Garden Talk with Mr. Grow It

In this episode I interview Chris Swank. He has been gardening for 11 years and grows plants exclusively in Rockwool, which is what we get into in today’s episode. He talks all about how he grows his plants in Rockwool; Everything from preparing for planting, nutrition, pH, irrigation strategy, environment control, and more.  Support the show

In this episode I interview Keys, also known as, Bassdropkeys. He is a fellow content creator with over 280,000 subscribers across 5 YouTube channels. In this episode he reveals how he grows the organic “water only” method. He talks about his soil mix, nutrition, compost teas, environment conditions, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview George Murray. He went to college at Purdue where he studied plant physiology and plant metabolomics. He now works in the fertilizer industry and is the formulation chemist for Ventana Plant Science and Stash Blend. In this episode he talks about several organic inputs, their benefits, sourcing, bacteria, fungi, and more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Paul from WakeNBakewithPaul. He is a synganic gardener who grows plants in his garage, which brings its own unique challenges. He gets into detail on the way he does it successfully; everything from equipment setup, balancing environment conditions, preventing pests, and more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Luna Whitcomb. She was on the podcast once before, episode 111, where she talked all about things that you can do to increase plant taste and smell. One of the things she mentioned in that episode was that she uses ferments, which prompted some of you to comment on that episode requesting more details. She has a ton of knowledge on this, so in this episode we get into i...

In this episode I interview Autopotamus. He has been gardening for 6 years and is well-known for growing massive autos, some yielding well over a pound, and that’s what we get into in today’s episode. I pick his brain to find out exactly what he does to grow massive autos. What type of plants do you like to grow? Support the show

In this episode I interview Kris from Crop Culture. He has been gardening for 5 years, and is big into crop steering - which is what we get into in today’s episode. He talks all about the basics of crop steering, from what crop steering is, types of crop steering, climate, lighting, irrigation, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Cbunny. Some of you might recognize her from Home Grow The Community, a home grow show on YouTube. She has been gardening for 2 years and grows both indoors and outdoors. When growing outdoors, she takes an organic approach, which is what we get into in today’s episode. She talks all about her style of organic gardening outdoors, and how she keeps it simple. Support the...

In this episode I interview Joshua Steensland. He has been gardening for 27 years and is regarded as an expert when it comes to growing in living soil. He gets deep into several key aspects for this grow method such as: building a soil from scratch, soil microbiology, compost, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview ZaZa from ZaZa Genetics. He was on the podcast once before back in 2021, episode #31 where he talked about breeding on an intermediate level. This time around we are going to continue the conversation. I have a whole bunch of good breeding questions for him, some submitted by listeners of the podcast. He talks about herms, back crossing, breeding autoflowers, and so muc...

In this episode I interview Mr. Ganiks. He is an organic gardener and grows his plants in small containers. It’s often said you can’t be successful growing organically in small containers, but Mr. Ganiks proves otherwise - and he talks all about it. Support the show

In this episode I interview Mike from 420 Things. He has been gardening for 15 years and grows a variety of plants. He is big into gardening on a budget. In this episode he reveals many budget-friendly gardening ideas to help save you money. Support the show

In this episode I interview Dr. Gary Yates. He is the former Chief Scientific Officer for PharmaSeeds and graduated with honors in Genetics from the University of Glasgow. He has extensive knowledge in the molecular biology of plant stress responses which is revealed in today’s topic all about crop steering. Support the show

In this episode I interview Natty Newfie. He has been gardening for 5 years and grows a wide variety of plants. He has a ton of knowledge on companion planting, and that’s what we’re going to get into in today's episode. He talks about what companion planting is, pros, cons, some great plant combinations, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview CE420. He is a fellow YouTuber with nearly 3,000 subscribers and he’s big into pheno hunting plants. He has a plant-count restriction and pheno hunting in that case can be a bit challenging. He talks all about it in this episode and more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Sebastian Good from Fast Buds. He is an expert when it comes to auto flowering plants and has done many techniques over the years that help increase both quality and yield; and that’s what we’re going to get into in today's episode. We get into topics such as: plant nutrition, growing medium, container size, light cycle, environment conditions and so much more. Sup...

In this episode I interview Shane from MIGRO. He was on the podcast once before, episode #33 back in 2021, where he talked all about LED grow lights. We will continue to talk about lighting in this episode, diving into topics such as intracanopy lighting, DLI, light quantity instead of quality, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Bryant Mason aka The Soil Doctor. He was on the podcast once before, episode #26 back in 2021, where he talked all about soil testing, did a soil audit walkthrough, talked about some of the different elements for growth and got into heavy metals. This time around he talks all about water testing. I got my local water tested and he breaks down the results. I also got the...

In this episode I interview MammaKush420. She has been gardening for 6 years, and is big into training plants in order to achieve a higher quality and yield; that’s what we’re gonna talk about in today’s episode. She talks about the pros and cons of training plants, details on how she does several different plant training techniques, and gives some good overall advice for beginners. Support the sh...

In this episode I interview Corey from Inside Hydro. He is a fellow YouTuber with nearly 40,000 subscribers and his channel revolves around hydroponics, RDWC to be specific, and that’s what we’re going to get into in today’s episode. He talks about what RDWC is, pros, cons, equipment setup, how he grows plants in the system, and so much more. Support the show

In this episode I interview Michael Box from Sustainable Village. He was on the podcast once before, episode #50, where he talked about the different methods of autowatering and his recommendations for autowatering setups for different size containers. This episode we continue talking about irrigation. He talks about moisture release curves, moisture meters, new irrigation technology, and more. Su...

In this episode I interview Brandon Hudson. He is an agronomist for KIS Organics and has been gardening for nearly 40 years. Over that span of time, Brandon has done a countless number of gardening methods and has identified many gardening myths. He talks about a variety of things in this episode, revealing both good information, and some bro science that he’s encountered along the way.  Support t...

In this episode I interview Welcome To The Grow Tent. Some of you long-time listeners of the podcast may remember him from episode 5 - back in February 2021. Great episode there where he gave a ton of advice for beginner gardeners. This time around we get into plant breeding. He has been breeding for the past 7 years and has created many amazing crosses. He talks about some of the crosses he’s don...

In this episode I interview Dr. Tassa Saldi. She is the Chief Science Officer of TUMI Genomics and is an expert in molecular biology, with a focus on RNA biology. Within this episode she talks in detail about a pathogen that has infected a large percent of both commercial facilities and home gardens around the world. Everything from what the pathogen is, how it’s transmitted, it’s symptoms, and so...

In this episode I interview Matthew Gates. He is an IPM specialist and has been on the podcast once before, episode 48, where he talked about the ‘Top 10 Garden Pests & How To Combat Them!’ I’m happy to have him back on the podcast so we can get deeper into pest management. In this episode he reveals some of the best ways to prevent and eliminate garden pests. Support the show