EPISODE · Aug 23, 2025 · 10 MIN
Who’s Steering Hawthorne? The Mysterious Buyout of Scotts’ Hydroponics Empire
from Hydroponics Daily · host Eutrema Ltd
This episode of Hydroponics Daily unpacks the rise of Hawthorne Horticulture, a Scotts Miracle-Gro subsidiary (Hagedorn family) that bought major hydroponic brands like Gavita, General Hydroponics and Botanicare, and the controversies that followed. We explore post-lockdown decline, Scotts’ strategy to move Hawthorne off its balance sheet into an opaque independent partner (now Hawthorne Collective), questions about who now runs it, legal disputes around lighting, environmental concerns, and what this means for the hydroponics industry. https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/organic-fertilisers/seaweed-extract-cold-processed/
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This episode of Hydroponics Daily unpacks the rise of Hawthorne Horticulture, a Scotts Miracle-Gro subsidiary (Hagedorn family) that bought major hydroponic brands like Gavita, General Hydroponics and Botanicare, and the controversies that followed. We explore post-lockdown decline, Scotts’ strategy to move Hawthorne off its balance sheet into an opaque independent partner (now Hawthorne Collective), questions about who now runs it, legal disputes around lighting, environmental concerns, and what this means for the hydroponics industry. https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/organic-fertilisers/seaweed-extract-cold-processed/
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