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High Hopes at Miracle-Gro in Medical Marijuana Field
Wall St Journal ^ | JUNE 14, 2011 | DANA MATTIOLI

Posted on 06/13/2011 6:45:03 PM PDT by Pharmboy

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has long sold weed killer. Now, it's hoping to help people grow killer weed.

In an unlikely move for the head of a major company, Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn said he is exploring targeting medical marijuana as well as other niches to help boost sales at his lawn and garden company.

"I want to target the pot market," Mr. Hagedorn said in an interview. "There's no good reason we haven't."

Sales at Scotts rose 5% last year to $2.9 billion. But the Marysville, Ohio, company relies on sales at three key retailers—Home Depot Inc., Lowe's Cos. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.—for nearly two-thirds of its revenue. With consumers still cautious about spending, the retailers aren't building new stores as quickly as they used to, making growth for suppliers like Scotts harder to come by. Against that backdrop, Mr. Hagedorn has pushed his regional sales presidents to look for smaller pockets of growth, such as the marijuana market, that together could produce a noticeable bump in sales.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: drugs; herbicide; libertarian; marijuana; miraclegro; zombies
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To: Pharmboy
I had never HEARD of these before...I don't think they'll fit in with my Atkins diet..

Cheap too.....

21 posted on 06/13/2011 7:24:49 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yeah they think its OK to smoke pot, but God forbid you dare touch a cigarette. Makes me want to work there JUST to have them fire me for smoking and make a HUGE case out of it.. lol


22 posted on 06/13/2011 7:26:49 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: penelopesire

I prefer bat guano...keeping it organic


23 posted on 06/13/2011 7:28:31 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: DouglasKC

And they do this right as we are about to win the War on Drugs.


24 posted on 06/13/2011 7:29:40 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz

“And they do this right as we are about to win the War on Drugs.”

Thanks for that post - we need to stay in touch with reality!


25 posted on 06/13/2011 7:34:18 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
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To: Pharmboy

Looks like a job for Glyphosate, Paraquat or Red dye #22.


26 posted on 06/13/2011 7:41:31 PM PDT by familyop (Shut up, and eat your brains!)
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To: mvpel

Yup. They better brush up on conspiracy laws.


27 posted on 06/13/2011 7:48:15 PM PDT by Defiant (When Democrats lose voters, they manufacture new voters instead of convincing the existing voters.)
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I have been using various forms of Scott's Miracle-Gro for several years. Initially for several years for raised vegetable and herb beds. For several years now exclusively, I use various forms of Scott's Miracle-Gro for Container gardening.

I use three feedings of the water soluble versions of Miracle-Gro Quick Start, Miracle-Gro All Purpose and Miracle-Gro Tomato Vegetable. I also grow all my vegetable and herbs in a modified gravel "water-table" version of the Earthtainer. There are free full and complete build instructions at the URL.

I grow tomatoes, cucumbers, Bok Choy, Spinach, pole beans, sugar peas, squash and culinary herbs with superb results. I use limestone gravel as an artificial water-table in the bottom of each vegetable container. I also use my own soil-less mix that consists of four parts Sphagnum Peat Moss, one part Pearlite, one part Vermiculite. I have had spectacular results.

There is a great PDF file that is free that describes all vegetables on the topic of Vegetable Container Gardening. I start my heirloom seeds in soil-less mix reusable flats at the end of Winter and replant into modified Earthtainers at the very beginning of Spring.

28 posted on 06/13/2011 7:51:10 PM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: pyx
I also grow peppers.
29 posted on 06/13/2011 7:54:47 PM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings

I brew the beer I drink....

Cheers,

knewshound


30 posted on 06/13/2011 8:01:53 PM PDT by knews_hound (Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd. E. Clampus Vitus)
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To: trumandogz
And they do this right as we are about to win the War on Drugs.

LMAO. Good one.

31 posted on 06/13/2011 8:07:49 PM PDT by Hugin ("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
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To: Pharmboy

#8 cash crop in Washington in 2008, right up there with apples, pears, grapes, cherries, etc...

The Mexicans that are growing all that illegal pot and who have made the Gifford Pinchot National Forest a real deadly hazard for hunters and hikers will be overjoyed at this news...


32 posted on 06/13/2011 8:15:40 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Your what hurts??)
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To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings

“Anyway, you legalize it and you take cartels and smugglers out of the equation. “

I don’t think it will be that easy. Higher potency, marketing to underage users, no regulation or taxes. Black market pipeline will still go on, I’m afraid.


33 posted on 06/13/2011 8:45:49 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Bean Counter

So our Mexican friends are going to start carting in wheelbarrows of Scott’s fertilizer to their clandestine marijuana gardens in the forest?


34 posted on 06/13/2011 8:53:59 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings

“If you think that Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds don’t already have the infrastructure in place to start selling Marlboro Greens inside of a week, you’re deluding yourself.”

I cannot verify or even concur with your comment above, but in 1981, I visited a tobacco company in Kentucky. It was not one of the two you named above. During the tour, I was taken to a room with several stainless steel lockers, humidors, actually, that contained flitches (if I rightly recall the term) of tobacco leafs from many places throughout the world. I was shown one leaf from Africa that was cured with motor oil. The owner who was giving the tour promptly ground out enough of this leaf to roll two cigarettes. I took one drag from this cigarette and within seconds, my knees buckled and I almost dropped to the floor. Nasty stuff that.

While we were still in this room, another person asked if they had any marijuana leaf. The owner didn’t specifically answer but did say they owned acreage in central America that was ready to grow pot for market. He said they were just waiting for the plant to become legal and they’d swing into high gear. I’ve no idea if they are now in the medical market.


35 posted on 06/13/2011 9:37:34 PM PDT by miele man
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To: SoCal Pubbie
I don’t think it will be that easy. Higher potency, marketing to underage users, no regulation or taxes. Black market pipeline will still go on, I’m afraid.

It might for a time, but it'll become a legacy market. Should marijuana become legal, people will be thrown on their own resources of common sense. Should marijuana no longer become forbidden fruit, there'll be less of a devil-may-care attitude associated with it. Instead of the "ultimate high," many people will factor the cost of being overly befuddled into the equation. Also, some people who are moderate by nature will start smoking it. They'll exert peer pressure that'll move people away from seeking a risky thrill.

"Sure, it's the ultimate high, but doesn't your throat hurt?" "I'd rather smoke the low-voltage because I look like something of a jackass when I go full-tilt." "I can't zone out all the way; I've got responsibilities." Similar to the reasons given by people who confine themselves to a beer or two.

There was next to no hippie trouble until LSD became illegal in 1966. The acid music didn't turn into a steeplechase of freakiness until 1967. Once an activity is illegal, a certain attitude clicks in: "I'm a criminal anyway, so I might as well get my kicks in." If the activity is legal, then balance becomes more important. "I'd better not go over the edge because I've got my life to worry about." Acid rock pre-illegalization was more like Lous Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World," a marijuana-influenced song.

To get back to alcohol: Beer is low potency, but it still sells like hotcakes. People care about more than the alcohol content.

36 posted on 06/13/2011 9:42:27 PM PDT by danielmryan
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To: miele man

Motor oil... the fumes, or soaked in the stuff? Multi-vis or straight? Detergent or non?


37 posted on 06/13/2011 9:55:23 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Pharmboy

What is this guy....stoned?

Miracle Grow will not hire and fires people for tobacco use and they want to get into the ganga market?

Ya, OK, hypocrites need fertilizing too...../not


38 posted on 06/13/2011 10:20:37 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: BreezyDog
How about some Lazy Cakes?


39 posted on 06/13/2011 10:34:10 PM PDT by 38special (troubling, isn't it?)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No idea if it was multi-vis or straight or detergent or not. It looked like it had been rubbed into the leaf. It had a leathery feel to it and obviously was blackened throughout the leaf so there was some capillary action to spread the oil. Too many years ago to recall all the details. Thy guy had some really interesting flitches from all parts of the world. Some were quite colorful. Was not allowed to take pictures on the tour.


40 posted on 06/13/2011 11:40:16 PM PDT by miele man
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