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1monster

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5. Damn! Miracle-Gro has always been my "go-to" plant food because it is so good. Now
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:46 PM
Jun 2012

I have to find an alternative, because how can I buy from a company who would knowingly sell poisoned food?

this is damned ugly. k and r bbgrunt Jun 2012 #1
Support your wild birdlife ma and pa stores. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #2
Spam deleted by tjwmason (MIR Team) Stephen Caddell Jun 2012 #3
If someone has the time and energy, and if the Scotts company sold such bird seed to AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #4
Damn! Miracle-Gro has always been my "go-to" plant food because it is so good. Now 1monster Jun 2012 #5
Horse or Donkey manure works just as well. Make a tea strain it and you can spray it on. TalkingDog Jun 2012 #11
Scotts also falsified pesticide registration documents for Plant Food and Lawn Fertilizer bananas Jun 2012 #12
yes and they put this off floridalawn Jul 2012 #18
grass clippings put nitrogen back in the soil gejohnston Jun 2012 #16
so sad JitterbugPerfume Jun 2012 #6
When they see us coming, the birdies all try and hide... slackmaster Jun 2012 #7
"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" GliderGuider Jul 2012 #19
This reminds of when someone in France knowingly sold that AIDS-tainted blood. Cuz they had it. valerief Jun 2012 #8
Had a hunch that Scott's had toxins in seed. I mean, they sell pesticides and chems for pete's sake. glinda Jun 2012 #9
I'd agree, but it's probably not obvious that those brands are produced by Scotts. MH1 Jun 2012 #15
Oh no - I just googled for more information ... 100 birds in an aviary died ... bananas Jun 2012 #10
Suggestion - write reviews for their products at Petsmart.com and other retailers MH1 Jun 2012 #13
I posted a link to this post in the Birders group MH1 Jun 2012 #14
cross posted to Facebook and gejohnston Jun 2012 #17
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