Dr. Colin Bell - formerly of Mammoth Microbes and currently working with the incredible Miim Horticulture - returns to the show! Today we are doing a microbial deep dive in an attempt to understand what is essentially a massive iceberg of microbe knowledge. We only know a brief portion of how powerful and influential micro organisms are, but every year we are understanding more and more about how bacteria, fungi, and other tiny beings shape the world around us. Colin gives us a great breakdown o...
Mar 03, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Pest expert Matthew Gates is back, and this time you're in for a doozy! The boys start the show by discussing a recent infestation in Jordan's garden, of a pest that is seemingly less common in indoor spaces: leaf miner type insect pests. Often confused with thrips damage, these particular pests need to be approached with a totally different strategy, and Jordan shares his non scientific trial of spraying down his plants with an abundant solution of living nematodes. The conversation turns to po...
Feb 17, 2025•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast 🚨 Key Lime Madness DROPS TODAY at 4:20pm Central! www.growcast.com/seeds grab your packs or a box set before they're gone for good! Introduction 0:00 Hygrozyme's Recent Developments 3:31 Enzymes 11:24 Citric Acid and Enzyme Stability 19:16 Cinnamaldehyde and Cinnamon Oil 33:10 Hyclean and Line Cleaning 39:48 Future Product Tease? 44:54 Final Thoughts 46:18 Leanne and Doug from Hygrozyme return to the show again for an incredible episode all about enzymes, ipm, and more. Leanne gives us an updat...
Feb 03, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Check out the new GrowCast Live Show every other Monday at www.youtube.com/growcast go subscribe so you don't miss a show! NEW FEM SEED DROP SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY! Stay tuned, 4:20pm CST the drop goes live at www.growcast.com/seeds - this is going to be the best drop yet so don't miss it... Grand Pheno Hunt starts on 2/15 where GrowCast Members hunt strains for PRIZES. One lucky hunter will win $1k and the title of Grand Champion... More info at www.growcast.com/hunt Join Membership for less than...
Jan 30, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast OKCalyxx returns to the show for a winter update about everything he is doing to prepare for the big thaw! Calyxx shares the story of how he's kept his same vegging plants alive through the entire winter- even though his grow shed is literally freezing over currently due to the extreme cold. He talks about growing big plants outside, and how he plans to take these to full term until the 2025 harvest. OKC also updates us on his breeding projects, where he is still continuing a lot of his current ...
Jan 20, 2025•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wonderful friend of the show Kristina from Bloom Healthcare and formerly from the Chrom Six concentrate company joins the podcast for the very first time! Kristina gives a little background on her history cultivating in Oklahoma, and how medical legalization rocked the state- and propelled her growing career. She expands a little bit on what it's like to hunt phenotypes from seed to solvenetless, and shares some stories about losing amazing cuts from years past. This leads to a conversation abou...
Jan 06, 2025•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast NEW WEBSITE IS LIVE AT www.growcast.com go and check it out! FREE Beginner's Grow Guide: https://growcast.com/guide/ Grand Pheno Hunt Round Two: https://growcast.com/hunt/ Cult Cup 2025: https://growcast.com/events/
Dec 23, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Coco from www.cocoforcannabis.com returns the to show for an incredibly informative episode in a new series where we examine the major differences between indoor and outdoor growing. Today we start with maybe the most significant difference that you can image: the difference between the sun, and the grow light in your home grow setup. Dr. Coco discusses the concept of light spectrum, and how grow light technology has evolved to have two main peak points of light within the full spectrum. Thi...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 25% off www.acinfinity.com - use code GROWCAST15 - BEST time of year to stock up on a new setup! FAT PACKS at www.growcastpodcast.com/growcast-seed-co Peach Smash is coming with fat packs, and the freebies are mostly CTS fems... Members get additional $20 off per pack. 42% off www.rootedleaf.com - use code GROWCAST - stock up on the carbon based, no PH nutrients! MARK YOUR CALENDARS - Grand Pheno Hunt Round Two coming on 2/15/25. Make sure you're in Membership ....
Nov 27, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast * ROOTED LEAF BLACK FRIDAY IS LIVE! Code GROWCAST is boosted to 42% off at www.rootedleaf.com all Rooted Leaf Nutrients 42% off- loaded with carbon, no PH required! * First time guest but long time friend of the show Jeremy from Elevated STL joins the program to describe some of the amazing crosses he's made - such as Cold Case - and share his journey from cannabis enthusiast to full time breeder. Jeremy shares the story behind the creation of Cold Case, which I can personally only describe as t...
Nov 25, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast SEED CO SALE! Peach Smash for $30, Lycanthrope for $50, PLUS a freebie when you use your Member Discount Code at the website www.growcastpodcast.com/growcast-seed-co AC INFINITY BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR STARTS NOV 27! 10% off site wide, code GROWCAST15 STACKS for 25% off PLUS any existing discounts! Mark your calendars... ROOTED LEAF 42% OFF INCOMING SOON! Code GROWCAST will be boosted to 42% off so keep an eye out for the sale drop, load up on the best nutrients around! PLUS- mark your calendar...
Nov 19, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 data c...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 abo...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast *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 thc f...
Oct 14, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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......
Oct 07, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Ja...
Sep 30, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 can a...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 resources...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Aug 31, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 community...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 tha...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 bottl...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 in wat...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Vaulted Pac...
Jul 01, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 best...
Jun 24, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 - hit up ww...
Jun 17, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 focuses ...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Apologies for the late update, we will be back on track shortly. Thank you to all my loyal fans
May 28, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 pr...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 samples of t...
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