I am stoked to share this video from the MAKE YouTube Channel! Becky Stern set up a RainForest 318 on her rooftop in Brooklyn, NY. The video explains step-by-step how she set up her GH system, potted up her plants, and maintains a thriving garden. Plus there’s a post with more details over on her [...]

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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 [...]

In our time of emerging technology in Hydroponics, it is easy to get overwhelmed.   I talk to a lot of people that are constantly searching for “IT”.  Call this a friendly reminder to not get caught up in all the hype.  All you really need is a plant, and an ability to care.

This is a [...]

By the people who brought you the Ant Farm, the Hydro Greenhouse 2! It’s like an aeroflow, but for kids! Anyone out there given this a try? I’d love to know what you thought!

Everest just sent me a link to this UrbanGardenMagazine.com post about Rapid Rooters. It’s a nice testament to how simple and successful our plugs and trays are.
GH’s Rapid Rooter medium plugs are “a unique matrix of composted organic materials bonded together with plant-derived polymers.” They’re infused with GH’s magic micro nutrient recipe. The plugs come [...]

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 [...]

The first plant is in! Tomorrow I’ll share the fully planted setup with tips for success from Jessica. And be sure to check out Urban Garden Magazine for great grow projects!

This is an awe inspiring setup. I can’t imagine what it will look like all potted up!! 
UPDATE: This deck belongs to the one and only publisher of Urban Garden Magazine, Everest Fernandez! And Jessica Lilga helped him get it set up. The deck is on Gabriola Island, in Canada.

Sent from Jessica Lilga’s Blackberry.

On Earth Day, people around the globe celebrate a sustainable future and forward thinking progress. The goal is to find ways to make less of an impact on the planet, and I think that hydroponics is an essential tool for these means. Hydroponics is the most ecologically efficient way to grow crops. Hands down. Growing plants in soil-less [...]

When you purchase a complete hydro system from GH, it comes with a chosen media. We include expanded clay pebbles. They are marble sized balls of clay, and they are a really unique growing media. Growers love them because they have a good balance between air and moisture, they are sustainable, and easy to use. [...]

Usually on Wednesdays I write about a General Hydroponics product and what it does. We call it “What Does It Do Wednesday.” But today, there’s a twist. We want you to tell us what our feed chart does for you. 

Our goals are innovation, quality, simplicity, and sustainability. Besides producing the best plant foods, we also [...]

Here’s a shot of the cotyledons that sprouted up from seeds that were placed in the Rapid Rooter plugs. The two trays will test new formulas side by side. 

At General Hydroponics, we like to say that we bring nature and technology together. FloraNova is a perfect example of how we achieve that by engineering advanced nutrient systems. GH created the standard over thirty years ago when it introduced the now famous FloraSeries three-part. FloraSeries quickly came to be known as easy to use, [...]

I checked on my cuttings today and was pleased to see that they look incredibly vital. The roots look great compared to last week. They are much more sturdy looking, and some of them are covered in root hairs. Root hairs are single cells that are very long and can be seen with the naked eye. [...]

Starting next week the GenHydro Blog will be featuring a different hydro store every Friday. I’ll write up a sweet question and answer with the store and post some photos. But to get it really going, we need to know about your favorite hydro stores! Tell us who to put the spotlight on. Leave a [...]

I’ve been checking in every so often on the tray of Coleus cuttings I took on the 22nd of October. I hadn’t peeked since the weekend, and I was thrilled to see roots this morning.

They are so white and pure looking, not a blemish. The photo above is what they look like poking out of [...]

It’s Halloween, and that means that Jesse’s Giant Pumpkin Contest has come to an end. We only had one entry, but the good news is that in the first month of our blog, readership has steadily risen! I really want to thank Jeff from Maverick Sun for entering his tomato. Maverick Sun is a lighting [...]

I recently purchased some hearty coleus plants for my yard. I love them and they are well suited for my part shade garden. So I decided that I should propagate them. Coleus are notoriously fast to “strike”(ex: form roots), so they should be ready to go into the ground before it gets too much colder here [...]

My name is TigerLilly, and I am so excited to bring you into the action here at GH. There are grand plans for this new site, including: tours of the factory, special how-to projects, in-depth looks at new and favorite products, and glimpses into the minds of the creative geniuses working here.
This blog is our [...]