Looking for the highest quality gear
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RM3
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Not knockin em at all but want folks to know they were recently bought by Miracle Grow
http://bigbudsmag.com/scotts-miracle-gro-buys-general-hydroponics-marijuana-growers/
RM3
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Thanks ! I did look at it but seems there are a lot that screw the breeder, at least every breeder I know has a story to that effect. Why I couldn't take that chance
RM3
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True that, Miracle Grow is lookin to get in on the green rush
HandyGringo
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Nah they're not.. I like the idea of simpler nutes.. But well.I use Jack's Citrus for veg and Aquagold for flower
I don't think they sell over the pond?
And feeding guides are yet another mistake as not all strains will respond the same and no two gardens are the same. Best to learn how to read a plants needs and then take care of em. I know easier said than done
Yodaweed
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. spent $136 million to buy a Dutch maker of hydroponics gardening lights.
It’s another big purchase in the industry with close ties to marijuana. Hydroponics, or growing without soil, also is a method to grow plants and vegetables.
The Marysville-based lawn and garden company has targeted pot and grow-your-own plants and vegetables as a major growth opportunity.
CEO Jim Hagedorn acknowledged the queasiness some in the hydroponics business might have about a large corporation becoming a market leader in the once-fractured market.
“Since we’re an outsider I know a lot of people will be watching to see how we behave,” he told analysts Wednesday. “This is a core business for us.”
Scotts subsidiary Hawthorne Gardening Co. spent the money to acquire a 75 percent stake in Gavita Holland BV, which has $100 million in annual sales. Gavita made the deal public in June, but Scotts disclosed the purchase price Wednesday.
Gavita said its management will remain in place and retain 25 percent ownership.
The purchase comes a year after Scotts (NYSE:SMG) spent about $130 million on California-based General Hydroponics Inc., which was the company’s biggest acquisition since a European expansion push in the 1990s.
Hawthorne, a recently created subsidiary based out of New York and run by Hagedorn’s son, Chris, this week signed a definitive agreement to purchase Botanicare, an Arizona-based manufacturer of plant nutrients and growing systems for hydroponic gardening. The purchase price has not yet been disclosed.
Scotts said Hawthorne soon will become its own reporting segment, separating it from Scotts’ three reporting segments of U.S. consumer, Europe consumer and other.
The $3.02 billion company expects annual sales for Hawthorne to reach $250 million after the acquisitions close. In November Scotts’ CFO expected Hawthorne to notch $100 million in annual sales for the fiscal year ending September.
Once the Botanicare deal closes the company will move away from significant mergers and acquisition activity, Hagedorn said.
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/03/scotts-miracle-gro-spends-136m-on-dutch.html
JEX SPERGO
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Well well....
Gravita is certainly a good brand to aquire. What with them plasma lights.
I use miracle grow soluble powder nutrients for my grows (noob move) and i'm quite satisfied with the miracle grow brand overall.
\It's a useful soil/ foliage feeder. I use all purpose for veg, and flower for the same.
Hopefully oneday I can use a Gravita plasma light and miracle grow nutrients!
Gravita is certainly a good brand to aquire. What with them plasma lights.
I use miracle grow soluble powder nutrients for my grows (noob move) and i'm quite satisfied with the miracle grow brand overall.
\It's a useful soil/ foliage feeder. I use all purpose for veg, and flower for the same.
Hopefully oneday I can use a Gravita plasma light and miracle grow nutrients!
Friction1957
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There are ways to tell that you are too stoned and have too much time on your hands. Going back and reading a thread I started back in June last year I think would qualify as both. 
There have been a great deal of changes since this thread was started. Time has answered my initial question, and answered it way better than I could have thought. Since I started this thread I've sat in @RM3 's living room, experiencing his and his wife's generosity, smoking his strains, that he grew, his way. I have several of his strains in my garden that have made the cut of "keeper". I'm ready to be a commercial for his gear and unique style.
There is another lesson I learned related to this. And that is about finding seeds. For me I have found it's about having friends that I trust their judgement, then being quiet long enough to actually hear what is being said. If those friends talk about a boutique breeder doing something special, then I should start my search there. That's how I met @Dr.D81 and Rid both. Both of them are cranking out some quality seeds. Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.
There have been a great deal of changes since this thread was started. Time has answered my initial question, and answered it way better than I could have thought. Since I started this thread I've sat in @RM3 's living room, experiencing his and his wife's generosity, smoking his strains, that he grew, his way. I have several of his strains in my garden that have made the cut of "keeper". I'm ready to be a commercial for his gear and unique style.
There is another lesson I learned related to this. And that is about finding seeds. For me I have found it's about having friends that I trust their judgement, then being quiet long enough to actually hear what is being said. If those friends talk about a boutique breeder doing something special, then I should start my search there. That's how I met @Dr.D81 and Rid both. Both of them are cranking out some quality seeds. Exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.
Fastslappy
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you've done well GrassHopper , I too took a path that led me to Doc,BW & You , EastyI got killer BW Q x Q going & my TPR is Robust & cloned off many times as is the Q x Q
both PM stress tested
green217
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I've been wanting that CTF for a while now. I will be hitting up Jah Earth Collective as soon as i have the $ to spare. I have a 3 TPR's going and 3 Purple Creeks from Doc in early veg and a room full of Breeders Boutique flowering. RM3, Doc, Bigworm, and Bodhi are some of the breeders I plan on running in future cycles.
aphrodisia
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