[tubebender]

A little chicken manure will do the same thing...

[woofie]

My father used to bury old spark plugs by a new plant...I dont know why, but it works

[okie01]

"A little chicken manure will do the same thing..."

And, being high in nitrates, in pretty much the same way.

Manure, however, can "burn" (acidify) or modify the pH of the soil. The Take-off product evidently does not -- because it encourages more nitrogen take-up by the plant.

In this way, the Take-off product would actually be beneficial to the soil, but it would risk getting more than enough nitrogen into the plant. For example, if pecan trees take-up more than the optimum amount of nitrogen, there will be a prolific setting of fruit...but the nuts will tend to be small.