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3 Year Trend Chart

%
of Non-Phosphorous Fertilizer Sales

Year

Local Retailers

2004

2005

2006

Chg vs 2004

Chg vs 2005

Rite Hardware (MG)

23%

30%

40%

7%

10%

Fleet Farm (BP)

10%

20%

72%

10%

52%

Home Depot (BP)

43%

20%

100%

-23%

80%

Menards (MG)

95%

80%

100%

-15%

20%

Maple
Grove Area Fertilizer Inventory

As of:

4/13/2004

Fertilizer
Details

Retailer Name

Location

Brand Name

Nitrogen

Phosphorous

Potash

# Units

% Total Inventory

Home Depot

Brooklyn Park

Lesco Crabgrass Pre-Emergent

19

0

7

13%

Lesco Weed & Feed

18

0

9

13%

Lesco Turf Fertilizer

24

0

11

11%

All America All Purpose Fertilizer

10

10

10

5%

Scotts Turf Builder

29

3

4

8%

Scotts Ultra Turf

29

3

4

8%

Scotts Summer Guard

28

3

8

8%

Scotts Turf Builder Plus 2

28

3

3

8%

Scotts Phosphorous Free

29

0

4

6%

Vigoro Turf Fertilizer

29

3

4

20%

100%

57%

Phosphorus

43%

No Phosphorus

Rite Hardware

Maple Grove

All America All Purpose Fertilizer

10

10

10

6

2%

Milorganite Fertilizer

6

2

0

3

1%

MaxLawn Crabgrass Preventer

22

0

8

3

1%

MaxLawn Weed & Feed

25

0

6

5

1%

MaxLawn Lawn Food

28

0

8

5

1%

MaxLawn Winterizer

22

0

12

5

1%

Scotts Super Turf Builder

30

3

3

85

23%

Scotts Turf Builder Plus 2

29

3

3

78

21%

Scotts Step 1 CrabGrass Preventer

32

3

8

23

6%

Scotts Step 2 Weed & Feed

29

3

3

25

7%

Scotts Step 3 Lawn Food

29

3

4

5

1%

Scotts Step 4 Winterizer

31

3

8

3

1%

Scotts Weed Control

28

0

3

25

7%

Scotts Fertilizer

29

0

4

25

7%

Scotts with Crabgrass Preventer

30

0

4

15

4%

Scotts Halts Crabgrass

36

3

4

55

15%

366

100%

77%

Phosphorus

23%

No Phosphorus

Fleet Farm

Brooklyn Park

(roughly 90% of all
packages contain at least 3% phosphorus)

90%

Phosphorus

Fleet Farm does carry 3
separate 0% phosphorus items, and they do claim being the first in the area
to provide such (1996))

No Phosphorus

Menards

Maple Grove

Menards was excellent in
providing 0% Phosphorus items for about 95% of all inventory

95%

No Phosphorus

The only items with
phosphorus was a single palette of Starter Fertilizer

5%

Phosphorus

Sams Club

Maple Grove

Estimated that 80-85% of
their inventory had Phosphorus content

15%

No Phosphorus

85%

Phosphorus

Local
Retailer Inventory of Lawn Fertilizer products (excluding Starter or Garden
fertilizers)

Retailer
Name

Retailer
Location

Date Visited

Brand Name

Chemical

#
Phosphorous Free

#
With Phosphorous

Comments

Rite Hardware

Maple Grove

4/9/2006

Milorganite

6-2-0

5

Ace Winterizer

24-0-12

6

Ace Weed n Feed

29-0-3

5

Ace Lawn Fertilizer

30-0-3

5

Ace Crabgrass Preventer

36-0-4

2

All American All Purpose

10-10-10

3

Scotts Super Turf Builder

29-3-3

22

Scotts Super Turf Builder + Weed Control

30-3-3

21

Scotts Super Turf Builder + Crabgrass

30-3-4

66

Scotts Fertilizer Phosphorous Free

26-0-3

19

Scotts Fertilizer Phosphorous Free (Weed Control)

26-0-3

32

Scotts Fertilizer Phosphorous Free (+ Crabgrass Preventer)

26-0-3

67

Scotts Fertilizer Phosphorous Free (Insect Control)

26-0-3

12

Scotts Fertilizer Step 1

32-3-8

31

Scotts Fertilizer Step 2

29-3-8

21

Scotts Fertilizer Step 3

29-3-4

24

Scotts Fertilizer Step 4

31-3-10

22

148

215

363

Total Score for Rite Hardware

40% (148 of 363) are
phosphorous free

Menards

Maple Grove

4/16/2006

Ideal Lawn Food

20-0-10

45

Ideal Weed N Feed

10-0-4

110

Scotts Turf Builder Plus Weed Control

28-0-3

120

Scotts Turf Builder

26-0-3

40

Menards Premium Lawn Food

30-0-5

144

Menards Premium Weed N Feed

28-0-8

150

Menards Premium Crabgrass Preventer with Feed

26-0-8

120

Forever Weed N Feed

26-0-5

50

779

779

Total Score for Menards

100% (779 of 779) are
phosphorous free

Fleet Farm

Brooklyn Park

5/13/2006

Superior Weed n Feed

24-0-8

30

Superior Fertilizer

29-0-4

25

Superior Non-Burning

26-7-7

25

Milorganite Fertilizer

6-2-0

30

Scott's Turf Builder Plus 2

28-0-3

33

Scott's Turf Builder

26-0-3

52

140

55

195

Total Score for Fleet Farm

72% (140 of 195) are
phosphorous free

Home Depot

Brooklyn Park

Lesco

All America

Scott's

Vigoro

100% (all garden
fertilizers found) are phosphorous free