. INDOOR GARDENING: Hydrofarm Expands into 28,000 Square Feet Hydrofarm Expands into 28,000 Square FeetBy Loralee Stevens Business Journal Staff Reporter
July 26th, 2010 04:20am North Bay Business Journal<http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/23312/ hydrofarm-expands-into-28000-square-feet/>
A shorter URL for the above link: <http://tinyurl.com/34lnmnz> LED advances helping boost indoor garden equipment makerHydrofarm has leased 28,000 square feet in this warehouse at 3925 Cypress Drive.
PETALUMA Hydrofarm, which manufactures and distributes indoor gardening equipment, is again in expansion mode, growing its Petaluma space by 25 percent.
The company has leased 28,000 square feet in a warehouse at 3925 Cypress Drive.
Hydrofarm got its start in Marin County during the disastrous drought of 1977-78. Lawns and shrubs died, and a water-conserving hydroponics system developed by Marin resident Stuart Dvorin caught on among gardeners.
Soon, energy efficient grow lights were added and germination kits. Today Hydrofarm manufactures and distributes indoor gardening equipment for both professional growers and hobbyists.
The company moved its headquarters to a 67,691-square-foot space at the corner of Lakeville Highway and Pine View Way in 1994 with 65 employees. Since then it has gradually expanded into 150,000 square feet with a staff of more than 150 employees.
Hydrofarm supplies large commercial greenhouses in the southwest, Midwest and Eastern Seaboard. The company maintains six warehouses across the country.
Recently weve been supplying Fortune 500 companies like Dow and Monsanto with lighting for their research greenhouses, said Executive Vice President Peter Wardenburg.
LED lighting is being closely studied by food growing giants as well as the U.S. government, he said, for its ability to deliver light over large distances and also provide more control over the spectrum.
Plants respond to certain segments of the spectrum, notably red, which can cause a plant to blossom or to go into dormancy or otherwise change its behavior.
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