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.

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.

Tests are very important, because, as the photo illustrates, sometimes one method is clearly better. I love seeing projects in the FarmLab that have significant differences. This is a great example.
UPDATE: One of my favorite readers wrote in to let me know that the plants seem to be getting different light! I wanted to let [...]

Peppers were finally harvested from the big greenhouse. I am excited to taste the different varieties tonight with dinner. Fajitas anyone?

Anyone know what flower this is? If you do, let me know in the comments…

These flowers look so great in their WaterFarms. This was shot in the small test greenhouse.

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

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 [...]

Ooooh, plump, round, juicy tomatoes are so hot!!!

These guys have produced tiny crystal hairs all over! Tiny epidermal hairs like that  are called trichomes.