Yep, we did it. HydroHarrys is now price matching your favorite indoor gardening supplies. Don’t be fooled by other hydroponics stores who claim to have the lowest prices; because even if they do, HydroHarrys will match their price AND give you an additional 5% off. Stop by one of our stores with proof of a lower priced product at a local hydro retail store, and we will match that price. The product we are price matching must be identical. Read the entire price match policy here on our website. We hope to see you soon!
HydroHarrys Will Price Match!
February 25th, 2011Lady Bug Beetles
November 30th, 2010Beneficial insects are a great way to control pest problems for indoor and outdoor gardens. In particular, Lady Bug beetles are one of the best to consider as they eat most soft body insects including mites, aphids, thrips, white flies and many others. One question that we are asked often is how to keep Lady Bug beetles that are released into a garden from flying directly into the lights.
Lady Bugs will fly away from plants for two main reasons, if either their food or water supply is depleted they will take wing. First, give Lady Bugs a water supply by misting your plants down with plain water. And second, a neat way to keep them from flying away, is to lightly mist the Lady Bugs with a water and soda mixture before you release them into your garden. We recommend a 3 to 1 ratio of water to soda. This mixture will make their wings sticky and unable to open all the way, preventing them from flying. After misting, place the Lady Bugs directly on the infected plants and they will have no choice but to take care of your pest problem.
Use these tricks with beneficial insects and you will be able to get rid of your pest problem quickly and naturally without the use of chemical pesticides. And remember, never use pesticides with beneficial insects; you don’t want to kill off the beneficials before they do their job!
New Fox Farm products are coming!
October 7th, 2010One of our favorite nutrient companies, Fox Farm, is releasing a trio of cool new products later this month. The Fox Farm brand has been one of our best selling and performing lines for over 10 years. The three new products will help to round out their existing line of products. The new line is called Bush Doctor and the products are called Kangaroots, Microbe Brew, and Sledgehammer.
Some of you older customers will remember Sledgehammer was on Fox Farm’s original feeding schedule. The way the story goes was that Fox Farm could not get it registered years ago so they just dropped it. Well now it is registered and ready to go. Basically, Sledgehammer is a nutrient rinsing solution to remove excess fertilizer build up. This is a great product when you add two tablespoons of fertilizer when the directions called for two teaspoons. It is also helpful at the end of your plant’s production when you want to draw out the stored up fertilizer in the plant or soil to get a cleaner taste to you finish product.
The Microbe Brew is specially formulated to help plants achieve optimum microbial habitats at the root zone, bla, bla, bla……. In a nut shell, by adding this to your nutrient feed schedule it will insure that your root system stays healthy, grows outward and insure good nutrient uptake for the plants. The roots are the starting block for a healthy plant. If your roots are strong and healthy then your plants will be strong and healthy. The activity that happens in your root zone area is just as important as what happens above the soil.
Lastly is the Kangaroots. This is a cool product that blasts your roots to encourage mass development. The more roots that you have and the larger that they are the more nutrients that the plant can take in thus resulting in bigger and stronger plants! We will have updated feeding schedules with these new products that can be used in conjunction with the original Fox Farm products. All of these new products will be available in Quart and Gallon sizes and can be used with soil or hydroponics. Remember, Fox Farm is a small, family-run business dedicated to producing the finest quality garden products available anywhere just like Harry’s!
