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OKCalyxx is back on the show! Today he is updating us on all his breeding projects, Gasoline Alley, and more! OKC gives us a sneak peek of his Beleaf collab, and talks about the variety of strains he is using from that lineup including lots of work with the Chimera. Calyxx takes us through his upcoming pollination menu and tells us about some of the delicious expressions he's experiencing from hunting through his current selection of phenos. He also gives an update on the Peach Dosi work that came from the GrowCast Community, and how it's going to make another appearance in this upcoming drop. We also tease some upcoming in person education that will be going down later this year- a hands-on farming class with OKCalyxx on his property! GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co If you are reading down this far... Go to Seed Co page, you may find a new drop live right now! *Rooted Leaf Carbon Based Nutrients - liquid organic nutrients with NO NEED to PH! Visit www.rootedleaf.com and use code GROWCAST for 20% off, just add to filtered water and watch the EXPLOSIVE growth!*
Nik from Rooted Leaf Nutrients (use code GROWCAST) is back on the show to continue our nutrient deep dive series! This time we take a step away from soil fertilizer elements and instead discuss PH, EH, and nutrient uptake. Nik talks about what PH is (potential of hydrogen) and why the amount of hydrogen can be used to deduce how available nutrients will be in the solution. Nik talks about the donation of hydrogen atoms and how chelation works inside a solution- highlighting that these availability processes take place totally independently of each other. This leads to conversation about EH, and Nik talks about the redox cycle as well as how oxygenation plays a role in plant health. Nik ties it all together back to photosynthesis and nutrient availability as a whole, and emphasizes how PH is NOT the only determining factor in nutrient availability, just one among other factors that may even be more important in certain scenarios... GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co If you are reading down this far... Go to Seed Co page, you may find a new drop live right now! *Rooted Leaf Carbon Based Nutrients - liquid organic nutrients with NO NEED to PH! Visit www.rootedleaf.com and use code GROWCAST for 20% off, just add to filtered water and watch the EXPLOSIVE growth!*
The wave of cannabis patents ARE COMING! Today we have a brand new guest Caleb from Copyleft Cultivars- he joins us with mutual friend Steve Raisner to talk about the implications of patenting cannabis genetics. Copyleft explains his mission of open sourcing as many genetics as possible, while also building an open to anyone cannabis genome galaxy. Caleb highlights the difference between his project and other similar projects in the past- and how he is looking to reshape patent law both inside AND outside of cannabis. This leads to a conversation about patent trolls- people who engage in lawsuits around budding new industries and use lawsuits over intellectual property as extortion to get paid off. These groups are incredibly harmful to a variety of industries and cannabis is RIPE for this type of legal attack- which is why it's so important to open source our genetics. Caleb and Steve wrap the show by showcasing their new Natural Farming AI Bot that will produce answers and solutions to garden problems using natural farming inputs. GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co If you are reading down this far... Go to Seed Co page, you may find a new drop live right now! *Rooted Leaf Carbon Based Nutrients - liquid organic nutrients with NO NEED to PH! Visit www.rootedleaf.com and use code GROWCAST for 20% off, just add to filtered water and watch the EXPLOSIVE growth!*
Good friend of the show Dr. Coco is BACK! This time he's on the line for a deep dive exploration of vapor pressure deficit. Coco recaps what VPD really is- an environmental metric of how "thirsty" the air is. This leads to a conversation about ideal VPD range charts, and how the charts give you a guideline to follow, but no specific instructions on how or why to achieve specific VPD in veg and flower. Coco reiterates that temperature is king, and you should never sacrifice optimal temperature in order to achieve specific VPD levels. The conversation turns towards what's happening to those trichomes on a micro level, with the pressure deficit or "vaccum" affecting how the plant transpires, grows, feeds, and maybe even how it dries and cures. The two wrap up the show by talking about the upcoming new years grow challenge, and the cloning side challenge where people are taking their best, biggest, and smallest clones.
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Jason from Filtr is back on the program for an entire episode about resetting grow rooms between runs, the best ways to KEEP IT CLEAN, and more! Jason talks about how the majority of cleaning activity takes place between runs inside the grow, and how we should be approaching this reset period. The conversation turns to vectors, or possible pathways of pest attacks, and how to prevent some of the lesser known vectors in your grow. This leads to a conversation about places that we often forget to clean during the reset, including the outside of the grow tent, the insides of equipment like ventilation fans, and more. Jason wraps the show with some very applicable and interesting facts about cleaning solutions- including how to avoid making your bleach ineffective, how soap should be used upon initial cleans, and thoughts on iso alcohol of different percentages.
GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co If you are reading down this far... Go to Seed Co page, you may find a new drop live right now! *Rooted Leaf Carbon Based Nutrients - liquid organic nutrients with NO NEED to PH! Visit www.rootedleaf.com and use code GROWCAST for 20% off, just add to filtered water and watch the EXPLOSIVE growth!*
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First time guest and creator of the brand new Soil Microscopy Course Matt Powers is on the program! Matt joins us for an episode all about soil biology, and how we think about the soil food web. Matt talks about some of the biggest misconceptions that students of the soil make, highlighting how often times when observing and testing soil for analytics, we take approaches that can lead to inaccurate and skewed data sets. This leads to a conversation about home growers, and Matt points out some of the common mistakes he sees when thinking about the function of soil microbes in our garden. Matt discusses how every student of the soil is always learning and growing, and he gives us some good tips to get started on our own journey of soil discovery, including microscope recommendations and more. Matt wraps the show by talking about IMO, and how we need to study the microbes that evolved alongside feral cannabis found outside in the wild!
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Breeder for GrowCast Seed Co and great friend of the show Rhizo Rich is back on the program for an episode all about the state of the industry, and the state of Rhizo's Garden! Rich extrapolates on some of the strains he's got lined up to get hit by the Apes in Space Pollen, and talks about which cultivars he is most excited about. He highlights the Purple Urkel Cake he has going which will produce the cross Purple Quasar, and how unique some of the new work is in his garden. This leads to a conversation about pheno hunting, and Rich talks about which grow style he thinks is most suitable for pheno hunting large numbers of plants. The conversation turns towards the state of breeding cannabis in 2023, and the state of the cannabis community at large. Rich gives his thoughts on the schism created by cannabis companies not being able to grow, and growers not being able to compete with the corporate forces...
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Legendary Northern California breeder Maddfarmer is back on the program! Madd joins us again to give an update on his health and family, the build out in Oklahoma, and more! Maddfarmer talks about how much things have changed in the cannabis industry in just the last few years, from the cultural changes to the vastly different cultivation setups... The cannabis industry is moving at light speed! Oklahoma is an example of this, and Maddfarmer shares stories from the boom and bust of Oklahoma regulation. Madd shares his thoughts on the current state of the cannabis gene pool, and expresses his fondness of home breeding, while lamenting the fact that classic strains and traits tend to be lost to time. This leads to a conversation about "old school strains" and how everyone has their different definition of what strains were the high quality "old school" weed... PROUD NEW PARTNERS of HYGROZYME! Check out www.hygrozyme.com for their amazing suite of all natural products that will TRANSFORM your garden! Hygrozyme, Hyclean, Hyshield, and their new Hygroben- pick them up today at your local grow store and tell them GC sent you! GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co FIRE genetics straight from Rhizo Rich! Members get $20 off PER PACK! Code growcast15 now works with grow KITS from AC Infinity! www.acinfinity.com use promo code growcast15 for 10% off the BEST grow fans in the game, plus tents, pots, scissors, LED lights, and now REFILLABLE FILTERS!
42% off ROOTED LEAF NUTRIENTS BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Grab the best nutrients around, no PHing, eco friendly, and LOADED with carbon! We continue our nutrient deep dive from a different angle this time- Nik from Rooted Leaf is BACK! Today we are taking a look at light independent cycles, how our plants metabolism changes during the lights off period, and more. Nik recaps photosynthesis for us and talks about how the role of photosynthesis plays into what happens in the dark period. This leads to a conversation about the Calvin cycle, which is a metabolic process that plants utilize independent of light. Nik talks about how the main energy source for the plant changes during this cycle, highlighting the role of mitochondria in producing energy for the plant as a whole. Nik also discusses the history of the Calvin Cycle, as well as other cycles such as the Krebs, or citric acid cycle. Nik lets us know what this means as far as our grow strategy, and when the optimal time is to feed your plants, chop them down, etc. GrowCast Membership Weekly Live Streams - Personal Garden Advice- 100s of HOURS of Bonus Content - MEMBERS ONLY DISCOUNTS! Join the greatest community in cannabis! GrowCast Seed Co FIRE genetics straight from Rhizo Rich! Members get $20 off PER PACK! Code growcast15 now works with grow KITS from AC Infinity! www.acinfinity.com use promo code growcast15 for 10% off the BEST grow fans in the game, plus tents, pots, scissors, LED lights, and now REFILLABLE FILTERS!
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