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clonex, cloning, microbes, propagation -

My guests this week are Victoria Holden and Charles Smith with a short appearance by Dr. Ben Higgins. Victoria and Charles are the co-founders of IMIO and in this podcast we discuss their products and research. They currently have brought two products to market, an organic microbial-based rooting powder and a microbial based solution for breaking down biomass faster, which has broad applications. This podcast is over a year in the making, as we wanted to run trials at Gold Leaf Gardens with Dr. Ben Higgins to see how the organic cloning product worked and get some independent data on...

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endomycorrhizae, microbes, Myco, mycorrhiza, mycorrhizae, mycorrhizal fungi, mycorrhizal inoculants, trichoderma -

Prof. Yoram Kapulnik is the Executive Director of the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) as of August 1, 2017. He is the former Director General of the Volcani Center in Israel (2011-2016) and prior to this position, he served as the head of numerous Institutes within the Volcani Center.Born and raised in Israel, Prof. Kapulnik received his doctorate in Soil Microbiology from the Hebrew University and as a Fulbright Fellow, completed his post-doctoral work at the University of California, Davis (1984-1986). He worked for more than 25 years as a Professor of Plant physiology and biotechnology at...

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cannabis growing, compost tea, john z, microbes, soil -

This week’s podcast is a bit different from my usual podcast. I sat down with John Z, a dedicated cannabis grower and all-around cannabis enthusiast who interviewed me on a variety of topics ranging from soil, compost tea, microbes, growing philosophy, and much more. The goal with this podcast was to answer some listener questions and just offer a different perspective on some topics we’ve already covered in past episodes. I met John through our Patreon hangouts and it’s been a lot of fun hearing about his growing experiences as well through this process.  

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auto flowers, Gardening, jeff lowenfels, microbes, plant a row for beans, plant a row the the hungry, Plants, Soil Food Web, teaming with fungi, teaming with microbes, teaming with nutrients -

Jeff is the co-author of "Teaming with Microbes, The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web" published by Timber Press in August 2006 to great acclaim and revised in 2011. It is touted as the most important gardening book published in the past 25 years and won the prestigious Garden Writers of America Gold Award for gardening books. It has been translated into Korean and French and soon Slovenian. Jeff is also the author of "Teaming with Nutrients, The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition" published by Timber Press in May 2013. The shorthand title is "how plants...

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micraculture, microbes, microbial inoculant, plant probiotics, sarah pellkofer, soil biodiversity, soil restoration -

Sarah Pellkofer grew up a small town in Northern California in the olive-growing capital of the US. She got her BA in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara then worked for years for a private environmental consulting firm writing Environmental Impact Reports/Statements and creating remediation plans for Superfund Sites. Then she moved over to Switzerland to get a Master’s Degree from the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich studying and publishing work on the importance of urban gardens as habitat for solitary nesting bees and wasps while starting a microbrewery to pay for her...

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chris trump, korean natural farming, macadamia nuts, microbes, microbiology, natural farming, natural farming hawaii -

 Our guest today is Chris Trump.  Chris Trump is a Master Natural Farmer certified by Master Cho of Korea. He has also studied microbiological analysis under Dr. Elaine Ingham. His family’s farm is currently the largest natural farm in America growing over 800 acres of Macadamia Nuts. They have returned sick trees to vital health completely eliminating 3 fungal diseases that academics said was impossible.  Natural Farming Website    https://naturalfarminghawaii.net/important-videos/tutorials-by-chris-trump/        

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dramm, drammatic, fish fertilizer, fish hydrolysate, kurt becker, microbes, ozone disinfectant, ro water -

Our guest this week is Kurt Becker. Kurt is the Executive Vice President of Commercial Products for the Dramm Corporation. For anyone looking to improve the efficacy of their spray applications, I highly suggest checking out this podcast and reaching out to Dramm directly. In this episode we cover a variety of topics ranging from RO Water, using ozone as a disinfectant, how different types of sprayers achieve different results, how spray applicators can affect microbes, and much more. You can reach Dramm directly at www.dramm.com or information@dramm.com          

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compost tea, jeff lowenfels, living soil, microbes, mycorrhiza, Soil Food Web, soil testing, teaming with fungi, teaming with microbes, teaming with nutrients -

In this episode, we chat with Jeff Lowenfels about the benefits of mycorrhizal fungi, how to get the right species for your plants, and the best way to apply. We also talk about the benefits of re-using your soil and no-till as well as learn more about the ways in which plants uptake nutrients and the role microbes play in that process.   Transcript Tad: Welcome to the Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast, I'm your host Tad Hussey of KIS Organics. This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of organic growing from a science-based perspective and draw...

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