I recently had the opportunity to talk about food with a food and lifestyle editor here in Honolulu, and when I asked about local agriculture as it relates to fine dining, I was very surprised with what I learned. Hawaii has to import 80% of its food, and reportedly only has enough food to last [...]

Adam, our head of sales, visits stores constantly. He recently visited Green Earth Garden Supplies in Surrey, British Colombia, and got some great information about their shop for our blog. I love how even though I’ve never been there, I can tell I would love the store by the massive ammounts of thriving and beautiful [...]

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 [...]

General Hydroponics is entering new territories. Specifically, to Afghanistan, with the United States Marines. Click on the letter below to read the request we received from the US Marine Corp.

When we were contacted, the immediate response was to appreciate the sacrifice of the Armed Forces. Our second response was to call and work out the [...]

Getting information out to our customers is one of our major goals at GH. The creation of the blog has worked to meet that goal, and now we are happy to announce our newsletter. Volume One just came back from the printer. It is a thoughtful combination of articles and product information. And you can [...]

One of the main reasons General Hydroponics wanted to start a blog was to foster a community of growers who share and learn online. Flickr is a really cool photo sharing website, and its simple format allows users to create tutorials and give step by step instructions. (It’s also a great place for hosting photos [...]

Check out one of the ways that Gen Hydro has been connecting with children, educators, non-profits and local charities. Our sales rep Jessica Lilga really went above and beyond helping to orchestrate this amazing project. She also took the really great photos below!

San Francisco is teeming with eco activists, and General Hydroponics has joined with some of the [...]

When you pull into the parking lot at the General Hydroponics manufacturing facility in Sebastopol, CA, the first thing you notice are the roses. They are set up in bato buckets as a sort of European growing style,  like the EuroGrower. The roses are planted in Hydroton and fed all sorts of interesting new fertilizers. [...]