This weekend Lawerence Brooke and his wife Eliana attented an event for our local congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey. The dinner was “An Organic Celebration” From her website:
“I will just be getting back from my two week trip around the southern part of the United States for a project I am doing called Project Y-ine, a social [...]

The summer is leading into fall, but the dahlias are still blooming. Their tubers stay cool in their CocoTek planters. These plants grow outside, right next to our test greenhouse.

This summer our test greenhouse was visited by a class from University of California, at Davis. The students and their professor visited to learn about our newest technology. The group was very diverse, with students from around the globe. Their professor wanted to show them the heart of the hydroponics industry, and brought them to [...]

This article has some promising information from scientists working to unravel the mystery of the deaths of millions and millions of bees.

Koch Hydroponics is the only hydro store in Northern Indiana.  Don’t let the small storefront fool you, they have tons of hydro gear in stock and the owner, Mr. Koch, is very helpful and knowledgeable.

Mr. Koch started in hydroponics, during the 1970s, as a hobby. Information during that time was sporadic and often hard to [...]

FloraNectar is a supplement that helps regulate enzymes for optimum metabolism, even in times of stress.  FloraNectar also assures the most essences and aromas of your flowers and fruits.

FloraNectar FruitnFusion and PineappleRush contain all natural raw cane sugar, molasses, malt syrup, select plant based esters, L-amino acids, organic acids, polyflavonoids, vitamins and essential minerals.
Both versions [...]

Click to read a nice write up about AzaMax in the Detroit News.

On Friday afternoon, the entire staff of General Hydroponics had lunch with the team from R&L Racing. They brought their NASCAR race car right to GH the parking lot.

The car they brought has raced a ton, all over the entire country. It’s a really special vehicle, that hardly resembles the car I drive. It has [...]

Last week I blogged about some cucumbers in the greenhouse. I was asked by a few readers for more info. So I spoke with the greenhouse operator and got the details.
Each tray of cukes is getting the same base nutrient GH 3 Part, but a different type of biological supplement. The control just gets the [...]

General Hydroponics is entering new territories. Specifically, to Afghanistan, with the United States Marines. Click on the letter below to read the request we received from the US Marine Corp.

When we were contacted, the immediate response was to appreciate the sacrifice of the Armed Forces. Our second response was to call and work out the [...]

In the FarmLab test greenhouse some new expiriments have been set up. I’ve never seen a set up like this before.

The GH blog has linked to Fatalii before for growing in a Waterfarm (with a snake on top!), but Fatalii has the best guide on growing “Bonchi” or bonsai peppers.

(Picture taken from fatalii.net)
Bonsai peppers are essentially full-grown pepper plants cut down to fit in a miniature pot.  I plan on growing my own Bonchi with [...]

The simple beauty of baby plants.

There are many fruit trees at General Hydroponics, including lemons, apples, and figs. The figs are just beginning to get ripe and plump. I love the structure of the leaves and branches, and I love the fruit grilled in salads.

I have been having some salt buildup on my hydroton, so I was interested in what I could do to clean them out while the plants are still in the sytem.  Flora Kleen allows me to clean my systems without harming plants while in the middle of of an active growth cycle.

It is really simple [...]