Organic gardening specialist and creator of Riverview Living Soils, first time GrowCast Guest Ricky joins the program! Ricky talks about how he got started in the cannabis industry, and what led him to create his own soil company. This leads to a conversation about home soil gardening and Ricky discusses some basic fundamentals that are a great starting point for home grown success. Ricky goes a layer deeper and also talks about some of pitfalls that home growers face, with an emphasis on...

Nik from Rooted Leaf Nutrients (CODE GROWCAST for 20% OFF) returns to the show for the nutrient deep dive series. This time we are moving away from fertilizer elements and taking a look at humic and fulvic acids. Nik picks up with his analogy about your plant acting as a pump- and he adds the carbon piece- meaning your plant is taking carbon from CO2 in the ambient air, but it's also sequestering carbon into the soil with the help of microbes in the forms of humic and fulvic acids. Nik talks...

*ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT for this Saturday's OKCalyxx Natural Farming Autumn Immersive! Grab your tickets now! Shawn from CBG Gurus is on the program for the very first time! He joins us to today to share his journey from academia to permaculture cannabis cultivation. Shawn talks about his background in ag science, and how his passion eventually shifted from cultivating type 1 flower to instead focusing on the benefits of ancillary cannabinoids. He discusses what it's like to grow boutique low...

TWO SPOTS LEFT for OKCalyxx Natural Farming Immersive - grab them before they're gone! www.growcastpodcast.com/classes A few packs of Cookie Truffle Shuffle fems up the site currently! www.growcastpodcast.com/growcast-seed-co OKMushfest this weekend, Oct 12 and 13 www.okmushfest.com KLM Pollination incoming shortly...  

Our friend Jacob from Oklahoma Fungi returns to the show! He has the big OK MushFest coming up on October 12th and 13th, where GrowCast will be appearing! Check it out at www.okmushfest.com and come see us. Jacob shares some of the work he's been involved in since we last spoke, including looking at the concept of using cannabis leaf waste as mushroom growing mediums. This leads to a conversation about natural farming and soil life in general, as well as how fungi play into the soil food web....

Jason and Seth from www.aroya.io and the Office Hours podcast are on the show for the very first time! High tech growers rejoice- the guys discuss how they got into the world of agricultural monitoring and eventually education and content creation. Seth and Jason share some of the issues that they work with large scale growers on, including dialing in their setup through comprehensive monitoring. This leads to a conversation about growing in coco coir, and how different substrate reactions...

Brandon Rust from Bokashi Earthworks is back! He's dropped by for an episode all about his pollination work, as well as some nutrient dynamics discussion. Brandon updates us on his two big projects; his Afghan Bullrider pollination, and the further work of his Blueberry TrainMac. He talks about the different keeper cuts he's found over the years of working these strains, and teases a clone drop from his library coming soon. Brandon also shares some of the work he's doing on some visual...

Clone Drop coming- Members first! Join up for the drop: www.growcastpodcast.com/membership  Labor Day Sales- www.acinfinity.com 10% off STACKS with code GROWCAST15 Natural Farming Immersive Class - Oct 19 www.growcastpodcast.com/classes  Toronto Meetup- Sept 15, @ CAFE, 66 Fort York Blvd, Toronto  GrowActive 10 Year Anniversary- Sept 21, St. Louis MO @ GrowActive Solutions Midwest Growers Symposium- Oct 5th, O'Fallon MO  OK Mushfest- Oct 12+13 @ Oklahoma City Fairgrounds

Apologies for the late upload as I've been traveling! Rhizo Rich is back on the podcast for an important episode updating us on all his amazing work. Rich gives us a rundown of the top strains he has in his current hunt including his plachata, double stuffed, cookie truffle shuffle and more. Of course he also gives us an update on his incredible key lime madness pheno, which is the current front runner for a possible reversal and feminized pollination drop. Rich also covers the current...

Our good friend Miles from WeedShouldTasteGood returns to the program for a long awaited second appearance! Miles gives us an update on all his amazing travels over the past year or so, and promotes an upcoming Build a Soil Days event at the BAS headquarters in November (which GC plans to attend). Miles shares his breeding philosophy with us, and talks about how his goals and values as a breeder have evolved over the years. He talks about his new Mesa 2.0 line and all the work he's done with...

Today's episode is audio from a Members Only QnA Stream we do for GrowCast Members every other weekend! We sit down for GCTV once a week, and a QnA every other week- to make SURE that GrowCast Members get ALL their grow questions answered, and get ALL the help they need! Today's QnA covers things like end of harvest flush, and determining when your plant is senescing versus when your plant is just hungry in late flower. We also talk to a home grower who is working with small pots and using...

PESTAPALOOZA ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND! Rockford Saturday - Frankfort Sunday - Use code GROWCAST for $20 off Dr. Coco returns to the show after a long hiatus- and boy does he have some great stories to tell! Coco catches us up on his recent travels, and his consult work with large scale commercial operations. He tells a story of a client who was dealing with sick plants, and the diagnosis rabbit hole leads down a variety of educational topics. First Dr. Coco discusses the importance of oxygen...

HASH GUIDE! our GrowCast Membership Resource on making your own top shelf rosin at home was created by GruntGrown and Lets Gro MI. Sign up for our FREE email list now at www.growcastpodcast.com/list and receive this amazing guide ABSOLUTELY FREE with Friday's email! Use code FLASH this week only at www.growcastpodcast.com/classes for PESTAPALOOZA! ILLINOIS! July 13 at Next Level Garden Supply Rockford and July 14 at Alsip Nursery Frankfort IL. $150 Goodie Bag and lunch included! Rare...

Matthew Gates is back on the line as we prepare for Pestapalooza Illinois coming July 13+14! (Use code GROWCAST)... Matthew joins us for an interesting episode where he is presented a series of True or False questions when it comes to pest and pest control. Matthew gives his take on using soap as an insecticide, aphids switching from one host to another, ladybugs, and more! The lady beetle conversation leads to a whole discussion about predatory insects, how they behave and feed, and how to...

Thank you for all your well wishes as I recover! GrowCast Podcast will now release on a bi-weekly basis for the foreseeable future- look forward to free episode every other Monday on all your usual platforms. In addition to the audio feed, we will soon also add a video element to virtually every episode. We may also take a look at doing releases of "GrowCast Classics" from the archives. If you want access to ALL the archives, plus HUNDREDS OF HOURS of never before seen Member Content...

Great friend of the show and upcoming instructor of the Autumn Natural Farming Immersive- OKCalyxx is back on the show! Today he is here to discuss all the happenings on regenerative plot of land, and share some great natural farming advice with us! OKC opens the show by opening up about the tremendous impact that plant medicines have had on his life and his mental health. This leads to a conversation about natural systems, and how engaging in them can bring you peace and health. Calyxx...

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Today we have a first time guest on the podcast side- Aaron of ATG Acres joins us for an episode about his journey from legacy to legal, organic commercial cannabis production, and more! Aaron tells his story of growing up cultivating and how he moved around and crafted his style in order to survive legalization as a craft farmer. This leads to a discussion about his living soil oriented grow style, and how Aaron views the end of the cannabis plant's life cycle in particular. Aaron shares his...

Be sure to follow @hygrozyme on Instagram and hit their newest post to enter the giveaway!! www.instagram.com/hygrozyme After a hit first episode, Doug and Leanne from Hygrozyme are BACK! Today Team Hygrozyme joins us for an entire episode about ROOT PATHOGENS. I cannot personally tell you how many times I've seen these pathogens misdiagnosed as a nutrient deficiency. Doug discusses his work in the lab where he starts by individually testing specific antagonistic compounds on living...

Continuing our IPM theme we revisit with the great Potent Ponics Steve! Steve gives an update on his travels and his work with Copyleft, which leads to a conversation about the new Phylos seed drop. Steve gives his thoughts on the history of cannabis genetic patents, and the new controversies we face today. The conversation turns back towards Steve's amazing journeys around the world, and he regales us with stories of the worst pest infestations he's ever seen. From aphid attacks that turn...

Pest expert and instructor of Pestapalooza Matthew Gates is back on the podcast! Today Matthew discusses how the health of your plant may or may not play into garden infestations, and how we often think about how pests take hold incorrectly. Matthew explains how simply interrupting the pests "economy," and reducing their efficiency, will be a huge step in saving your garden. This goes against the "pest decides to attack or not" mentality, and Matthew emphasizes the need for more data and...

GrowCast Seed Co Buy One Get One Deal ALL APRIL LONG! No promo code needed, won't show at check out, but we will BOGO your order automatically (limit two, dealer's choice)! Rhizo Rich is back on the program for another top 5 episode- this time we're focusing on things that you AREN'T doing in your garden, but probably should be. Whether you're still relying on your finger test or lift test instead of using a moisture meter, or you don't have any form of automated watering so you never ever...

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42% off ALL ROOTED LEAF NUTRIENTS STARTS NOW! USE CODE GROWCAST 420 for 42% off www.rootedleaf.com RIGHT NOW! ALSO- BOGO (limit two) ALL MONTH LONG AT GROWCAST SEED CO! No code required, just order and get an extra bogo, dealers choice, limit two! www.growcastpodcast.com/growcast-seed-co  Nik returns just before 4/20 with an episode for our nutrient deep dive series- this time focusing on the development of nutrient formulas themselves. Nik gives a good overview of the history of...