<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001443984-23-000220.txt : 20230807
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001443984-23-000220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230804
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230807
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230807

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAGEDORN JAMES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001180171

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11593
		FILM NUMBER:		231146786

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SCOTTS CO
		STREET 2:		14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD
		CITY:			MARYSVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43041

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000825542
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AGRICULTURE CHEMICALS [2870]
		IRS NUMBER:				311414921
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD
		CITY:			MARYSVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43041
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9376440011

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		14111 SCOTTSLAWN ROAD
		STREET 2:		N/A
		CITY:			MARYSVILLE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43041

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SCOTTS COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CDS HOLDING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900104
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            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(K) Plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $55.41 to $56.39, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (1).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $56.41 to $57.10, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (2).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price.  These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $55.05 to $56.00, inclusive.  The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (3).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 16a-1(a)(1), the reporting person may be deemed, solely for purposes of determining whether he is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the common shares of the Issuer (&quot;Common Shares&quot;), to be the beneficial owner of the securities of the Issuer that are held by Hagedorn Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership in which the reporting person is a general partner (the &quot;Partnership&quot;).  Represents the aggregate proportionate interest of the reporting person and those family members in whose holdings he may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest, in Common Shares held by the Partnership.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Kathy L. Uttley as attorney-in-fact for James Hagedorn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-08-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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