Dr. Earth Exotic Blend Organic Palm, Tropical & Hibiscus Fertilizer 4lb 5-4-6

I ordered this product because I have two hibiscus plants in a pot and only one would bloom a flower every two weeks and remaining flowers wouldn’t bloom and just die….depressing!! Since applying Dr Miracle two weeks ago my plants are thriving and blooming. This organic mixture is the great hope I needed.

I was nervous to try this stuff, but for some reason didn't want to buy a "commercially popular" brand. This stuff has floored me. I used it about 3 weeks ago now, and here is the progress so far on what I've used it on. If you don't care to read my plants specific details, skip to the end for a good tip :) Red Vein Prayer Plant - it was sprouting a curled leaf when I used the fertilizer. The leaf was uncurled in a matter of days (much shorter than usual). In the first week and a half, it sprouted 3 new leaves - one curled leaf, and two that started as tiny baby leaves. Since then, the leaves all look SUPER healthy, the 2 baby leaves have quadrupled in size, and now this beauty is sprouting 3 new BIG leaves that I can't wait to see uncurl!! Callisia Repends Bianca - Has grown about 2-3"+ from what I can see hanging down the bottom, and I've been getting a lot more purple, light pink, and white leaves :) I have a dwarf umbrella tree in the bathroom that gets zero natural sunlight, and even that one has grown several inches! ***All in all, this stuff is magic, and 10/10 I would recommend to any others. HOWEVER...this stuff smells worse than a barn. My hubby said the house smelled like rotten, burning garbage. So I took a small spray bottle (I don't know how many ounces it is, but it's only about 3" tall - it's a small travel sized one) I filled it 1/4 of the way with rubbing alcohol, 10 drops of lavender essential oil, and the rest with water. Shook it up, sprayed GENEROUSLY on the plants with fertilizer, and it actually really helped!! (rubbing alcohol dissolves quickly, leaving only the water particles behind. This is why I thought it safe to put on my plants. And so far, no harm done) Another thing though - maybe this is typical with fertilizer and I'm just such a newbie I had no idea. After the first week, it grew mold. For container plants it says to mix the fertilizer with the soil before potting. This didn't work because all my plants are already potted. So I sprinkled it on the top and tried to gently mix and rake it in with a fork. A week later, I noticed a light, white & fuzzy topping over the soil on all 3 plants. I was sad, but noticed the plants still doing exceedingly well, so I wasn't too worried. I got the fork, and this time a big more vigorously, mixed up the top few inches of soil, and sprayed my rubbing alcohol/essential oil mix on the top. After that, I haven't seen any more mold and my plants are still thriving :)

We leave our home in Florida each year to head North. I gave this to our newly planted plumeria and our well-established hibiscus. Both plants exhibit healthy growth. The hibiscus is flowering more and the Plumeria is getting more leaves. I do need to give the plumeria a refresh as our dog has eaten much of the soil. After giving the plumeria this fertilizer, I went out the next day and all the soil was gone. I didn't see piles of dirt around the ground to show any digging. I gave the plant some more fertilizer and continued working. I turned around at one point and saw my Golden Retriever lying down and getting a snack by eating the dirt. I replenished the soil again and put some grating over the top and that helped. I finally read the warning label that said - DOGS LOVE THIS! The label also said that the product is not harmful but the organics attract dogs. That was over a month ago. The dog is still kicking and the plumeria is growing - ALL GOOD! So be careful with your pets. I mean this stuff is addictive to dogs. With that being said, Dr. Earth Exotic Blend is a great product. I will put this into regular fertilizer. NOTE: The fertilizer has no noticeable odor to humans (at least I didn't notice any.)

Easy to use, instructions are well laid out. Plants respond well to ingredients and nutrients. Large packaging for price. However, IF you have dogs beware.. I could NOT keep my dogs out large floor plant with this fertilizer. Note there is a warning label on packaging to reflect this.

My Hibiscus blooms continually; so healthy and vibrant. Dr. Earth is so easy to use. This fertilizer is definitely worth every penny. Love it.

As described

Works well. Cultivated into soil on hibiscus tree. Getting beautiful blooms. Was easy to apply, just raked away mulch and raked fertilizer into the soil around the tree as instructed. No noticeable odor. I believe it has improve the health of the tree, and will reapply according to the instructions.. overall, I think it is a good value for the money, and would recommend it to anyone who is cultivating hibiscus.

I guess it works because my giant white bird of paradise liked it, but yikes, the smell. It REEEEEEKED. It smells like dead rotting fish. The only way I was able to get rid of the smell was to pile on soil on top of it to tamp it down. I don’t know if I’ll buy it again. Also my dog wanted to eat it and she never gets into anything.