Scott's Miracle-gro Buys General Hydroponics (dafuq?!)

[seaslug]

As long as they don't stuff Miracle-Gro in my MaxiBloom . . .

C'mon, drink the Kool-Aid: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/3749846-181/scotts-miracle-gro-subsidiary-buys-santa

 

[The Terps]

I'll be boycotting them! I think that means we just got 10 steps closer to global legalization lol

 

[juniper]

As the Cannabis industry moves from the shadows, this is the inevitable conclusion. 10 years ago a company like Scott's wouldn't have been caught dead owning a company primarily supplying Cannabis cultivators. Cannabis nute companies have some pretty insane profit margins in a rapidly developing industry.

This is probably the harbinger of more buyouts, be on the lookout for other acquisitions. Advanced and Botanicare would be good candidates. As would the Dutch nutrient companies, since there's that whole hydroponic supplies fiasco going on there now. Cue the freakouts and boycotts, I guess.

@seaslug Our MaxiBloom will come out of this unscathed. The profit margin is less than a lot of products in the series, but it has so many users and fans. It would be a "New Coke" situation on a smaller scale.

 

[MushinNoShin]

Maxibloom! Good to know so many other people love it too!

 

[ViVi]

anyone remember when pabst bought out hostess? I was so happy to have em bring them back, then i tasted their product, WTF! taste like shit,super dry, not moist at all like they were. the filling is lacking and def. different. i don't know if they decided to change/add something within the original recipe, or take something out, but its different enough to where i don't buy it anymore....

 

[MGRox]

Scotts will change something, this is about buying up competition

Yea. They'll add Copper Sulfate so it has that Miracle Grow Blue Sheen that everyone loves so much. :D:p:D

 

[juniper]

Yea. They'll add Copper Sulfate so it has that Miracle Grow Blue Sheen that everyone loves so much. :D:p:D

Haha...General Hydroponics Flora Series, now with added bonus fungicide/insecticide CuSO4 (warning: do not use on plants).

 

[MushinNoShin]

Haha...General Hydroponics Flora Series, now with added bonus fungicide/insecticide CuSO4 (warning: do not use on plants).

What does it do? I could have sworn I saw it listed on one of my nutrient labels.

 

[juniper]

What does it do? I could have sworn I saw it listed on one of my nutrient labels.

Copper is an essential plant element. Like most heavy metals, too much is toxic to them. Copper sulfate also happens to kill many bugs and fungi, in higher doses.

 

[FooDoo]

I've only ever used GH. This kinda makes me want to look into other possibilities

 

[Seed Buyer]

FooDoo. .. If you use the GH 3 part take a look at Cutting Edge Solutions 3 part. It has almost the same NPK's but doesn't leave salt build up like the Flora. Cutting Edge is really gaining ground on the GH flora in Nor Cal.

 

[FooDoo]

FooDoo. .. If you use the GH 3 part take a look at Cutting Edge Solutions 3 part. It has almost the same NPK's but doesn't leave salt build up like the Flora. Cutting Edge is really gaining ground on the GH flora in Nor Cal.

I'll look into it right now. I am using the 3 part but only the micro and bloom. Never got any salt build up in the under current but still looking to have an option B now that Scott's bought out GH

EDIT: Cutting edge is off the table. Tried to google their label to see what their micro and bloom was derived from and gaurenteed % analysis plus bottle weights to make a nutrient profile using the Angel fire calculator and non of that was available.

 

[Growin Grass]

next in their crosshairs...
Down to Earth

 

[Seamaiden]

I just saw a thing on my FB feed this morning that said Vermicrop was part of the buyout. It explains why their page went dead.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

another reason NOT to use GH....

 

[Bulldog11]

another reason NOT to use GH....

Yup. Garbage before, garbage after.