Can you use Miracle Gro all purpose plant food on vegetable plants once they have flowered?

Question

I have a garden that has grape tomatoes, green bell peppers, red peppers, sweet yellow banana peppers, okra and beefsteak tomatoes. The tomatoes already have a fruits and green peppers have flowered and started producing fruits just barely. My soil isnt the greatest and want to fertilize and Miracle gro is all I have. Someone told me not to use it once they are flowered cause then you cant eat the vegies. Thans in advance :)

Answer 1

When you water your garden you can use Miracle Grow ,it will absorb in the ground and nourish the roots. The best way is to add manure to the soil before you plant your garden this way you will replace nutrients to the soil that were absorbed by your vegetables the previous year, it is also recommended to reverse your garden every year .

I use Miracle Grow to water my garden, don't use it every time just until your plants have reached a fair size and then stop the usage unless you are planning to enter a contest of some sort than by all mean use it often .

Answer 2

Well if you weren't supposed to use fertilizer once they've flowered I just messed up. I just used "Miracle Gro" fertilizer eariler this week. Nothing looks wrong with them. Good luck with your garden.

Answer 3

DEFINATELY NOT..all purpose miracle ggrow is loaded with nitrogen with aids the leaves and greenery...switch over to miracle grow "bloom booster" ..which is phospherous and potassium.....that aids in healthy roots and fruits!

Nitrogen will give you beautiful plants and less fruit if any at all..this is a common mistake with many gardeners..also sprinkle a tablespoon of epsom salt around each plant per foot heitgth of the plant..do not pile it around the stalk but loosely scattered within a foot circumference  of the plant/plants....this gives them magnesium and sulpher..do not use any high nitrogen content fertilizer such as all purpose miracle grow at this time..here is a picture of the "bloom booster"..

Also check out this link the last 2 paragraphs concerning epsom salt..

http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/about_ne...

This is the bloom booster..also sold in the smaller boxes at any garden center

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(sytovv...