If a garden is well fertilized, it can do a year whithout whith no problem.
so he can dig in the manure in fall.
Miracle grow is not that bad , when used as a steering mechanism. a small
hand here and a small hand there to give a little help here and thare. but
it takes away some taste in veggies. as theygrow faster and bigger, there is
little time to develop taste . even more so in zone 3-5 as sun strength is
less there than in say florida.
a TON ( 1000 KG ) of manure is about equel to 50 Kg miracle grow. minus the
carbon content

succes
"Jim Carter" wrote in message
news
A friend's garden is not doing well. He has not mixed manure or other
organic
material with the soil since he started gardening three years ago. Plants
in
his garden are just not growing. The problem is that he has been relying
on
short-cuts such as Miracle Grow.

Is there any product he can add now that would let him salvage this year's
crop
without digging up the garden and adding manure?
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Gardening Zones
Canada Zone 5a
United States Zone 3a
Near Ottawa, Ontario