Miracle-GroWater Soluble Lawn Food, 5 lb.

In the dry parts of California, this fertilizer is great. ...water the lawn and fertilize at the same time. Granules just sit there and don't dissolve, or they potentially can get eaten by birds. This greens up the lawn in about 5 days. Love this stuff!

I have used Miracle-Gro lawn food in the past and I really like the ease of using it. Just pour the gradualsin the sprayer and connect to the water hose. So easy to apply. And it being blue in color you know when it is all used up in your sprayer. Besides, it really helps the grass. I can see a difference when I use it monthly. It doesn't burn the grass, but like refreshes it. I am well pleased with this product and will be ordering it again.

I have used this for years and is very easy to use.

This product and its system is easy to use. Item was as described and received timely.

OUTSTANDING PRODUCT! I use it every month. However, I do prefer to use the Ortho Dial n Spray over the MG Garden Sprayer. The object, here, is to get a 20 oz packet of crystals, and exactly 40 gallons of water onto 1800 square feet of lawn (based on one gallon every 45 square feet) using the Ortho Dial n Spray, instead of the MGro Garden Sprayer. I might be able to explain where all these numbers come from. Maybe, that will help some folks. On the label it says ½ oz (1 Tbspn) for every gallon. It also says that one gallon covers 45 square feet (SF). Think of it as “1/2 oz = 1 gal = 45 SF.” If you multiply all three of these factors by 40, you will get “20 oz = 40 gals = 1800 SF”. And, of course, it just so happens, the 1800 also comes from ¼ of 7200. Each packet is 20 ounces. That comes from the fact that there are 4 packets in a 5 pound box. Each packet, then, is 1 and ¼ lbs, or 20 ounces. So, what they are trying to tell you is PUT 40 GALS OF WATER OUT THERE FOR EACH 20 OUNCE PACKET. This is apparently saying that the 40 gallons creates the perfect combination and mixture. So, how do you get the 40 gallons? I don’t walk around with a gallons-used indicator. And where does this 12 minute “thingy” come from? Well, here’s your answer. It comes from the Miracle Gro feeder. If you do a “Bucket test” on this particular feeder, you will find out that it kicks out water at a rate of exactly 3.3 gallons per minute. You cannot control that. You cannot change that. There is no dial. Now, dividing 40 (gals) by 3.3 (gals per min) gives you 12.1 (minutes). So, that’s where the “about 12 minutes” comes from. By limiting yourself to 12 minutes, you are stopping the process at 40 gallons of water, the perfect combination. So, stop watering at that point. Again, this is for a NEW lawn where you are diluting the “medicine” because it is NEW. You are spreading it out over 1800 square feet. If you are working on an older lawn that says “give me all you got,” then don’t change any numbers. Just do it over a 1000 SF area, instead of 1800 square feet. It will still take 12 minutes, and it will still require the 20 ounces of blue stuff. That gives you more medicine, still a perfect proportion over 1000 square feet. Alright now, there are those of you out there that don’t trust that Miracle Gro feeder, including me, because (1) it leaks, and (2) with all that blue stuff left over after 12 minutes I don’t trust this feeder. So, how do I use the Ortho Dial N Spray? A bucket test on this gizmo yields exactly 2.5 gals per minute. Don’t trust the people that say “about 2 gals per minute.” It is 2 and ½ gallons per minute. Two gallons in 48 seconds works out to 2 and ½ gallons per minute. Also, 10 quarts in one minute works out to 2 and ½ gallons per minute. More new problems. You will never be able to get 20 oz of blue stuff to dilute into the Ortho container. You’ll have to split it in half, and do your lawn twice. Plus, because it only kicks out 2.5 gallons per minute, that means it will take you sixteen minutes (instead of about 12) to whittle through a 20 ounce packet. I also limit myself to 10 ounces of blue stuff in the container with 32 ounces of water, and do the same 1000 square foot area twice at 8 minutes each. Granted, this is not practical if you have 5000 square feet of lawn or more. So, spread it out over a couple of days! Do what you gotta do to get 20 ounces on 1000 square feet using 40 gallons of water. That WILL take 12 minutes using the Miracle Gro garden feeder, or 16 minutes using the Dial N Spray.