How do the Scotts products you use measure up?
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Osmocote® is much less
wasteful than many other fertilisers. It is applied less
often - only twice a year - and there is almost no
leaching into streams, waterways or ground
water.
By contrast many organic fertilisers, such as manures, leach a
lot!
And there are many other reasons why Osmocote is
good for the environment.
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Lawn
Builder™ is a slow release fertiliser. Each
application lasts a season long and there is almost no
leaching.
Lawn Builder promotes populations of healthy soil
microbes.
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Defender™ products containing
old style dangerous chemicals such as carbaryl, rogor or maldison
have all been replaced with new, low-toxicity products that
are kinder to the environment. The Defender
range includes MaxGuard, HomeDefense Indoor & Outdoor
Barrier Spray and Pyrethrum. And where this is not possible,
packaging has been upgraded to be child, pet and water proof, for
example the new Defender Snail & Slug pellets plastic
pouch.
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Scotts has developed and introduced new products based
on natural ingredients. For example, the new Miracle-Gro® SeaFeed 3in1
plant food & health tonic, made from seaweed, fish and
organic compounds.
Trials of Seafeed have proved that it gets better results than
other leading brands.
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Product leaching, frequency of product
application and soil microbes each have
an impact in the broader environment story. Read
how!