(MICHELLE H.) wrote:

Thanks for your response. Yeah there is probably nothing wrong with it,
the hardware store probably just made some kind of "sweetheart deal"
with a "Scotts" representative to only carry "Scotts" brand stuff, and
so they have to discontinue and get rid of all the other brands.
"Scotts" probably hooked them up to get the "Scotts" products at a good
buying price, so that they can turn around and sell it for a great
PROFIT price.


I have heard that "Scotts" is running scared, because they now have
serious competition from the company called "Pennington" grass seed and
fertilizer, which Home Depot and Lowes is now starting to carry more and
more of.

I doubt Scotts is worried at all. Mostly they sell product at the
commercial level, to large landscapers, golf courses, ball parks,
industrial parks, malls, etc., and since many homeowners are brand
loyal they will shop elsewhere for Scotts products. As to lawn seed a
lot depends on where it will be planted and for what purpose. For
around my house where I want a better lawn I buy Scotts seed. But
when I need to seed bare spots a distance away from deer rutting or
when I have excavations, and other damaged areas I buy 100 lb sacks of
no name seed from Agway, because it's much less costly, like about
half, and it still germinates at the same rate that my eyes can detect
after sitting in a trash can in my unheated shed for like five years.
For a mixed grass lawn I would buy those discounted seed blends too.