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Using Hydrogen Peroxide in your Hydro Garden
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...
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General Organics and GO Giants!
I’ve been pretty obsessed with watching the San Francisco Giants this year. Lincecum is a total freak, and watching Wilson pitch is beyond suspenseful. The word torture describes things perfectly....
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How To Use Azamax
I’ve got a Japanese Maple outside my bedroom window. This time of year the leaves are usually changing from lush, bright green to dark, fall reds. But I noticed yesterday that the leaves were more...
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Got Bees?
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...
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VGANIC!
VGANIC is the latest addition to General Hydroponics’ portfolio of trademarks. It’s our unique way of letting every consumer know which of our products are made without any animal ingredients. We are...
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My good friend Mark sent me this excellent video of his aunt Gail brewing up a nice batch of compost tea. Instead of keeping a giant pile of rotting compost, she uses our Ancient Forest and...
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Come visit GH at the Max Yield Indoor Gardening Expo
July 16-17, 2011 Fort Mason Center San Francisco, California Next weekend is the 8th Annual Maximum Yield San Francisco Indoor Garden Expo at the Fort Mason Center and we will be there! Will you? There...
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Father and son: passing the torch
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...
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Supporting our Growing Community: Edible Schoolyard
Edible Schoolyard is a wonderful project that first began in our neighborhood (in Berkeley, CA) teaching kids how to grow their own food. It has since grown enormously and many school gardens (and...
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New Urban Farmers succeed with help from General Hydroponics!
We love to be involved in the gardening community, both hydroponic and soil-based. There are so many amazing programs going on all over the country to teach adults and children how to grow their own...
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Happy Halloween from General Hydroponics! Check out these pumpkins!
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,...
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GO goes to the Classroom
In our continuing effort to support educating children about growing their own food, GH donated materials to Chase Avenue Elementary in El Cajon, CA. As we all know, kids love to be outside and play in...
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Bioponics Illuminated
We here at GH receive lots of questions regarding the use of organic nutrients in a hydroponic setting. Bioponics is just that, a marriage of organic cultivation with hydroponic cultivation. To visit...
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Rocky Mountain Hydroponics & Organics @ EarthFest Boulder
Recently, Zac and the knowledgeable staff over at Rocky Mountain Hydroponics and Organics in Golden, CO sponsored the Boulder Earth Day Festival. The festival sounded like a fantastic success, with a...
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Predatory Nematodes and Fishing Licenses
Sebastopol Hardware is currently selling predatory nemotodes AND fishing licenses.
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