[Green]

...at least the spec sheets show they're identical. I haven't opened a bag of the Lebanon product to compare it visually with the Scotts.

But all of the numbers in the analyses are the same...exactly the same! All of them. Every single one. Every decimal place. You get the idea!

What's going on here? Does the same company make both products?

 

[GrassDaddy]

Probably. Scott's probably got a contract to be the first to use it for x years and now they are making it for others.

 

[Green]

Probably. Scott's probably got a contract to be the first to use it for x years and now they are making it for others.

Or, maybe Scotts and Lebanon share technology. The blends they use (methylene ureas and ammonium sulfate) seem an awful lot alike...

Ace Hardware brand fertilizer used to be Lebanon, btw. Not sure if it still is.

 

[ryeguy]

It's not uncommon for manufacturers to be contracted make an identical product for a different brand.

For example, those store brand products at grocery stores are often actually just the name brand but repackaged. Probably the same deal here.