By now, if you have not heard of the multinational agricultural biotech company Monsanto, you have either been living in a cell at Gitmo or have been in a coma since the late 1980′s. It is one of the largest corporations based in the United States with over 21,400 employees worldwide. Monsanto came from humble [...]

The Marin Agricultural Land Trust is a member supported non-profit organization of farmers, ranchers & environmentalists that work to permanently preserve farmland for agricultural use in Marin County. Since 1980 MALT has protected more than 44,000 acres on 68 family farms.
Across the country many other similar organizations such as the Sonoma County Agricultural Preserve are [...]

The view surrounding GH Sebastopol changes month by month as the once prominent apple orchards yield to the ever expanding vines of progress. Western Sonoma was once renowned for its Gravenstein apples. Today when people think of Sonoma County I am confident that the first thing that tickles the brain is the melody of flavorful [...]

A gentleman in Michigan provided us with these epic root photos for our RapidStart Roots Contest, and evidently this plant isn’t even his most epic:

This root system is from a clone clipped on October 16th, 2011. It measures over 37” when extended. Here they are looped to support the RapidStart. I wish the [...]

Got yourself epic roots?

Have you been using RapidStart?

Have we got a contest for you! Send us a photo of your epic roots and the RapidStart you’ve been using for a chance to win a Grand Prize package of a 1 Liter bottle of RapidStart and a brand new GH hoodie. 2nd Place will receive a [...]

In our continuing effort to support educating children about growing their own food, GH donated materials to Chase Avenue Elementary in El Cajon, CA.
As we all know, kids love to be outside and play in the dirt. They also glean valuable insight into the importance of caring for living things and cultivating healthy food. GH [...]

We just got a brand-new Facebook page! Join us over there to keep up on all the latest hydroponic info. We’ll be posting about events, trade shows and all the latest GH videos and products. We also like to share cool articles and news stories about hydroponics. Connect with us and share your experiences, photos [...]

Have you seen our new YouTube videos? Here at GH, we are working to develop new and interesting videos to help you succeed in hydroponic growing and to show you exactly how to use our products to their fullest potential. Our videos range from beginner skills to more advanced techniques. We’ll be making videos about [...]

Happy Halloween everybody! I love Halloween for the costumes and candy but also for the pumpkins! People do some really incredible things with this versatile vegetable. They grow them to enormous, monstrous sizes, using all kinds of crazy methods including milk diets, heavy pruning and intense fertilization. People enter them in contests to try to [...]

We love to be involved in the gardening community, both hydroponic and soil-based. There are so many amazing programs going on all over the country to teach adults and children how to grow their own veggies, fruit and ornamentals. It’s so great to see people sharing the knowledge. New Urban Farmers, in Pawtucket, RI does [...]

Our friends in Michigan, Northern Lights Hydroponic and Garden Supply, had an awesome booth at the Arts, Beats and Eats festival this year! They were showing off all kinds of awesome plants and were giving away some choice GH and GO samples. Check out those fabulous GH banners on their booth!
 

 
Northern Lights is located in [...]

Edible Schoolyard is a wonderful project that first began in our neighborhood (in Berkeley, CA) teaching kids how to grow their own food. It has since grown enormously and many school gardens (and garden-based curriculum) can be found all over the country! Kids are learning to garden at a younger age; they are learning what [...]

The retail stores that carry General Hydroponics products are really the backbone of our community. They provide a way for us to get all our amazing products to you, the gardeners! They offer education, instruction and even the occasional party! We are grateful for the continued support of all our retail locations.
Today, we want to [...]

October 22-23, 2011
Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, California

General Hydroponics will be exhibiting at the 2nd Annual Maximum Yield Long Beach Indoor Gardening Expo on October 22nd and 23rd. They’ve got exhibitors from all around the world to showcase the latest indoor gardening innovations and products!
We’ll be there with several booths filled with all your [...]

We love to see success stories from hydroponic growers and stores. It makes all our hard work worth the effort. Recently, we got some great photos of a lettuce-growing project in North Carolina. Fifth Season Gardening Co. Raleigh is growing some amazing lettuce under LED lights, using GH FloraDuo® nutrients and GO DiamondBlack™ Liquid humic [...]