Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All-Purpose Plant Nutrition Granules-A Review

Name of Product: Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All- Purpose Plant Nutrition Granules.

The Best Place to Buy: www.amazon.co.uk

Product Dimensions: 9.6cm x 17.8cm x 24.7 cm.

Shipping Weight: 2.1kg

In this article, we will be reviewing a new product that has come onto the market and this is Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All-Purpose fertilizer. Here in the UK, you know the gardening season is in full swing when Miracle-Gro starts advertising their new products.

If you have been following my website for a while, then you know why plant fertilizers are important. Just as much as we require food to get …

Soil Conditioners- Improving your Soil for Little Cost

In this article, we will be discussing soil conditioners and their use in gardens, including container gardening.

Soil conditioners are feeds used to improve the quality of your soils, especially in the ground and in raised beds. It is a product which is added to soil or compost to improve its fertility (add more nutrients) and to open the structure. It will make poor soils and composts much more active especially in raised beds.

There is no doubt the best soil conditioner of all to use in gardening is those based on animal manures. Its composition depends on the animal …

Colour Schemes for Houseplants

In this article, I will be talking about what colour schemes to use with houseplants. In past articles, I have discussed how the colour schemes are generated in the first place, along with the outside plants that meet the cool, hot and dark, and pastel colour schemes. This decision of what colour scheme to use can be extended to indoor gardening. Most houseplants will follow the same scheme as mentioned in this article.

The great thing about colour schemes for houseplants is that it is not much of a problem, as adherence to strict colour rules does …

Why the Container Gardeners Should Use Mycorrhizal Fungi? (and Why Gardening in Borders Should Not)

In this article, we will be discussing the benefits and hindrance of using mycorrhizal fungi (alternatively know as mycorrhiza) in the garden. A lot of information has been written about the role of these fungi in gardening, some rave about them, whilst others say that they occur naturally and therefore will not need to be introduced to the soil.

There are arguments for both sides but what is the truth?

First, we need to discuss what mycorrhizal fungi are?

Mycorrhiza comes from the Greek Words ‘Mykes’ meaning fungi and ‘Rhiza’ meaning roots. The word translates as fungi roots or fungi …

Plants for Hot and Dark Colours in Containers

In this article, we will be discussing what plants can be used in container displays. Hot hue flowers create some drama in the container garden, where brightly coloured blooms provide striking combinations with golden leaved plants such as Choisya ‘Sundance’ and Sambucus racemosa. The effect is enhanced when dark purple foliage plants or black foliage plants are mixed into the colour scheme.

You can cool the bright colours if amongst the plants you use some mid-green leaf varieties. Purple foliage matches most colour schemes can be used but with pastel shades of pink or peach to avoid unsightly clashes with …

Plants for Pastel Colours in Containers

In this article, we will be talking about the best plants for pastel colours in containers. When we talk about pastel colours we think about romantic colours, a planting scheme where pinks, lilacs, peaches and light yellows are used throughout the container display. It produces a calming effect especially as you sit in the garden, admiring your own handiwork. We have talked about plants for cool colours and now we extend the range to cover pastel colours.

The colours are easy on the eye and therefore sought after. The good news is that there is a wide range of plants …

Getting the Best from your Hanging Baskets

In this article, we will be discussing hanging baskets from getting the planting right, types of hanging baskets where to display time, type of hanging basket linings, how to suspend them and how to maintain them

I have talked about hanging basket in a previous article and in particular I have reviewed the easy fill hanging basket. I have even talked about what alternative plants you can have in hanging baskets.

It is now time we discuss hanging basket in great detail so that the ins and outs are all covered.

Hanging baskets are one of the …

Is Vitax Q4 Fertiliser the Best General Purpose Fertilizer?

Name of Product: Vitax Q4 Professional Fertilizer

The Best Place to Buy: www.amazon.co.uk

Package Dimensions: 26.4cm x 26.4cm x 21.6cm

Shipping Weight: 10kg

My Score: 9/10

In this article, we will be discussing if Vitax Q4 fertiliser is the best general-purpose fertilizer. As you can see from my posts that fertilizing plants is very important. I have reviewed slow released fertilizers, talked about growmore and fish, blood and bone to see what the best is. I have also talked about Phostrogen as a very good liquid fertiliser and a quick boost, but sometimes you want something …

How to Get the Best from your Bonsai Tree

In this article, I will be discussing how to get the best from your Bonsai. Bonsai trees are fascinating plant that brings the beauty of the Japanese art to your home, being either inside or outside.

To some or should I say the many bonsai trees are the most beautiful plant you can have, even more, pleasing than orchids, and that is saying something. When you see bonsai tree displayed in flower shows, your breath is often taken away, especially when you discover that the plants are often older than the show itself.

They display the perfection of a maturity …

Growmore vs Blood, Fish and Bone- Is There a Difference?


In this article, we will be discussing if there is a difference between growmore and fish, blood and bone fertilisers? If so, which is better to use in the container garden?

In a previous article, I talked about the various element deficiencies that plants can suffer from. To overcome these deficiencies, we need fertilisers that particular add the main macronutrients of nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

When you buy fertilizers, you often see numbers on the packaging, which tells you the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorous, and potassium- …