You should be ok with tomato feed.

I feed all my plants on miracle grow.....with superb results

Do you feed Miracle grow to fruit and veg plants, Badfish?

Yes i do...i gave my courgettes and runner beans on the allotment, a daily half strength feed for about 2 weeks and they were just superb. Im now getting a carrier bag of beans every day and up to 15 courgettes. The neighbours love me !!!!!!

Hum… in this case I think I'd stick to using tomato food as Cammomile suggested, I personally wouldn't want to eat anything that had been fed with Miracle Grow.

That's your choice, moon grower. never had any problems and of course, we definately know for certain what's in tomato food....don't we !!!

Well it certainly isn't organic, for that you need an organic seaweed feed or create your own from a tea of nettles or comfry.

I've just looked up miracle grow and what's in it - a bit worrying.

I have just looked it up and am puzzled about what's worrying you? (apart from it not being organic)Help please.

I just found loads of stories about the stuff on various websites and how it was killing the soil over time (without prejudice). Plus the fact that I have just read a book about GM crops which frightened the pants off me (if you'll pardon the expression).

So what's in it that is worrying please?

From Organic Gardening Magazine, July/August 2000 Issue.

Miracle-Gro is a synthetic fertilizer that contains ammonium phosphate and several other chemicals that can be toxic to your soil and plants. It is prohibited from use in certified-organic farming. Here’s what soil expert Robert Parnes, Ph.D., says in his book Fertile Soil: "[Ammonium fertilizer] acidifies the soil, and thus it is probably more harmful to soil organisms than any other nitrogen fertilizer . . . . The application has to be timed carefully and placed properly to avoid burning the leaves and roots . . . . In addition, ammonium tends to inhibit the release of . . . potassium . . . Ammonium fertilizers are deliberately manufactured to be spread at high application rates in order to obtain maximum yields with no regard to adverse effects on the soil. Probably nowhere is the conflict between the mass production of food to feed the world and the preservation of the soil more obvious than in the confrontation over the use of either ammonium fertilizers or liquid ammonia."

And there’s more: long-term studies at the University of Wisconsin have shown that acidic chemical fertilizers are causing serious, permanent damage to our soils. Usually these fertilizers are also highly soluble, so they leach away and pollute our water systems, too. Soil fertility authority Garn Wallace, Ph.D., of Wallace Laboratories in El Segundo, California, points out that Miracle-Gro contains muriate of potash, which contains excess chlorine that will burn plants and inhibit the uptake of nitrogen. Dr. Wallace also warns that products such as Miracle-Gro often contain unsafe levels of zinc and copper that will be toxic to soil life.

And if all that’s not enough to convince you to avoid this stuff, consider this: you have to mix Miracle-Gro with water and apply it ever "7 to 14 days." If you opt to fertilize organically, on the other hand, all you have to do is mix a ½-inch layer of grass clippings into your beds before each crop. As the grass decomposes, it will improve your soil’s texture and stimulate microbial life and help prevent disease, all while releasing plenty of nutrients to feed your plants. (For full details on organic fertilizers, see "How to Fertilize Your Garden," Organic Gardening, July/August 2000.)
-KATHY BAUMGARTNER, Fremont, Michigan

And in Closing I Must Add...
"Real Gardeners Grow Without Miracles!"

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Worrying or not?

Whether we like it or not, 90% of the fertilizers used to grow crops is probably synthetically produced. Non-organic fertilizer doesn't necessarily mean bad.

Some synthetically produced fertilizers are chemically the same as what you would find naturally. It's just easier and more cost effective to make it in the laboratory than extracting it from natural resources... Like making synthetic citric acid or vitamin C instead of extracting it from lemons.

I personally believe that we should be more concerned about using pesticides and weedkillers. As far as I'm aware, there are no known organic weedkillers available and most of them are very harmful to the natural environment, especially non-organic pesticides which are killing off bees.

I agree but it doesn't mean I have to like it - that's all I'm saying.

That's interesting Cammomile, thank you. I don't use a lot of fertiliser except Tomorite when necessary. But I do have an old jar of a lemon yellow one you mix with water. I've had it so long I can't recall what it is - is Miracle Gro that colour? It only normally goes on house plants anyway.

Miracle grow is a deep blue colour, and It stains your hands. Goodness knows why they have to dye it like that?

Blue hands? That's another good reason not to use it :)

Thanks for all your replies. I appreciate your comments on Miracle Gro moon_grower, your information on it Cammomile, and your comments on non-organic fertilizers Myron.
I actually have some liquid 'Organic Tomato Food' - the brand name is New Horizon. I bought it in 2012, and have not used it since then. Will it still be fresh?

I don't think tomato feed goes off like some "chemicals" just make sure its properly diluted.