Miracle-Gro Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'DO NOT BUY!!! If you do, you will get hoodwinked like the rest of us!! This is a pocket size mini box of miracle grow that would probably dispense from a gumball machine! In not even kidding. Completely misleading. Seller says the box dimensions are way bigger....NOT!! Originally sells for $10.99..???..LOL!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "This was a big rip-off! Don't let the picture fool you. It's half the size of what my wife gets at Walmart, but for twice as much money. The product itself is excellent, but don't be fooled by the deception."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Excellent product. I use it regularly on all my container plants (7-10 day intervals), less frequently on garden plants. People stop to take pictures on a regular basis.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Just received this product and extremely disappointed in the size and price. I expected to get a larger portion due to the product picture and the products Technical Details indicating Item Dimensions as 4.75 x 10.75 x 15.75 inches. Actual product sold dimensions is 2.5 x 2.5 x 4.0 inches. This is only 8 oz. for over $6 ($.75/oz). The exact same name product sells at $9 for 80 ozs. ($.1125/oz) at most home improvement stores. In both cases, size and price, a complete scam and Amazon should take action against matters like this. As one other comment stated, lesson learned.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I live in the city. I have city dirt in my yard. The soil is not black like it should be. It is more of a tan. It has things in it: old rusty hinges, shards of glass, plastic straws. I remove them as they turn up. I have plants in this dirt. I have vegetable plants and I have flowering plants. Every spring I plan to buy loam or peat moss or good topsoil and spread it around to make better dirt. Then I think about hauling the heavy bags of loam or peat moss on an unwieldy store cart, loading the car, etc. And I buy nothing of the sort. Instead, every spring, I buy a box of Miracle Gro. I don't need a cart to hold it. The box is small and light. It generally does not have a hole in it like maybe that bag of manure that empties all over your back seat on the ride home. It does not cost a lot of money. It lasts all season. And it works. Follow the simple instructions and you will have lovely vegetables and beautiful flowers.  Miracle-Gro 1001233 All Purpose Plant Food - 5 Pound"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Each of these boxes is 8 ounces. To put that in perspective, if you've ever bought the large plastic canister or box that has four packets for a Miracle Grow or similar feeder, the entire contents of this box is half the size of one packet that you get in the canister."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I love Miracle-Gro Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food!!! Years ago I worked in an office and there was a Poinsettia plant that had seen better days. My coworker was going to throw it out but I told her to let me try to revive it so I used Miracle-Gro as I used on my house plants. I took a gallon of the Miracle-Gro and water (mixed according to the directions) to work and nursed the plant along. It was like a Miracle (Gro) when right around Christmas the Poinsettia plant I cared for displayed the bright red leaves!!! The other people in the office had told me the plant would die so you can imagine their faces when they saw the results of me using Miracle-Gro!!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I\'ve been gardening for most my life and have tried virtually every kind of different vegetable/fruit fertilizer in ALL KINDS of modes/formulations, etc..\nIn my opinion, NOTHING beats this product. Even their new liquid kind they\'ve come out with is not the same for several reasons. 1) The liquid dissipates much more quickly 2) Doesn\'t last as long for spraying BUT costs more 3) The dispenser costs more (I think because the DESIGN simply looks sleeker/better 4) Liquid leaks more easily AND if you drop it or spill it, it\'s GONE. If you drop the granules, they can be scooped up and retrieved so not a total loss.\nSTICK WITH THE TIME-PROVEN GRANULES!!\nI\'ve tried different brands too but none hold a candle to Miracle Gro!\nTrust my experience here. There might be some a little cheaper and LOTS that are more expensive.\nMy other piece of advice is just be patient and seek out the deals. Once you find the deals: STOCK UP! This stuff lasts a long time season to season.\nEven now, on Amazon, the deal on the 10-pound is SO much better than ANY of the other weights! You just have to pay attention to the pricing per pound. Bigger isn\'t always better like we all grow up thinking about "volume discounts."\nA quick word about how to use: Don\'t forget to cover all the leaves of the plant too while trying not to just "pound" the flowers (like in pepper/tomato plants). Then, aim for a few seconds at the base.\nI have 7 raised beds and I\'ll mention is (for effectiveness AND cost savings): start at one end of your garden and wet everything (soil and leaves) and keep moving through your garden. THEN, when you reach the end, work your way back and give everything one more good wetting as you move back to where you began. Also, if you\'ll leave the sprayer parallel to the ground while spraying, you\'ll also save lots of the product. If you aim straight down at the plants, the granules are used up much more quickly without any noticeable advantage!\nI\'ve had years of experience using this product and I\'ll never change. I\'ll stick to the blue granules as long as they make them.\nOh, one last thing: if you\'ll not leave your sprayer out in the sun, it\'ll last YEARS longer. If left exposed in the sun, leaks can develop and leeching of the plastic too. Just common sense but worth mentioning. It\'s very easy to just leave the sprayer outside soaking up the sun rays but, if you\'ll just put it inside or in your garden shed, a sprayer CAN last 8-10 years! Outside, it MIGHT last 2-4. They don\'t cost that much but why waste your hard-earned money??\nHope this helps all who read it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' If you read the reviews you will read that individuals did not receive the size they intended to buy.. i can confirm with you that they made a mistake throughout the purchase by selecting the wrong size.. they have a lot of different sizes and the .5 (half pound) is super small and people were upset to receive the small size.. it’s all in the description you just have to read and understand what your buying lol.. so if your skeptical about size and this seller fear not you get what you select whether that be the .5, 1 lb, 5lb or what ever size you choose.. I hate reading reviews where people give bad ratings any they are just incapable of reading directions.. now to the product my seedlings received a watered down version and on day 3 I have germination :) with healthy looking seedlings. Love the product.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I know that I should read the text more carefully, but this is a tiny box of fertilizer. Lowes sell a 5lb pound box for $9.50. the picture makes it look much larger than it is.'}]