Who doesn’t want bigger buds and better yields?  Bud Candy is a great product and awesome solution.  Advanced Nutrients Bud Candy (0-0-1) is a 100% organic flower booster that provides powerful plant energy when it’s needed most. Whether your plants are in bloom phase right now, or you’re preparing for bloom phase, this is the time to procure this product and look forward to better flavors, higher yields and stronger plants. Check out more at http://www.hydroponicsunlimited.com/product/ADVANCEDNUTRIENTS/ADVBUDCANDY.html.

We just added to our inventory the Green Pad CO2 Generator.  This is an awesome product for so many reasons, but the greatest benefit we have experienced is giving our customers the ability to try and test CO2 without the costs — and best of all see the amazing benefits CO2 has to offer their plants.

What we posted on The Green Pad site:

We are from Palmdale Hydroponics and we have been selling the pads now for about 6 months now and according to our customers they see tremendous differences in growth when adding the Green Pad to their grow area.

They have told us that their plants look healthier and are larger than ever.
We always say that CO2 is a must have, but it is a big expense and sometimes it is nice to try it out first. Before the Green Pad we could only sell CO2 tanks or even seltzer water as the alternative. Now, with the Green Pad we can have customers trial CO2 with small plants so they can see the difference before taking a big step with a CO2 tank. We have customers who have trialed with the Green Pad and now have upgraded to the tanks, but with out the Pad we do not know if they would have done it.

Check out more and give it a try at hydroponicsunlimited.com .

Some very useful information for all growers out there.  We at Hydroponics Unlimited put this together to help you determine proper plant conditions from beginning to end.

Download the jpg here…

We just added Emerald Triangle’s Snow Storm Ultra, check it out at http://www.hydroponicsunlimited.com/product/719942.html.

If you like Purple Maxx/Snow Storm, but color is not your primary goal, then Snow Storm Ultra is for you. We isolated the “snow storm” effect and optimized it for maximum results. Absolutely nothing else like it on the market. Does not contain carbohydrates or molasses. Three years of development went into this Humboldt County original. Best of all, this additive works with all your favorite nutrient lines. When used with Gravity, Snow Storm will take your plants beyond anything achievable with fertilizer alone.

We have it in 3 different sizes; 1 Qt – $28.50, 1 Gallon – $85.50, and 2.5 Gallon – $170.95

We’ve just added Organocide to our site.  A great product and definitely work a look. It comes in both a spray and a concentrate.  See below…

Organocide Organic Insecticide – Concentrate 1 Quart

A nature-safe, organic spray oil effective on a wide variety of insects, mites, armored and soft scales and certain fungal diseases. It is insecticidal to the eggs, larvae, and nymphs of insects and adults of soft bodied insects. Controls a wide range of mite and insect pests, and certain fungal diseases such as powdery mildew, black spot on roses, helminthesporium and greasy spot on citrus. Use on vegetables, fruits, nuts, vine crops, herbs, ornamentals, greenhouse crops, landscape plants, bulbs, flowers and field crops. Active Ingredient: sesame oil 5.0% / Inert Ingredients: edible fish oil 92.0% and Lecithin 3.0%. Dilution Rate: Mix 2 oz. with 1 gallon of water. Exempt from EPA registration.

A New Year is quickly upon us and another decade complete.  Lots happened over the last year, and for that mater the last decade.  It’s been coined the decade of the “bubble,” with booms and busts every few years.  But most importantly it has become the decade of mainstream recognition and focus on the environment, energy efficiency and climate change.  But what does this mean for hydroponics in the general sense.  Hydroponics is one of the most efficient ways of growing and curbing the effects of climate change on farming and also reducing human’s foot print on the environment.  I’m making a bold prediction here, but I look at hydroponics becoming the new age farming in the next decade and being adopted by major growers throughout the world.  Hydroponics just makes sense in a world of ever growing populations and less room for growing.  Hydroponics has brought growing up, instead of growing out to the forefront and allows for farmers to grow year round.  Obviously there are more costs associated with hydroponics, but you also get a far superior product–more bang for your buck.  It will take time as traditional farming has been ingrained in us for centuries, but as a necessity I believe that growing hydroponically will be the best solution to our current food epidemic.  Enough said about predictions.

2010 should be a great year for all.  We’ve learned a lot in the last decade and are now pulling out of what the media has coined “the greatest recession since the Great Depression.”  I wish you and yours a successful 2010 and may each of you reach your goals and aspirations!  Happy New Year!

Phresh Filters and Phresh Pre Filters just added to Hydroponics Unlimited.  All sizes, and as always discounted from the msrp price.  Presh Filters are the best around and there are sizes to fit all needs and keep you growing:

1) Aluminum tops and bases for reduced weight. Half the weight of competitive filters.
2) 6mm (1.8″) RC-48 activated, certified virgin carbon bed.
3) Machine packed carbon means more carbon and less movement.
4) Cone shaped internal base for optimum air flow.
5) Sealed, bagged, boxed and labeled directly after being manufactured for optimum life span, handling and presentation.
6) 51% open air custom mesh.
7) Unique Anti Air Bypass System.
Large selection of sizes available to fit any application.
9) Flange & prefilter included.
Get ‘em now at hydroponicsunlimited.com

One of the major benefits of hydroponics is that you can grow anywhere and anytime of the year. I recently stumbled across a project called Window Farms from www.windowfarms.org.  Basically the concept behind them is that you can grow indoors in any space, but specifically in spaces without a lot of room.  See below:

“Researchers have argued that to grow some of his own food is the most effective action an individual can take for environment, not only because of the food industry’s heavy carbon footprint but also because participating in agricultural production cultivates a valuable skill set around sustainability issues.

Many neighborhoods (particularly low income ones) in cities aroun the world are considered food deserts, meaning little fresh food is easily accessible. Residents tend to consume processed, packaged, and canned food having depleated nutrients.

Few other projects provide opportunities for such direct personal involvement, make this productive use of existing construction, or so directly target urban dwellers estranged from agricultural issues.

Inner city dwellers can grow their own food in their apartment or office windows throughout the year by means of these elegant, inexpensive, vertical, hydroponic vegetable gardens made from recycled materials or items available at the local hardware store. The first system produced 25 plants and a salad a week in mid winter in a dimly lit 4’ x 6’ NYC window.”

If you go to www.windowfarms.org you can download instructions for creating a kit.  It’s just a great thing to see hydroponics growing to all areas and new ideas for growing spreading.

The holidays are quickly upon us and then the end of the year.  The holiday season always sneaks up on us and comes with a wrath of emotions and expressions.  Then it’s on to New Years resolutions and what we’ll do next year that we should’ve done this year.  The same cycle happens every year, but this years a bit different.  We’ve hit a down turn in the economy — it’s affected everybody.  We’ve also brought the idea of health care and how it should be handled to the forefront.  No matter which side of the aisle you sit, it is very obvious that changes need to be made in policy towards health care… or do they? 

 I was reading today an article in Urban Garden Magazine entitled “Food for Thought” and it brought up some interesting points, but also pointed the health problems in America–obesity, cancer, and so forth right back at us, the consumer.  “Nutrition as it is today, does not supply the strength necessary for manifesting the spirit in the physical life. A bridge can no longer be built from thinking to will and action.  Food plants can no longer contain the forces people need for this.” (Steiner, The Agriculture Course)  Food has become about quantity over quality.  “Take, for example, the tomato.  If we could only compare a tomato today versus a tomato 100 years ago on a scale of nutrient density, we would see a dramatic difference in the two pieces of fruit; the 100 year old fruit being much more healthy and nutrient dense.” (Urban Garden Magazine) Now there’s no way to test such a statement, but what it brought to my attention was the need to pay more attention to what we are fueling our bodies with. 

Science has advanced and has let us grow the most perfect fruits and vegetables year around no matter the climate, but we are still fueling our bodies with junk food. Now it’s nearly impossible for a busy household to grow and maintain enough food for them to live without buying outside resources, but if everyone took a deeper look at how they could fit producing fresh fruit and vegetables into their daily life we may solve health care.  I have no hard evidence or scientific studies, well not on hand at least, but as always said, to eat healthy avoid the black hole in the middle of supermarkets–shop the outside.  Better yet, why not grow the outside yourself.  Hydroponics has allowed for the rapid growth of food year round and with less space.  So how does this bring us back to the holidays and the new year?  Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate how we get our food and what we fuel our bodies with.  I’m not saying cut off from society and start a community farm, but every bit helps and with technology and innovation it’s easier and more available than ever before. 

If you haven’t hear of hydroponics, check it out.  Google it and read about it.  Beyond being more sustainable, the hydroponics practice is often more energy efficient and more environmentally aware.  There are a ton of great resources out there.  So when you’re thinking about the holidays this year, take a look at hydroponics, it’s something everyone can get behind and can bring communities together.

At Hydroponics Unlimited we have some very cool promotions going on right now;

15% Off Gravity

15% Off Purple Maxx

15% Off Botanicare Power Clone

15% Off Floraliscious Grow

Beyond that we have great prices for all your hydroponics needs and an extensive range of products to help you grow successfully.