Check out the General Organics T-Shirt in this video review of the new Quantum Infinite Breeze Fan. Oh, and the fan looks pretty good too! I found the link on Growshop.com!

Hydrogen peroxide is my favorite tool for sterilizing my ebb and flow trays. I’ve also heard that it can be used to add oxygen to over watered roots. But I didn’t know that I was using the wrong kind of peroxide! This article from Jason’s Indoor Guide to Organic and Hydroponics Gardening is filled with [...]

General Hydroponics is proud to congratulate Natural Heroes on their 2010 Emmy Award wins! Five seasons ago GH was the founding sponsor and executive producer of a little PBS show about regular people becoming heroes to the environment. We now can say that that little show is a very big deal, with a total of [...]

Red has a great post up about his composting setup. His Bokashi can even compost meat!

The biggest event is growing is happening this weekend in San Francisco. The Maximum Yield Indoor Gardening Expo will be returning to the Fort Mason Center in SF. It really is the best show in the world. The expo space is packed with manufactures, distributors, stores, inventors and more. The giveaways are out of control, [...]

Randall was in NYC recently and visted Bronx Hydro and Garden. They offer free classes for growers on Saturdays for their customers who are interested in learning more about everything from systems and feeding to cloning and lighting. Randall had the opportunity to meet some amazing people during his talk on the Basics of Hydroponics.

Randall [...]

GH sent a great team to Maker Faire Bay area, headed by Luke Silverman. Karlo, our engineering assistant, also came and he took the shots I’m posting today.

They spent the weekend at our booth, which was filled with lush plants and examples of hydro systems. But my favorite part was the cush leather sofa with [...]

I have a fond place in my heart for the infamous red berry.  Planted on April 1st,  these Sequoia strawberries are supposed to be June-bearing.  With our timing we weren’t sure if we’d get berries or not, however we have gotten quite lucky and they have returned from their dormancy with a beautiful 1st round [...]

Maker Faire is an event unlike any other. It is a weekend long exhibition with 90,000 visitors that is at its core, a spectacle of scientists, DIY enthusiasts, crafters and artists. They come together to share their inventions and celebrate their unique alternative culture. This year General Hydroponics is a sponsor of the Maker Faire [...]

This is a nice little piece with easy steps to keep greens lasting longer. I know that when we are overflowing with chard from the garden or CSA box, I often have more than I can eat in one meal. I like the idea of wrapping damp greens in pillowcases because I hate buying and [...]

An intrepid groups of students at a middle school in New York have been growing hydroponic and aquaponic plants and documenting it online. These kids are doing an amazing job running very diverse and interesting systems, and have been successful enough to sell their surplus lettuce! They have a bonsai wheel, and a GH EcoGrower. [...]

Our manufacturing team is bringing more positive change to the product line. SubCulture-M, our mycological inoculant and SubCulture-B, our bacterial inoculant for hydroponics, are now in pouches!
The volume of these new containers will also be streamlined. In the past, these products were available in two different sizes, 150 grams and 300 grams. GH has merged [...]

General Hydroponics is based on firmly held ecological ideals that we actively uphold. Our business practices have always reflected a desire to preserve the earth’s natural resources. We make our choices not just on Earth Day, but on every single day of the year.
Ingredients are sourced with integrity and with the utmost regard for [...]

We’ve been having Spring fever at GH these days. For me, that translates into starting and maintaining as many plants as I can get my hands on. The Aerogarden is a familiar face around the GH Blog, so I wanted to bring it back to life with some of our products! I [...]

The team behind Urban Garden Magazine has been working hard to create a new hydro event called Grow 2010. They just wrapped up their show in Manchester, UK, and sent the video above as a nice overview. If you don’t live in the UK, no worries. They will be hosting a second event in the [...]

In March, General Hydroponics sent our people to two unique hydroponic shows, Adam and Chill from the sales team went to Grow2010 in Manchester UK, and our business consultant Luc Charnay traveled to Mexico for the 7th International Course and Congress on Hydroponics. Luc is back and he has shared a few photos from his [...]

General Hydroponics is based in the heart of the Sonoma County wine county. It’s surrounded by endless rows of vineyards whose wine is an extremely valuable crop in California. In Napa County, our neighbor to the east, a quarantine has been put into place to stop the spread of the European grapevine moth.
The European [...]

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of traveling over to the University of California Davis, with some others from the GH Family.  It was a great chance to get back to the college scene that I miss so dearly!
The afternoon began with an introductory lecture about hydroponics given by Dr. Heiner Leith, one [...]

The dates have been announced for the 2010 Indoor Gardening Expos. Start making plans now to visit us in Montreal- June 5th and 6th and San Francisco- July 24th and 25th. These industry trade show events are the best place to learn about new products and recent innovations. And after hours, they are some of [...]

Right now we have a crop of dark, leafy green kale going nuts in the greenhouse. It’s a power veggie, packed with vitamins and minerals. Most people know that it’s super nutritious, but did you know that vegetables grown with General Hydroponics nutrients actually have more nutrition than most soil grown crops? This is due [...]