Quote Originally Posted by kspalding View Post
I have heard two sides to using miracle grow orchid products in general. I have one side that believes it is truly a miracle and others that blame the product for the death of their orchid. Maybe it does have to do with their individual feeding routines, but I also think it just has to do with too much of a good thing. The MG orchid soil is fertilized already but then when added with another fertilizer and the "fabled" bloom booster, yikes.
I'm quite sure you're right.

I remember when the MSU fertilizer article was published in the AOS Orchids magazine, folks were touting it as being "miraculous".

I think some of that is due to the fact that their feeding regimen was, up until then, a very haphazard, hit-or-miss thing, rather than been well planned out. Then, having been "fired up" by the reported results in the articles, they suddenly started paying attention to their plants again, and - wow! - they're growing really well... THAT STUFF really is a miracle.