Monsanto does not own General Hydroponics or Botanicare

different · Apr 4, 2018

Like the title says, Monsanto does not own General Hydroponics or Botanicare.
I keep seeing it on the forums and I thought the misinformation needed to be addressed.
Scotts owns General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
Scotts has a distribution deal with Monsanto for Round Up.
Scotts does not own Monsanto. Monsanto does not own Scotts. Scotts does not own Round Up.
Monsanto is a separate company that has nothing to do with General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
I'm not sure why that is difficult for people to grasp.
:tiphat:

Cannabologist · Apr 4, 2018

Because don't you know, bullshit sells bro! MARKETING BRO !

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Monsanto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SAID IT! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

comeon bro organics bro organic is a chemical you can't spray monsanto on your plants dont you know my pot is 100% ORGANIC BRO ROFL
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totalllllllllllllllly organic don't you know bro NO chems!

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Viral505 · Apr 4, 2018

different said:
Like the title says, Monsanto does not own General Hydroponics or Botanicare.
I keep seeing it on the forums and I though the misinformation needed to be addressed.
Scotts owns General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
Scotts has a distribution deal with Monsanto for Round Up.
Scotts does not own Monsanto. Monsanto does not own Scotts. Scotts does not own Round Up.
Monsanto is a separate company that has nothing to do with General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
I'm not sure why that is difficult for people to grasp.

Right, I always thought that based on rumors on forums.

General Hydroponics, Gavita, Miracle Grow, Vermicrop Organics, and the brands EcoScraps and Supersoil are all owned by Scotts.

Thought this was interesting fun fact.. General Hydroponics has considerably less heavy metals than most chem fertilizers. Did my own research looking at the ADO's list of registered fertilizers and was like /mindblow :ying:

(and actually my organic mix has a lot more heavy metals than I thought it did, so I guess I'll be doing some new sourcing based on this info for the health of it)

WHIPEDMEAT · Apr 4, 2018

just watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJqJcJWOxM

there was something about, where shops discarded all gh products to the trash
hehe found it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iqoDJ50BUI

mctasty · Apr 4, 2018

different said:
Like the title says, Monsanto does not own General Hydroponics or Botanicare.
I keep seeing it on the forums and I thought the misinformation needed to be addressed.
Scotts owns General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
Scotts has a distribution deal with Monsanto for Round Up.
Scotts does not own Monsanto. Monsanto does not own Scotts. Scotts does not own Round Up.
Monsanto is a separate company that has nothing to do with General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
I'm not sure why that is difficult for people to grasp.

Amen brother (or sister) I am also sick of the propaganda, I have been going a long ass time and GH has been my go to product forever, always priced right, produces quality and it is consistent.

Anyone who tells me that BS now I just tune out and they lose credibility instantly with me for not knowing the facts.

WHIPEDMEAT · Apr 5, 2018

now this is in softsecrets

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

https://www.hawthorne-gardening.com/

https://monsanto.com/news-releases/monsanto-and-scotts-miracle-gro-expand-long-standing-partnership/

https://scottsmiraclegro.com/brands/

I thought the original poster was wrong. These three links make them seem pretty related.

Boycott them all!

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

different said:
Like the title says, Monsanto does not own General Hydroponics or Botanicare.
I keep seeing it on the forums and I thought the misinformation needed to be addressed.
Scotts owns General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
Scotts has a distribution deal with Monsanto for Round Up.
Scotts does not own Monsanto. Monsanto does not own Scotts. Scotts does not own Round Up.
Monsanto is a separate company that has nothing to do with General Hydroponics and Botanicare.
I'm not sure why that is difficult for people to grasp.

Propaganda much? Because they are all partners.

beta · Apr 5, 2018

Viral505 said:
Thought this was interesting fun fact.. General Hydroponics has considerably less heavy metals than most chem fertilizers. Did my own research looking at the ADO's list of registered fertilizers and was like /mindblow (and actually my organic mix has a lot more heavy metals than I thought it did, so I guess I'll be doing some new sourcing based on this info for the health of it)

fyi 'heavy metals' are essential plant nutrients, there's a reason they're added. All healthy soul has 'heavy metals' in it.

beta · Apr 5, 2018

bigtacofarmer said:
Propaganda much? Because they are all partners.

No, they aren't. Just saying something is true doesn't make it so.

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

Then why do there websites claim they are partners and use each others logos?

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

Kinda irritating to see people spend money on these earth ruining crooks.

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

beta said:
No, they aren't. Just saying something is true doesn't make it so.

Read the links I posted.

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

mctasty said:
Amen brother (or sister) I am also sick of the propaganda, I have been going a long ass time and GH has been my go to product forever, always priced right, produces quality and it is consistent.

Anyone who tells me that BS now I just tune out and they lose credibility instantly with me for not knowing the facts.

Lol

beta · Apr 5, 2018

bigtacofarmer said:
Then why do there websites claim they are partners and use each others logos?

Did you even read what you posted? The 'partnership' you're referring to is a licensing agreement that allows Scotts to sell some Monsanto products using their brand names.

This is a really common arrangement in virtually every industry. It doesn't mean they're the same company. It doesn't even mean their companies are related. It means their companies do business with each other.

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

No. It does mean they are related. They profit off of each other. The money trail leads to the same people. At the very least they should be boycotted for doing business with shady companies. Anyone with any respect for cannabis or earth should avoid giving any money to these companies! Period. They are not good people.

different · Apr 5, 2018

bigtacofarmer said:
I thought the original poster was wrong. These three links make them seem pretty related.

Boycott them all!

Did you read the links you posted vs what I wrote?
It seems like you didn’t.

bigtacofarmer · Apr 5, 2018

Clearly you are the confused one. Keep defending you monsanto affiliated products. Eventually they will try to treat cannabis just like corn and soy. Then you can have it just like you paid for.

different · Apr 5, 2018

bigtacofarmer said:
No. It does mean they are related. They profit off of each other. The money trail leads to the same people. At the very least they should be boycotted for doing business with shady companies. Anyone with any respect for cannabis or earth should avoid giving any money to these companies! Period. They are not good people.

Must be tough to not be able to shop at any hardware stores or garden centers.
Or Costco, Kmart, Target, Ace, etc.
Or UPS, FedEx...

Gry · Apr 5, 2018

There will be a special bonus for continuing to believe in the corporate wholesome goodness with extra integrity added just because we love how special you know we are.

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