Dry fertilizer with growth hormone-containing formulation and methods of use and making

In a dry fertilizer formulation having fertilizer and filler components, the improvement comprising a growth hormone-containing formulation incorporated with the dry fertilizer formulation, wherein the growth hormone-containing formulation comprises a growth hormone to stimulate growth in plants, an effective amount of sarcosine as an enzyme inactivating component to reduce the degradation of growth hormones in the growth hormone-containing formulation, and a preservative in an amount effective to retard growth of bacteria, fungi, and/or mold in the growth hormone-containing formulation.