New York — The Hawthorne Gardening Co., a unit of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Maryville, Ohio, said April 2 that it is growing its indoor and urban gardeners business by buying General Hydroponics Inc. and Bio-Organic Solutions Inc. The liquid nutrients and growing media products manufactured by these California-based companies are marketed under the General Hydroponics and Vermicrop brands, respectively. Ross Haley, CEO and co-founder of Vermicrop, will continue to oversee both brands and will remain based in California. All manufacturing operations will remain in place. Bio-Organics/Vermicrop is based in Olivehurst and General Hydroponics is in Sebastopol, with a 45,000 sq. ft. warehouse/production facility on ten acres in Sonoma County. Hawthorne also owns organic gardening brands EcoScraps® and Whitney Farms® and is a partner with AeroGrow International, a manufacturer of hydroponic gardening equipment for consumers.
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