FloraMicro is, of course, the foundation of the Flora Series 3-Part Building-Block Nutrient System. It is part of the backbone of any hydroponic setup. It’s made from premium grade minerals and provides Nitrogen, Potassium, Calcium and Micronutrients. 
However, because not everyone can start out with soft and/or purified water, our expert team developed FloraMicro Hardwater, which [...]

Happy Halloween everybody! I love Halloween for the costumes and candy but also for the pumpkins! People do some really incredible things with this versatile vegetable. They grow them to enormous, monstrous sizes, using all kinds of crazy methods including milk diets, heavy pruning and intense fertilization. People enter them in contests to try to [...]

 
We’ve been talking lately about our new root-enhancing product, RapidStart®. RapidStart® delivers a powerful blend of natural plant extracts, amino acids, and nutrients to generate prolific root growth. It stimulates abundant root branching and development of fine root hairs that enhance nutrient uptake. We’ve seen what it can do for bell peppers and lettuce. Now, [...]

Coco fiber is a truly great growing medium, effective, and environmentally friendly. It can be used on its own or mixed with clay pellets, perlite or topsoil to grow amazing plants! It’s nicer to the earth than sphagnum moss and has better water and oxygen retention than most other media. Coco coir works well for [...]

We love to see our products in action! Many stores across the country use GH nutrients and systems to show customers exactly how and why they work. Zach, at Grace’s Hydro-Organic Garden Center in Tampa Florida, has been experimenting with RapidStart® that Randall (his GH rep) gave him on his last store visit. 
Zach tried RapidStart® [...]

Our scientists at General Hydroponics headquarters have formulated yet another wonderful new nutrient product to maximize and enhance hydroponic gardening! In the never-ending quest to improve flavor and yield, they have developed this latest innovation. We are proud to announce the hottest new member of the FloraNectar™ family: FloraNectar™ Grape Expectations!

                                                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FloraNectar™ Grape Expectations helps [...]

We are very excited to announce the release of our brand-new product catalog! This is the most all-inclusive catalog we’ve ever produced!
It provides the most current information on our nutrients, supplements and even all of our systems. It’s great to flip through and see our entire line of products in one place. This easy reference [...]

                                     
At General Hydroponics headquarters in Sebastopol, CA, we are always working to provide growers with value driven solutions to enhance flavor and yield as well as vitamin and mineral content for the healthiest food crops. We are constantly testing, experimenting and growing to create the perfect nutrients for hydroponic growers everywhere.
It is from this [...]

Jared, over at Inventgeek.com, has been working on a cool DIY hydro system that we wanted to share with you all. Generally speaking, we recommend using a pre-made system for the best results and highest yield. However, if you want to start out small or want to experiment with something new, you could take Jared’s [...]

Randall Shapiro, GH’s east coast rep, has been growing some mean bell peppers this year and wanted to share his photos with you! Despite a crazy hot summer and some heat waves that destroyed many soil crops, Randall’s peppers survived and are thriving!

 
He’s growing both green and red bell peppers in a WaterFarm® and a [...]

Sometimes, we get some great blog comments that really warrant sharing with our readers. Last week, Mullins Farm left a comment on the algae bloom blog that I thought raised a really interesting question. It addressed a common concern with hydroponic gardening and its environmental footprint. I posed it to Pennywize and I thought his [...]

Get a sneak peek into the General Hydroponics factory, where we develop, test and manufacture all our products ourselves. Lawrence Brooke, founder of GH, will walk you through the process and talk more about the history and benefits of our patented techniques. Enjoy the video!

Written by GH’s South Western Sales Rep, Nels Hansen:
After the sun began to set on this record-breaking hot day, I figured it was the perfect time to start teaching my boy about the growing and feeding of plants. What better way than to introduce him to General Organics™?
Living in a city with nothing more than [...]

 
We are so lucky to work with so many great hydro stores around the country! We love to feature them in the blog once in a while. We’ve just been talking with Michael Taylor over at Horizen Hydroponics in Grand Rapids, MI. He has been using the GO line in his home garden and having [...]

We see evidence of the harmful effects of soil farming all too frequently these days. Erosion and topsoil depletion are a big concern. Fresh water resources have become increasingly limited. Contaminated groundwater from fertilizer runoff and animal waste have had huge effects on fish populations, not to mention contamination of other crops (remember the E. [...]