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May I add my voice to this. I bought the stuff years ago and kept telling 
myself that I would see results. Bad Idea! I have a bottle in my basement 
that might become a collectors item. Thanks to all of you who have taken the 
time to shed light on this. Waite Maclin, Maine, Zone 5


In a message dated 1/31/2004 1:26:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, Don Yellman 
<dyellman@earthlink.net> writes:

>1.  There is a reason why the ingredients in Spray N' Grow are secret. 
>It is because they consist mainly of water and a color change agent. 
>When more water is added to the original water, it makes the solution 
>change from a sickly clear to a sickly yellow color.  This is an 
>impressive scientific phenomenon.
>
>2.  Many years ago, a fellow down in Houston was fiddling around in his 
>garage when he discovered a magic solution.  But the solution he found 
>was not liquid.  It was marketing.  Direct mail marketing, to be exact, 
>with a heavy component of testimonials from happy consumers.  If you 
>mail out enough brochures, somebody will buy your stuff, and if you 
>price it high, many of them are going to appreciate it because, well, if 
>it's expensive it must be good.  This fellow from Houston was no fool. 
>He had figured out a basic characteristic of human nature.
>
>3.  Most of the people who buy this stuff are experienced and capable 
>gardeners.  They grow beautiful vegetables and fruits.  When they apply 
>Spray N' Grow they still grow beautiful vegetables and fruits.  But now 
>that they have spent 20 bucks for a small bottle of water, they want to 
>credit the product for their success.  And they are happy to offer their 
>cards, letters and photographs.  Most of them never wonder why a fellow 
>from Houston with no scientific credentials was able to discover an 
>agricultural miracle that had eluded researchers the world over.  Not 
>that there is anything wrong with being from Houston.  Far from it.
>
>4.  In fact, the invention of Spray N' Grow in Houston is an anomaly. 
>Most of the real action takes place around San Francisco.  That lovely 
>city is the epicenter of "bio-dynamics", wherein, as Jim Erdman has 
>observed, burying substances in a cow's skull for later use is a 
>principal element of the system.  Concentrating "life forces" with 
>crystals, chants, and seances is a growth industry in San Francisco, 
>where there always seems to be a shortage of life forces.
>
>5.  The world is full of hokum, and I would be the last to call anyone 
>foolish for buying Spray N' Grown.  The reason?  Because I bought some 
>myself, tried it for two years, and discovered that using it or not 
>using it produced exactly the same results.  So, like Bernie, I learned 
>something, and it only cost me a little over 20 bucks.  With the costs 
>of education so high, that's very reasonable.
>
>Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
>
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