It’s a food weekend, where here in NorCal we celebrate with the best wines, the best companions and the best of the harvest. I thought I would share with you a bounty of mushrooms. They were grown by Tom Gronek from Let it Grow in Arcata and he grew them from scratch, in an all [...]

It’s been drizzling all morning in Sebastopol. Despite the weather, the game must go on. Soccer, or fútbol, is very popular at here at Gen Hydro. Every lunch break, and even every fifteen minute break the field is filled.

Here’s a great article I found on Yahoo about hydroponics. The article mentions some fantastic concepts that hydroponics makes into a reality, such as a vegetable producing rooftop garden, greater water efficiency, and schools making a profit selling lettuce to local business. Check it out, click here.
Plus, one more interesting article about gleaning. It describes a farm [...]

Friday’s are the day we have designated for store features. But, I am still working on putting together feature posts on Green Circle Garden Supply and Texas Hydroponics. So I thought I would encourage everyone to nominate more grow stores! You should most definitely check out our store locator. It’s an easy way to find a store in your [...]

Our sales rep Jessica Lilga is frequently mentioned here; she is a wealth of experience and knowledge. It’s always fun to stop in her office to learn about all the real product feedback that she receives from stores and growers. One of the other reasons I like to visit her desk is to check in [...]

Yesterday’s post on FloraBlend pushed my research towards composting, and then towards worms. I think it’s a very interesting concept, I would love to reduce my waste that way. I want to share some interesting worm links on the web:
City Farmer’s Step By Step
Cornell University Basics
Wikipedia
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
Flickr Vermicomposting Pool
Oh, and the photo above [...]

Compost tea is taking the growing world by storm. And so is our Vegan Plant Booster FloraBlend. 
FloraBlend is an amazing alternative to brewing your own compost tea. It is pure organics with no animal component. It also has other benefits that a typical brew might not be able to provide, one of these being that FloraBlend is completely [...]

Today we are welcoming back to the office our in-house sales rep, Nancy Calzada. She has returned from maternity leave and is proud to announce the birth of her first daughter, the stunningly perfect Amaya Marie. 

Here are the stats:
Born: August 24, 2008
Weight: 6lbs 4oz
19 1/2″ long
We are thrilled to have Nancy back, and we are [...]

Grow stores are the core of the hydro industry. Manufactures and consumers both rely on the grow store to make it happen. With that in mind, each Friday we will shine our spotlight on a different shop. Nominate any store you like by leaving a comment about them on the blog! This week we are [...]

EC stands for Electrical Conductivity, PPM stands for Parts Per Million. They are the two common scales for measuring nutrient strength, But what is the real difference, and which one is better? I asked two different people in the office, and they explained their preferences to me, one prefers PPM, while the other uses EC. 
PPM: [...]

Last week we had a comment from Cassie, where she described some bulbs she planted in a glass with stones. She was wondering what the best media would be for something like that, and I wonder myself. I do know that bulbs are great for inert media, because the bulb itself contains all the energy [...]

I checked on my cuttings today and was pleased to see that they look incredibly vital. The roots look great compared to last week. They are much more sturdy looking, and some of them are covered in root hairs. Root hairs are single cells that are very long and can be seen with the naked eye. [...]

Today I thought I would keep it simple and just post links to some websites that I think are worth checking out:
ethicurean
red-icculus
mightyhydro
greencoast

Ah, Fridays. The perfect time to take a break and watch a video! This one was emailed to me by the always informed sales rep Jessica Lilga. She rocks. It is a short Q&A about organics and hydroponics. I love that the speaker mentions that often times hydro growers use less pesticide. I would also [...]

Starting next week the GenHydro Blog will be featuring a different hydro store every Friday. I’ll write up a sweet question and answer with the store and post some photos. But to get it really going, we need to know about your favorite hydro stores! Tell us who to put the spotlight on. Leave a [...]

California Academy of Sciences has put together the most amazingly beautiful and innovative living roof I have ever seen. It has seven hills for the seven hills of San Francisco. It is covered in native plants. It is truly stunning. 

The Cal Academy has a world class aquarium, a living 4 story rainforest, a natural history museum, [...]

I’ve been checking in every so often on the tray of Coleus cuttings I took on the 22nd of October. I hadn’t peeked since the weekend, and I was thrilled to see roots this morning.

They are so white and pure looking, not a blemish. The photo above is what they look like poking out of [...]

Using our nutrients is easy. Really easy. And our nutrient calculator makes it even easier! We all know that every garden has it’s own unique variables. So just input your particulars into the calculator and let our program customize your feeding schedule, including the use of supplements like FloraBlend and Floralicious Plus. It doesn’t matter if [...]