We love to see success stories from hydroponic growers and stores. It makes all our hard work worth the effort. Recently, we got some great photos of a lettuce-growing project in North Carolina. Fifth Season Gardening Co. Raleigh is growing some amazing lettuce under LED lights, using GH FloraDuo® nutrients and GO DiamondBlack™ Liquid humic [...]

When we grow fruits and vegetables outdoors, the bees, butterflies and wind naturally pollinate our crops. However, when we grow food indoors, our helpful friends are no longer around to do their job. So, we must be the pollinators.
We eat all sorts of plant parts so not every vegetable needs pollinating. Leaf and root crops [...]

We love to share success stories from our customers and other fans of hydroponic growing. Stephen, at Garden Connections in Columbus Ohio, is having great success with a wide variety of vegetables, using our General Organics line. Stephen tells us that the GO products work really well for his flourishing lettuces and booming tomato plants [...]

The tiny honeybee can often be overlooked as an essential part of gardening. This was highlighted to me recently when my friend was discussing the giant avocado tree that has grown in her neighbor’s yard for decades. It never produced even one avocado until another neighbor on their block started keeping bees. The humble bees [...]

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 [...]

Ginger is one of my favorite things to eat. The flavor of its knobby root is like none other. It truly transforms any dish with its vivid taste. And the health and healing properties it imparts are also one of a kind.

Here is some insight on the chemistry of ginger from Wikipedia:
The characteristic odor and [...]

P.S.1 is a really cool modern art museum in New York City. Named after the original purpose of its building Public School No. One, the museum is an extention of the MoMa. Their exhibits are edgy and very unique. And their current show Public Farm One is no exception. The exhibit is based on an [...]

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. [...]

Wow, this morning it was so cloudy and overcast here in NorCal. Fall is here. But outside our greenhouse, you would never know. Here is a Good to Grow Ebb and Flow Tray in our FarmLab. It’s filled with stunning flowers, in full bloom with more to come!

These trays are packed with Zinnias, Marigolds and [...]