Miracle Weed: Coming Soon to a Home and Garden Store Near You?

The folks at Miracle-Gro are hoping its grow time for their medical pot business. From The Wall Street Journal:

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has long sold weed killer. Now, it's hoping to help people grow killer weed.

In an unlikely move for the head of a major company, Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn said he is exploring targeting medical marijuana as well as other niches to help boost sales at his lawn and garden company.

"I want to target the pot market," Mr. Hagedorn said in an interview. "There's no good reason we haven't."

Why the focus on the still small market for medical marijuana? Hagedorn says the slow economy is one reason why he'd like to target a relatively small sector for new business:

In the past, Scotts wouldn't have considered pursuing businesses or product lines that generated less than $10 million a year in revenue. But, Mr. Hagedorn said, "We can't operate our business like that anymore."