Fertilizer Company Goes Public with Romney Support

[WI_DEM]

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, "familiar as the producer of a ubiquitous plant fertilizer, is now a political player, donating $200,000 in June to the Restore Our Future super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney," the Washington Post reports.

"That makes Miracle-Gro among the first public companies with well-known consumer brands to publicly enter the new world of campaign funding. That world has been reshaped by the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed direct corporate spending on election campaigns."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/09/fertilizer_company_goes_public_with_romney_support.html

[IDemo]

1. Chicken manure

No, seriously!

[Scuba]

2. One more to add to my "do not buy - political" list....

Makes sense, though. Mitt's been in the manure biz for a while.

[malaise]

7. Ditto

[warrior1]

3. On my do not buy list.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. maybe they can help him grow a personality. nt

[MattBaggins]

5. Just went to their website and let them know I will not purchase their products

[Le Taz Hot]

10. I just did the same thing.

I'm glad this came out when it did. Next week I plant seeds for the fall/winter garden and I've always purchased MG. I'll look for an alternative.

[mucifer]

6. Thank you supreme court.

[Le Taz Hot]

8. Well, damnit!

I've used MG for years. Now I'm going to have to find a substitute. Time to go the the Gardening group.

[TwilightGardener]

9. Meh, I don't use Miracle Gro anyway. It's crack for plants. I use manure and other compost.

So it won't be hard to give them the ol' middle finger.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. The one and only time I ever tried

manure I ended up with big beautiful plants and not a vegetable on them.

Luckily, I have a compost bin but I'm not sure it will supply all the nutrients the plants need. Isn't there a non-manure substitute for MG?

[TwilightGardener]

13. There are organic fertilizers that come in granules, etc. that I've used. I don't know if any come

in the fast-acting dissolving foliar-feeding form that MG does, though. I don't use much in the way of fertilizer because I grow ornamentals (not veggies) and I have salty alkaline desert "soil" and thus have to be careful of how much additional salt and chemicals I'm putting down. Obviously, veggies and fruits will require more fertilizer, but there's options besides MG. As they always say, your goal should be to feed and improve the soil, not the plants.

[nichomachus]

24. So, you use Romney's platform?

[99Forever]

12. Just "gave 'em some love" ...

.. n their FB page.

As if they are the only option for lawn and garden products. Cripes, the arrogance of stupidity is amazing.

[denverbill]

14. Emailed and officially on my shit list.

[ananda]

15. k&r for boycott!

nt

[myrna minx]

16. Good to know. I use their potting mix for my patio pots. I won't any longer.

[spanone]

17. shit for romney

[sendero]

18. Another company..

... that I will no longer do business with.

[Chiyo-chichi]

19. Does no one remember this?

from Wikipedia:

On January 27, 2012, Scotts Miracle-Gro agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $4.5 million in fines for selling 73 million units of bird seed from November 2005 to March 2008 that was coated with pesticide known to be deadly to birds and fish. Pesticides were added to protect the product from insects during storage, notwithstanding that Storcide II, one of the pesticides used, was clearly marked as extremely toxic to birds. Records show that its own experts warned of the risk in the summer and fall of 2007 and yet Scotts continued to sell the deadly product until March 2008. In 2008, Scotts Miracle-Gro also falsified pesticide registration numbers required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on its products.

[glinda]

21. Exactly why we should buy ANY of their products. Or their

products under "other names".

[Chiyo-chichi]

22. And here's a list of their brands:

Scotts
Miracle-Gro
Osmocote
Ortho
Scotts Lawn Service
Roundup (exclusive distribution agreement)
Fertiligène
Evergreen
Substral
EcoSense
Celaflor
Nexa Lotte
KB
Scotts Wild Bird Seed
Morning Song Selection

[canuckledragger]

20. well..it is kinda a mutual beneficial relationship for both

...seeing as Mitt spews so much bullshit!

[Blue Meany]

23. I wonder if it was and "in kind" contribution...n/t