Recognized by Experts Woodring's Floral Gardens, Bellefonte, PA (Spring 1999)"Grow Joe performed as well on seedlings as my Peter's Professional Fertilizer did." Heidi Kaufman, greenhouse manager Penn State University Horticulture Department (Spring 2000)When tested on beets, cauliflower and string beans, the benefits of Grow Joe and Osmocote, an inorganic slow-release fertilizer by Scott's, were statistically the same. In fact Grow Joe performed better on cauliflower. Grow Joe also appeared to help the soil retain water.; as confirmed by Jay Holcomb, Ph.D. The Wall Street Journal (5/4/2000, p A1)"Business Bulletin: Mike Theuer, owner of a coffee shop in Bellefonte, PA., recycles used coffee grounds as the main ingredient for a plant food..." The American Gardener magazine (March 2000)"New Products: Pennsylvania Coffee Shop owners Mike Theuer and Linda Brown have hit upon a profitable and environmentally sound alternative to throwing away their daily accumulation of used coffee grounds..." Garden Center Merchandising & Management magazine (April 2000)"Coffee grounds-based fertilizer: good to the last drop...Grow Joe has interested news media and horticulture professionals alike..." Horticulture magazine (April 2000)"Hort Journal... Fertile Names. Organic fertilizers have much to recommend them, not least their highly creative brand names... [like] Grow Joe..." Country Living Gardener magazine (October 2000)"Mike Theuer of Cool Beans Coffee & Tea in Bellefonte, Pa., has created a nutrient-packed java jolt for garden soil." Living on Earth <-read  <-listen National Public Radio (September 8, 2000)"...coffee with really good flavor might even be better for a plant. {Some} organic compounds out of the coffee could also either feed the plants or feed the microbes that are in the soil, which can help the plants, too." Gardening How-To magazine (March 2001)"Seal of Approval, Grow Joe Fertilizer -- Diane Lane...'This fertilizer is great! This really perked up my potted plants. They grow like crazy and the blooms are unbelievable.' James Richardson...'This product is wonderful. I used it on my ivy and within a few days, my plant sprouted new growth.'" Penn State University Horticulture Department (Spring 2001)Latest study showed 1/2 a dose of Grow Joe worked as well as twice the dose of Miracle Gro. Nevertheless, always use recommended amounts.; as confirmed by Jay Holcomb, Ph.D. LA Times (March 14, 2002)"From the Grounds Up, an Idea Grows -- Cafe owner creates a way to turn waste into a new type of plant fertilizer." Boston Globe (April 9, 2002)"Coffee grounds are secret to pots' success" Philadelphia Inquirer (April 29, 2002)"With pounds of grounds, he makes coffee pots" Family Circle magazine (January 2003)
"Grow Joe pots...made in part of nutrient-rich neutralized coffee grounds are a good choice."
Garden Gate magazine (January 2003)"Cup of Joe? -- Start your plants' day with a cup of coffee, too, by using this new, ready-to-use liquid fertilizer." Central PA magazine (April 2003)"Think Outside the Pot -- ...starter pot out of plant food and biodegradable plastic. If it sounds like a common-sense idea, it is. Except that no one had ever thought of it before." Horticulture magazine (June 2003)"Ground to Ground -- Mike Theuer's coffee has started to generate a buzz in the gardening world--and it's not from the caffeine..." |
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