Here's a couple of snipets from a Scotts rep.

"The product was made after the price of oil was locked for manufacturing, and that was well before it took a nose-dive that nobody saw coming"

"As for prices, it all goes back to commodity costs: price per oil. When this stuff was made, the price of oil per barrel was very high, and petro is used to make urea, as well as the plastic for the packaging, and finally it figures in to the costs for shipping."

Ah, well that explains it. thanks for the info...

I use the turbuilder 5 or 10k sf bags from lowes which appears to the same price it has been for the past 10 years which is about $8 or $16 for the bigger bag.

I am not on the 4 step program though. ⺠That's just too many steps for me.

scoots 2500 square foot crab grass preventitive is 95 dollars, willNever buy scotts again!!!!

Organics are higher, too. I use cornmeal to fertilize. I've never paid more than $10 for 50 pounds, but this year it was something like $17. Back in 2002 when I started this it was $3 for a bag.

Everything costs more. Except for chicken. Not sure why chicken costs about the same.

Some people think it's still 1922 (for pricing anyway...)!!!