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Scotts was founded in 1868 by Orlando M. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S. agricultural industry. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. [5]
The seeds need 14 to 21 days to germinate. A spacing of 4 m (13 ft) between plants is suggested. [5] The plants first bear fruit after growing about 3–4 years, [5] and produce two crops per year, after the end of the rainy season. This evergreen plant produces small, red berries, while white flowers are produced for many months of the year.
Miracle-Gro, a water-soluble fertilizer, was developed after Horace Hagedorn met nurseryman Otto Stern and learned of Stern's troubles shipping plants in 1944. [1] [2] [3] They hired O. Wesley Davidson, a Rutgers University professor, to develop the fertilizer. [1] In 1950, the company was formed after Hagedorn's wife Peggy named the product.
There was a persistent myth that seeds from Ancient Egyptian tombs were viable. The myth was reportedly started by scam artists selling "miracle seed" designed to capitalize on European Egyptomania of the 1800s. In 1897, the claims were tested by the British Museum's director of Egyptian antiquities, E. A. Wallis Budge.
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Hawthorne Gardening Company, formed in October 2014, [1] is The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company ' s subsidiary for cannabis growers and one of the first major investments by a major United States corporation in the cannabis industry. [2]