This has been a crazy week for General Hydroponics. Last week we rocked the trade show, and this week the team is heading to Reggae Rising. But I won’t be there! Instead, Red-Icculus will be guest blogging for GH!
Red-Icculus should be known to our readers as one of our power users. He, reader Ragnar, and [...]

I love the yellow pollen against the black and red. This bad boy is 10ft tall.

Don’t these look like each blossom is made of a million tiny blossoms? Each of these shots were taken at GH.
Yarrow:

Verbena:

Budlea:

Scabiosa:

To thank retailers, GH rented the FireHouse, a great old building adjacent to the trade show floor at the Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco. A bbq raged and drinks flowed freely. Super colorful banners hung on the walls and the view of Alcatraz was amazing.

Wow, the trade show was last weekend, Reggae is this weekend. My head is spinning. Here are some shots from the tradeshow floor.
The event is held right on the water in the San Francisco Bay. You can tell you are getting close when you see the first stretch Hummer.

The entire place is massive. This year [...]

So, outerspace and hydroponics just go together. Our nutes have even been used by astronauts in space! I read this article about scrubbers on the space station, and thought I would share.
Air Scrubbers In Space.

Canna is a lovely tropical flower with a simple and pretty flower. In our greenhouse they flourish, and one is almost 12 feet tall.

This Echinacea is thriving outdoors here at GH. The most comon coneflower is purple, but this hybrid has creamy beige petals.

From Wikipedia:
Echinacea (pronounced /ˌɛkɨˈneɪʃ(iː)ə/)[1] is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae commonly called Coneflower. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early [...]

These things are insane!

There’s two greenhouses that I mention regularly on the blog. Our smaller test greenhouse, and our massive ornamental greenhouse. But there is also a third greenhouse! And right now it is filled with hops. Beautiful, thriving, sweetly scented hops. They are in a very small space, in WaterFarms. The roof panel of the greenhouse had [...]

This weekend, as you might well know, is the San Francisco Indoor Gardening Trade Show. Last year I went to the show and was overwhelmed with inspiration. In fact, that visit was the catalyst for this blog.
This year, I will be there, with the majority of our team. And I hope to meet as many [...]

Reggae Rising is fast approaching! Only 2 more weeks! We have some really surprise cool in store. Here’s the latest from their newsletter:
[Humboldt County, CA July 2009] Tickets for this years Reggae Rising Music Festival are are selling fast and this years show is expected to sell out in advance! Dimmick Beach Camping is 100% [...]

This blog is just about my favorite right now. I love every post. 
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Current projects that I like- LED Christmas Light Grow Box, and the PC grow box.

These trays look so lush, and all the shades of orange are really very striking. 

I’m hoping to find more hydro stores to follow on Twitter. Especially ones like bghydro.com. Better Grow is a great online shop, with a fully comprehensive website. They re-tweeted our organics feed chart, and that made me happy! 
Do you have any favorite shops that use Twitter? Let me know! And follow us too!