This video of flowers glowing in the dark after drinking highlighter ink is really trippy. It proves what hydroponic growers have always known to be true- that plants are super sensitive to everything they are exposed to.

I love The Cheap Vegetable Gardener! He seriously goes the distance with his product reviews! Take this waterproof powerstrip by Wet Circuits, for instance- CVG documented his test for everyone to see. And, good news, it works! This is a brilliant tool for any indoor grower. Not that I needed one more thing to add [...]

Today on Huffington Post, “Hydroponics” is included in a list of the 30 Most Underrated Innovations of 2010. Here at GH, we have actually been bringing innovation to hydroponics for 3 decades, but I am glad to see that hydro is gaining more mainstream recognition. It’s an amazing tool for providing fresh crops, no matter [...]

All kale, all the time. It’s the kaleblog, a distant cousin to the famous lolcat. I don’t get it, but I like it.

I am very proud to announce the new General Hydroponics Europe Blog. Frederic and Noucetta have put together their own blog, that will cover information unique to the European market. It is a great place to gain insight on their products, and learn about their distinct identity in the international hydroponics industry. They also provide [...]

Instructable user Tim Anderson created a wicking system for growing fruit trees in containers. It’s portable, and clever!

I know that urban gardening is a massive trend. And that LED grown plants are a massive trend. But, comon! We all know that if you want plants to grow you can’t use GREEN lights!

This street installation is clearly some sort of artistic message about vertical gardens, urban landscape, and some other very esoteric [...]

CVG is having a seed swap! Get in on that people!
These are seeds I saved from my garden last year… Gonna go outside right now and sow them in the ground!

The folks at UC Davis are at it again. A research team has just identified a signaling molecule which alerts rice plants to the presence of destructive bacteria. There has been a lot of interesting research about “communication” between plants and microorganisms lately. It seems that the cliches about the forest “talking” are totally true. [...]

For more than 30 years, General Hydroponics has been bringing nature and technology together. And now we are bringing technology to your feeding schedule. Our team has developed a new application for the iPhone: an interactive feeding chart. We are the first in the industry to bring a feed chart to the iPhone and iPod [...]

Here’s a neat flash site that I found on the web designed to teach the basics of hydroponics. This is perfect for the lay-person looking for some simple explanations. Click here to check out HydroSchool.

I thought today I would share a video from the archives at Maximum Yield. It’s an interview with the founder of General Hydroponics, Lawrence Brooke, conducted at an industry trade show.

There are several fantastic industry magazines that I regularly read. One of these is Growing Edge. Their website has a question and answer section, grower’s gardening journals, and a store where you can purchase back issues and even compilations of the best articles from over the years. Gain more knowledge by reading from the excellent articles they have published [...]

Yesterday’s post on FloraBlend pushed my research towards composting, and then towards worms. I think it’s a very interesting concept, I would love to reduce my waste that way. I want to share some interesting worm links on the web:
City Farmer’s Step By Step
Cornell University Basics
Wikipedia
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm
Flickr Vermicomposting Pool
Oh, and the photo above [...]

Today I thought I would keep it simple and just post links to some websites that I think are worth checking out:
ethicurean
red-icculus
mightyhydro
greencoast