Is Superthrive supersilly

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Wed, 8 May 1996 10:06:04 -0700

>> Has anyone done this? I am still in the camp that thinks Superthrive is
>> snake-oil (colloquial for semi-mystical nonsense to fool people). I would
>> like to be convinced.

>Barry,

> Why wouldn't it work? It has vitamin B1 and rooting hormone
>both of which have been proven to work already. Vitamin B1
>is used to reduce transplant shock by strenghting the roots
>and improving overall vigor, rooting hormone 1-NAA (sp?) does
>what it supposed to...

Dave,

Well, there may be compelling reasons to suggest it may work, but I would
like some experimental evidence. Just because it may work on tomato plants
doesn't mean CP will like it. Also, even if B1 and rooting hormones turn
out to be fine on CP, what else is in Superthrive? Anything CP-incompatible?

Experimental evidence is king.

Incidentally, everytime I look at my wife's bottle of superthrive, I am
driven to sniff the stuff. It smells much like vegemite, which the
Ozzies and Kiwis on this list would join me in appreciating. Yumm!