Mushrooms, mushrooms, mushrooms! Yum! Check out these awesome Mini Mushroom Farms from Far West Fungi. They are little gardens that will produce ongoing harvests of shitakes or oyster mushrooms. They seem easy and fun, and a great way to produce food that is as beautiful as it is delicious.

One of our readers left a comment, that I decided to answer in the form of a Q&A blog post. I talked to our tech support, and without knowing very much about his grow, we did our best to put together an answer. I think that the information suggested is of value to many different [...]

Everyone is in town right now for the General Hydroponics holiday party, and the flurry of team meetings for the end of the year. Our banquet was held last night at the Hop Monk Brewery in Sebastopol. All the employees from the offices, warehouse, and even the Canadian sales staff were here. Even Shawn, still [...]

Visit GrowingEdge.Com for a chance to win the Master Gardener Iphone App. They have a great review of the tool, which is designed to be a comprehensive assistant. Add plants and search their database of over 40,000 plants. All you have to do to qualify to win is add a comment! Easy!

Everest just sent me a link to this UrbanGardenMagazine.com post about Rapid Rooters. It’s a nice testament to how simple and successful our plugs and trays are.
GH’s Rapid Rooter medium plugs are “a unique matrix of composted organic materials bonded together with plant-derived polymers.” They’re infused with GH’s magic micro nutrient recipe. The plugs come [...]

Meet Nath, of Babylone Hydro-Organique, in Montreal, Canada. His shop is a great place to visit for equipment and knowledge of all things hydro. He shared some great photos of wheat germination trials that he’s been running with our new General Organics Bio Root. The sprouts have really healthy roots, and very vibrant shoots. Nath [...]

It’s really cold here in NorCal, and so I like to sneak over to the greehouse to soak up the warmth. Besides the decent temperature, there is the warming effect of looking at the rainbow of peppers growing in the ebb and flow trays. They look great, and are the perfect reminder of the real [...]

Well, I’m back in NorCal, where the current temperature is 40 degrees. Not bad, but I’m longing for Hawaii. Here are some more flowers from my trip there.
The lovely hibiscus:

And the ever classic tropical flower, the bird of paradise:

I recently had the opportunity to talk about food with a food and lifestyle editor here in Honolulu, and when I asked about local agriculture as it relates to fine dining, I was very surprised with what I learned. Hawaii has to import 80% of its food, and reportedly only has enough food to last [...]

The folks at UC Davis are at it again. A research team has just identified a signaling molecule which alerts rice plants to the presence of destructive bacteria. There has been a lot of interesting research about “communication” between plants and microorganisms lately. It seems that the cliches about the forest “talking” are totally true. [...]

Here’s an old-school article, from the Hydro Farm website, written in 1998, by Gordon Creaser for the Aquaponics Journal. It talks about a Hawaiian family getting set up with a large scale lettuce operation. Does anyone out there know if they are still growing?

I’m reporting live from beautiful Hawaii, where I can’t take a single step down the street without seeing the most amazing blooming trees. This is called an Orchid Tree. They bloom from September through November, so I consider myself lucky to have been here during the season.

For more information, click here to read a [...]

Ginger is one of my favorite things to eat. The flavor of its knobby root is like none other. It truly transforms any dish with its vivid taste. And the health and healing properties it imparts are also one of a kind.

Here is some insight on the chemistry of ginger from Wikipedia:
The characteristic odor and [...]

I’m on location in Hawaii, and there are the most amazing flowers all around me. I have never been so inspired to fill the GH greenhouses with my own personal TigerLilly collection of tropical plants! We already have blooming bananas, but now I need these amazing ground orchids too! They are terrestrial, as opposed to [...]

When Jessica left for Thailand, a massive search was launched to find someone living in the local area to take over her duties as a sales rep. Adam, our head of sales, literally received hundreds and hundreds of resumes, and I’d like you to meet the hire, Luke Silverman.

Luke is a veteran grower, who spent [...]