Remember these starts? They have grown tremendously in the last week!

It seems like every plant is in full bloom.

I’ve always stored the probes for my EC meter in distilled water. But I recently met a grower who had some issues with the strength of his solution. I asked how he stored the meter, and it turns out he wasn’t keeping the probes in water, and when the meter was replaced and stored properly, [...]

In a rapid rooter plug, in hydroton, in a basket, in an Aeroflow.

These blossoms are so pretty! From the large greenhouse, in an ebb and flow, getting some test food and supplements.

I’m getting ready to attend the Maker Faire at the fairgrounds in San Mateo this weekend. The event is a massive DIY festival with robots, explosions, and things like the world’s largest tesla coil. One big sensation from the Maker Faire was the Botanicalls plant twitter system that I recently blogged about. I also met [...]

It’s time for the spring trade show! From the Maximum Yield website:

Linda Jesson, Maximum Yield Publishing
We are pleased to announce the kick off of the 2009 Indoor Gardening Expos with the “Back to Your Roots” Canadian Indoor Gardening Expo in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia. The famous Okanagan region of British Columbia is a premiere centre for [...]

There is a black mission fig tree here at GH, and the figs are looking plump. They are not yet ripe, but they look great. I wrote about my favorite salad, using grilled figs and speckled trout lettuce, back in the winter. Click here to read the recipe.

I love the pretty pea flower growing on this vine. It’s in an ebb and flow tray, and getting fed a new experimental food. 

Our sales rep Jessica Lilga sent me a great link to a yes! magazine article about a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant winner who created a producing farm. The story is very inspiring.
Read the story here.

It’s always amazing to me how quickly sunflowers grow. These are sitting in an ebb and flow tray, and are getting Nova Series. And they look great.

The GH greenhouse is getting packed with plants. Some are experiments, some are ornamentals. Some are experimental ornamentals. Every day I go by the greenhouse, there is something new going on. 

Nothing prevents garden problems like a clean space. When growing indoors, your plants rely on you meet their every need. Light and water are obvious, and they often overshadow the importance of air quality, sterile surfaces, and non contamination techniques. While you might be aware that these are essential to success, spring is still the [...]

I’ve been watching the asiatic lilies since they were first planted, and today when I came in, I saw they had bloomed. They are so beautiful. They have really thrived in their Coco Baskets. I can’t wait to see what other colors will appear.
Click here to see their start.

It seems sometimes that the longer a [...]

Darek, our greenhouse operator, is getting some fresh starts going for some new experiments. He stuck some seeds into the Rapid Rooter trays, and they are sitting in the ebb and flow until they are ready for transplant.

In the large greenhouse there are several varieties of flowers growing. I love all the vibrant colors! These petunias are so happy!

Everyday at GH there are tons of product leaving here, destined for different places across the country. This truck is loaded up with FloraSeries, and is heading out for British Columbia. Pallets of 6 packs are heading off to make some plants really happy!

One of my favorite summertime foods is the stuffed squash blossom. And when you are growing hydro squash, there are lots of blossoms to eat!

Mix two tablespoons of goat cheese, with fresh herbs, salt and pepper. Fill a squash blossom with the mixture, and gently press the petals closed. Then dredge the entire thing in [...]

I generally post about growing success, but today I want to write about a personal gardening failure. I aquired a beautiful clematis in a 3 gallon container. It was covered with buds, and blooming flowers, and vibrant new growth. About two days after I brought it home, I noticed some wilting. I very carefully transplanted [...]

GH is well known for its premium liquid nutrients. But the MaxiSeries should not be overlooked. MaxiSeries is a convenient, dry, concentrated, all purpose plant food. General Hydroponics MaxiGro and MaxiBloom are the same quality plant food as our liquid formulas, but with the benefits of dry mix.
MaxiSeries is the GH dry formula. MaxiGro and [...]