No matter what time of year, there is always some kind of amazing flower blooming here at General Hydroponics. And some flowers, like these dahlias seem to be perpetually producing massive flowers. These beauties are growing in CocoTek planters, and are fed the latest bloom formulas.

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I’ve been watching the hydrangea bloom behind the office here at GH. I love how the bright green buds open into pale pink blooms. The transformative power of plants blows my mind.

I swear, the hydro roses never seem to stop blooming. I love the dark red and the moon rising in the background of this shot.

This yellow rose with the tinge of pink smells like cinnamon. It’s totally spicy.

The white ones are unique because they open all the way up and show their yellow centers right [...]

Spring is officially here. At General Hydroponics headquarters that means rainbows and wildflowers.

This lovely yellow flower is a type of sorrel, commonly called Sour Grass. I can’t believe I got that shot of the bee in mid flight, with its little tongue sticking out!

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If you are getting seeds going, there’s no better tool for keeping young plants warm and cozy during late winter than a seedling heat mat. I use one under each tray of Rapid Rooters that I start, and I don’t think my baby plants would live [...]

The greenhouse right now is filled with flowers. Remember the fruit trees that are waiting for transplanting? Many of them are currently in full bloom. I took some really crazy closeup shots, and it just blows my mind how each flower is so different from the next, yet so the same.

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 [...]

Does it seem to you like we run the same tests on the same plants over and over and over again? It’s because we DO run tests all the time, and we repeat them, tweak them and repeat them again. Here is the current batch of cukes!

These lettuce plants are HUGE! They are placed in the systems with zinnias and are part of the biological tests that have been running. Each tray has a different biological agent, and the results of growth and yield are meticulously recorded. We are running the same products with the cucumbers that I’ve shared in the [...]

Remember the new setups we’ve been testing?
I took this shot on August 11:

They have exploded in the last month. Amazing.

This banana flower is so cool. Bananas are tropicals, obivously, and this one is thriving in the hot greenhouse.

Sedum is a succulent that creates amazing flowers. Succulents are easy to grow, just break a leaf or stem from one you like, and set it on some well draining sandy soil. It will throw roots down in no time!
Here is the blossom from a sedum in the GH Farm Lab.

There are some huge squash blossoms at GH right now. They are fed Flora Nova. The humble flower of the squash plant can be so beautiful. The green veins in the petals are so amazing. And, bonus, you can eat them! Yum. I like to fill mine with cheese, dip them in some beaten egg, [...]

I’ve been getting a ton of emails and comments about the General Organics, including this one, left on the blog last week:
Tigerlilly, what would you say the TDS would be in a fully fortified grow & a fully fortified bloom hydro-organic solution…. I saw that you (Tigerlilly) posted that you were using these new products…Do [...]

This was a volunteer sunflower that sprouted by a pile of dirt behind the office. It stands about 8 to 9 feet tall, and head of the flower is huge and filled with seeds.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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