are very cheep and the vitamin is good for you unless you are vegan or organic nut

PKG, let's not be discrediting Dr. Manners, a well known and regarded expert; he didn't put it on the market; he did an experiment at his university to basically discredit all the Superthrive claims.

I do not work for S-T. But using S-T in generous amounts has worked for me in a number of situations. Fertilizing plants is NOT one of them, as defined as "regularly feeding of growing plants so that they stay on course developing into "all that they can be". I know. Very loose definition. I only use S-T temporarily to give a boost to some plants, but that is in quantities far beyond the "one drop per gallon" kind of mix. If a scion, a plant, a seed, a whatever is of value, I want it to get a full dose of helpful/useful nutrients. Regardless of how many folks have an indifference, repulsion, or love affair with the stuff. That is their business. Case in point: Years ago I would buy a field-grown "live" Christmas tree in early December for decorating, and they had been whacked off near the ground for shipping to retailers. I would stand them up in a tree stand that had a plastic basin to hold water for the lower trunk to wick up the water and keep them hydrated to some degree. Despite the regular refilling of the water basin, they still will gradually dry out and start dropping the needles all over as the holidays finished up. As millions of trees and millions of tree buyers experience. But one of those years I thought that I might juice up the tree with some S-T POURED ( not dripped in with an eye dropper) in the water basin for the initial tree soaking after the usual whacking off of the bottom 1" or so of the trunk and drilling maybe a dozen spaced out 1/4" holes with a drill and spade bit....so that more water can possibly enter the wood. I guess that you could say that the other trees in the other years would be my "control group", as they only got plain water. I squirted in an unmeasured amount that exceeded a tablespoon or two. Within a day that thirsty tree had wicked up most of the S-T-flavored water, and I just kept adding more regular water for the next 90 days or so as needed. The drilled up lower trunk sitting in the water never did generate any roots, as far as that goes. OK. But, unlike all the other trees in the other years with plain water being poured in the trunk basin, the multitude of needles did not promptly fade away and start to drop as they died and dried. Instead, EVERY original twig with needles gradually started to have a growth surge, and each one grew out additional new shoots with additional new needles. Over the whole tree. By the end of February, the first drying/dying/dropping needles started, and I tossed the tree out...as usual. In retrospect, I wish that I had measured the amount of S-T added at the beginning, and I wish that I had given some additional "booster" doses every few weeks. Anyway, I have not done the Christmas tree deal again since then, but lots of other times of using a "therapeutic dose", rather than a tiny bit, has displayed noticeable benefits. But if other folks prefer their own proven source of nutrients, good for them. I also use a number of other things to help the plants here, including piles of decaying chipped wood mulch from tree trimmers, store-bought granular stuff, et cetera. Having several tools in the toolbox sometimes is worth keeping them, even though no one or 2 tools can do all the work all the time. I consider the S-T to be one of the tools that helps in certain plant situations. Pardon the wordiness, if you would.

Copingwithclay, I actually love the way you worded it....Nice job..
What I want to know is how a product that is not suppose to do a thing like many claim, make it so BIG for so many years? If it was such a waste of money, that company should of been out of Busniess years ago, unless there are more gullable people out there verses the other?

Copingwithclay. If indeed there was any difference caused by S.T. it probably was due to the surfactant that is in the product. Any surfactant added in the amount of one teaspoon per gallon would do the same thing. If you wish to spend money on Superthrive, your certainly most free to do it. Its still called America. - Silica

Silica: Thanks for your comment. I am very interested to learn more about your particular experience using any surfactant to produce surges of new plant growth when mixed in water and served up to the plants. Soap is very , very cheap, and I would be very willing to follow your practice on the plants that have responded well to your surfactant process. Details provided by you will help me to better follow your lead. Thank you.

Not trying to discredit anyone, John. Just trying to figure out why a nurseryman at Lowes would recommend this for a distressed citrus tree.

table spoon of sugar to a gallon of water 1 time a week will help out. use several gallons each watering.

Amen brother Amen

Thanks mksmth. Starting to get the picture. P