-using Miracle Grow Liquafeed Bottles!

[emilymup]

Hello! I have been given a Miracle Grow Liquafeed Gun by a friend. Fantastically easy to use, I fed the hanging baskets, tomatoes, pelargoniums, and the whole garden effortlessly.

However, the bottles are around £5 for two and I was just wondering if anyone had refilled one of these bottles themselves and how they did it in terms of mixing the appropriate strength feed. I have got the miracle grow all purpose soluble plant food which I use anyway and thought if I mixed this to correct strength as is in the bottles I could re-use the bottles. Bit stumped on working out correct dosage for bottles! Or would it work with concentrated seaweed maxicrop type feed or even home made comfrey feed which needs diluting before use.

Feeling extremely frugal today

[Bigmallly]

Mix up the correct dose in a watering can then pour into your bottles. Just an idea.

[rustylady]

Yes Mally, but as I understand it, these bottles clip onto a hose and the liquid feed is mixed with the hose water. Therefore, I presume, the feed in the bottle is concentrated.

[CaroltheCarrot]

Its says on the bottle once its empty it cannot be reused

[FionaH]

The stuff in the bottles is concentrate. 50/50 water to powder should do it

[Bigmallly]

Its says on the bottle once its empty it cannot be reused

That's so you'll go out & buy another..............I'd make up a weak soloution but then again if it is too strong I don't think it will do the plants any harm, it will just be wasted. The miracle grow bottle I have has a screw cap that you put the feed in so I thought it was the same kind, I didn't know it was a throw away item.

[emilymup]

Thanks Fiona you read my mind. I was thinking of diluting it 50% powder and 50% water and see what colour the end result was when it had been diluted with water from the hose. Not technical but nearest I could come to an answer as the facts and figures were a bit baffling.

The end does come off the bottle - carefully - so cant see why cant be re-used. Of course those at Miracle grow wont like it very much!