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   Sep 23, 2015 · Scotts Miracle-Gro has been on the wrong end of a number of lawsuits after selling bird food tainted with unregistered pesticides, and they’re in bed with Monsanto, leading many organic...

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2. www.gardenguides.com › 130561-miracle-groGarden Guides | Miracle-Gro Facts

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   Sep 21, 2017 · Miracle-Gro was first conceived by Otto Stern, a German immigrant and nurseryman. In the 1940s, he sold plants through a mail-order service, but had problems ensuring the mailed plants survived shipment and transplanting.

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   Who invented Miracle-Gro?

   • Miracle-Gro was first conceived by Otto Stern, a German immigrant and nurseryman. In the 1940s, he sold plants through a mail-order service, but had problems ensuring the mailed plants survived shipment and transplanting. Stern approached Horace Hagedorn, who worked at a New York advertising firm, to ask about buying air time on a radio program.

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   How much money does Miracle-Gro make a year?

   • The gardening business is now estimated to exceed $35 billion in annual sales, and Miracle-Gro's share of the home fertilizer market is estimated to be about 85 percent. Mr. Hagedorn orchestrated the growth of his product like the marketing genius he was.

   Horace Hagedorn, 89, Marketing Genius Behind Miracle-Gro, Dies

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   Is Miracle Gro a good fertilizer?

   • The black-and-white circle of the Miracle-Gro logo is a familiar sight to gardeners. The liquid plant food filled an empty niche in a burgeoning market, and resourceful personalities drove the Miracle-Gro Company to success. It has been a top-selling retail fertilizer for decades, and continues to find a place in garden sheds and back porches.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2005/02/01 › obituariesHorace Hagedorn, 89, Marketing Genius Behind Miracle-Gro ...

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   Feb 1, 2005 · Miracle-Gro, which produced the world's biggest cabbage, cantaloupe and dahlia, soon became as familiar a sight in the American backyard as the station wagon in the carport.

5. www.chicagotribune.com › 2002/02/24 › its-a-miracleIt’s a miracle: The making of a garden icon – Chicago Tribune

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   Feb 24, 2002 · Kenlon recalls the markets growing just as prodigiously as a tomato vine on Miracle-Gro. In the mid-’80s, a couple years before Stern died, Hagedorn bought Stern’s half-share.

6. www.longislandpress.com › 2018/05/16 › the-sandsThe Sands Point Man Who Planted Miracle-Gro - LI Press

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   May 16, 2018 · The advertising executive from Sands Point was approached by Otto Stern, who sought advice about marketing, when they hatched the idea to form a fertilizer company. They hired a well-known...

7. www.orlandosentinel.com › 2002/03/09 › not-easyNOT EASY BEING GREEN — MAN BEHIND MIRACLE-GRO

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   Mar 9, 2002 · Horace Hagedorn, 87 this month, is the brains behind Miracle-Gro. The distinctive boxes with the green, soluble fertilizer may well be the most recognized brand in the $35 billion-a-year...

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   Sep 23, 2015 · Miracle-Gro plant fertilizer was brought to market by Otto Stern and Horace Hagedorn. But first, Otto Stern had to escape Nazi Germany. Stern, a German Jew, had been arrested during Kristallnacht, deserted by his non-Jewish wife, and imprisoned in a concentrat...