We share a lot of information freely and so does Bryant. It costs money to produce the show, takes time to do and read research, run trials, etc….i believe it has value. For the cost of a soil analysis you can see the metrics and analysis. Or you can do it yourself. There’s a lot of free actionable information in the podcast beyond the target metrics.

​@@kisorganics I appreciate the immediate response. But I also notice that every conversation about nutrition is rendered half-useless if we do not talk and think about and from the same baseline. So the nutritional value of shows like this is reduced when the baseline is being hold behind a paywall. It just does not serve others as well, as it serves you for advertisement for your opinion (your opinion about plant nutrition is fixed in your products) I myself do not feel god (anymore) about buying an opinion. But hey the other half of it is useful enough for me to add to the register and with time helps me paint the big picture for myself. It is just sad knowing we, the community, did share freely amongst ourselves before the whole thing became a way for some to get rich fast. And now there are all these over advertised nothing burgers. I appreciate you anyway as a fellow human being and wish all the best to you guys, just don't think capitalism is the way to go - may the best win

@@Frei_Sinn I appreciate your opinion on this. The way I look at it is I’ve put hundreds if not thousands of hours into this podcast. It’s not making me money and it’s time I’m spending away from my family, my 4 year old. I’m working on valuing my time and 90% of the people who listen to the podcast don’t buy my soil or shop on our site or hit me up for consulting, so it’s not generating revenue that allows me to feed my family or pay my employees. We live in a capitalistic society and while I didn’t start the podcast with the intention of getting rich, I also don’t feel like I have to give all my time and knowledge away for free because it cost me time and money to acquire it too. I will always keep the podcast as a free resource and do my best to make sure it is focused on education and not advertisement, but I don’t want to hide the fact I’m a small business and just trying to get by, like everyone in the cannabis industry these days.

@@kisorganics I just typed for about 20 minutes and then accidentally lost all the text. Had some great stuff in there. However, I'm too tired from work and tend not to hold onto things I can't change for too long, so I just leave it like that. I hope you both find a better way to sustain yourself, and even more so, I hope you don't stop looking for one. Kant

@@Frei_Sinn no worries. Thank you for the polite discourse. And appreciate the feedback.

Great question! So this is not going to tell you what nutrients may be limiting but if you know your EC overall is low then it's a good sign to add some fertilizer. I would most likely go with a liquid application like Seaphos or fish hydrolysate as well as a dry amendment application depending on stage of growth. We will have a new bloom booster here very soon as well as our Nutrient Pack. Either would work or something with similar NPK. Hope that helps!

Not familiar with that product but I see it's Bti. Could be poor cfu counts or some other issue. I have seen great success with nematodes, it's quite amazing how well they work.

I think the question is really what is the mechanism causing the change in turgor pressure that's creating this plant response. Does that make sense? And I think there are multiple variables that can cause this response. Some of which are positive and some of which are plant stresses.

@@kisorganics I'm not 100% sure on that one. I always associated it with proper watering but there sure seems to be more. I've never viewed it as a negative. As long as my plants are healthy and growing quickly I don't care if they've found God and decided to start praying. :). Just give me big buds and I'm good.

@@MikeAnderson-jd2rw I agree. I have seen unhealthy plants that are "praying" too so was just speculating on the various mechanisms that would cause a plant to change it's turgor pressure or leaf angle.

We had talked to going to monthly I need to follow up with him and setup a schedule.

Cheers, are you doing any talks when you come out to Australia?

@@danmeaden8213 I'll be at this event where I will be giving 2 - 20 min talks and participating in a forum. www.pharmout.net/forum/event-schedule/

Oops panel discussion. I know you have a different meaning for the word forum. It's what we would call a conference or convention.

That's awesome. Unfortunately, i won't be able to make the event or 'panel discussion' lol, which is a bummer. Thank you so much for all the content you put out, i love the podcast/lives. Please keep it coming.

I'm not a breeding or genetics expert so I don't feel qualified to talk about it, but maybe I can find someone to interview on the topic. Thanks!

@@kisorganics would be a great podcast topic. Your podcast is the best in the cannabis world imho. Thanks brother.

@@kisorganics just got 6 Humboldt seed co donutz trioloids. Excited to see how they do as full termers this season.

Yes! Just announced it. You can check it out on the website and sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on our sales.

@@kisorganics Thank you so much! I will be putting in a big order. Appreciate the high quality products as always

@@lucasnon1070 Thanks Lucas, really appreciate the support of our small business and the podcast!

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In general I think it’s pretty safe. As I understand it the issues usually arise from what the water comes into contact with during collection or how it’s stored. Some areas may have issues with rain water and it would be worth checking pH and alkalinity. I will try and follow up with Les though on a future podcast if folks have questions!

Similar question. What is the DO of rain water? I imagine it is quite high when it hits the ground. I assume once you store it though it loses its O2 content?

Jared from Dramm here! We love rain water but you're right, the surfaces that the water hits before being collected may bring things into your system that you don't want such as pathogens or algae spores, dust, pollen, dirt.. All the stuff. We collect rain water all the time in ornamental horticulture. Depending on the crop and value, simple filtration may be enough all the way to more integrated approaches with very fine filtration and oxidizers such as ozone to provide ultra clean, healthy irrigation water.

@@jaredbabik7653 there were some questions on our IG post regarding rain water and DO levels, if you get a chance, maybe you could take a look? Thank you!

Interesting, I'm not familiar with that company. I used to own a feed store so that side of the industry is particularly interesting to me.

Lol Hussy the hustler, took me a minute. GReat episode. Good down to earth smart guest

Good point! Homemade compost is very different than commercial compost. I certainly don't want to demonize compost but just make sure folks are aware of the risks associated with composts based on their inputs and how they are managed.

It sounds like you have a sustainable compost that would be very safe and beneficial to use in your garden! Manures can be problematic depending on what the animals were fed or treated with, but compost is still one of the best inputs one can use in their garden!

I can totally respect that! That’s a very legitimate reason to avoid certain inputs. We have formulated mixes or nutrients for folks that are of similar mind.

@@kisorganics This is one of the many reasons I love working with KiS! Thank you for sharing so much knowledge with us. You have improved my garden substantially.

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@@timbaker266 ty

You were still quite eloquent

Don.t see how sport fishermen are to blame for by catch. Surely a fish on a hook can b returned alive . A commercial net caught by catch can not b returned alive .

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I wasn't trying to attack fishermen or fisheries at all so apologies if it came across that way. And I'm so glad to hear many of these practices are improving. I do think we need to acknowledge the fossil fuel costs associated with fishing as well as the fact that the ocean is not "clean" compared to other inputs. My goal was not to say fish based fertilizers are bad, but just that every inputs we use in our garden has an ecological impact and we need to wade through the marketing messages and look at the what the data shows us to be safe and clean to use on our plants.

We have afish tank and drain it every so often hadn't thought about using it so thanks 😊

Not all compost is bad, just that ones made from conventionally raised animals can have antibiotics or other "stuff" you may not want in your garden. Setting up a worm bin or making your own compost is a great option to have clean and sustainable compost.

There's a fair bit of research around prions and their impact on mammal's neurological systems, but I'm not going to debate you on this one, as it wasn't the purpose of this talk.

I believe it can be damaging to marine ecosystems.

@@kisorganics Why do u "belive "this, cud u point me towards white papers or any soucre of this research ?

@@KeepYourCalm13 So I just went back and looked this up. There is some research using Yucca to help lower ammonia in water systems so I may be wrong on this. It also contains high levels of saponins, which is a class of compounds that are known to have detrimental impacts on marine ecology. So I guess my original comment should have been that it could have some negative impacts. I think I need to do more research on the topic as it's not my area of expertise.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29414366/

Yea I got obviously was being over the top w that comment just noting it’s always been around ( Thermx70 I’m sure u know of 70% saponin) and a literal couple drops has a gal of water sudsy lol. I’ve come across a couple posts and a podcast ( Queen of sun grown , u wud like it, she’s very professional and has perfect audio equipment which is nice cause that can ruin a show for me as I have hyper sensitive hearing and is bothersome at times. Sorry side tracking but several studies show a boost or decline in microbes depending on how much how often. So I rotate like aloe in veg, maybe wetting agent ( Jadam surfactant + emulsifier and can boil any herb and add extract to increase its ipm level. So plz kids watching this don’t take shots of yucca , safer than alcohol if I had to guess 😊😂 🐞 🐝 🔫 🪴 🌸🦠✅✅

actually you want an insecticidal soap, it has a different carbon chain that's more effective as a pesticide.

@@kisorganics Drbronners makes infused plant soap as well as the original w no smell. They have lavender, tea tree, hemp, peppermint, or u cud get original and add any essential oil, but unnecessary considering the multitude they already have. I figured it was a better suggestion than dish soap as i would not use palmolive or however its spelled. Sooo which wud rather use ? bada ba

@@KeepYourCalm13 blogs.k-state.edu/kansasbugs/2020/06/12/fundamentals-of-using-soaps-as-insecticides/

This is true but since the show was a beginner level home grower show I was trying to follow your theme of cheap, effective . I personally use a variety of things f certain FPJ’s w aminos and surfactant ( Q or aloe/yucca thermx70 ( as it’s 70% saponin + has studies showing it promotes bacterial growth within soil and microbes enjoy. I’ve used Dr zymes , EM5 my custom diy ferment, loadt coast. Ironic part is I haven’t dealt w a single bug on any plants indoor for yrs and yrs 🤷. I do live in a state far removed f heavy cannabis grower populations( med college city ) in a state that has a baby med market w not many rights to HG’s. Since I delve into living soil indoors I do not see any gnats ever, occasionally on a houseplant maybe 1 but never f my bed or veg beds etc

@@kisorganics uhh did u actually read that paper u sent me, it literally proves everything I was hinting towards nicely , and u seem to want challenge knowledge, no problem Tad , I been doing this thing organic since 95 and have learned Jadam KNF , living soil obviously, and I’m a dude that literally studied as a hobbie. I know u also study and teach ( which everyone is qualified now days Joke but it’s ridiculous really the consultanting privately makes much sense as I can help people but this all new to u in terms of long periods of time, u got a soil company so which is awesome but that doesn’t = final word knowledge. In fact I’d say your more basic organic living soil guy as I’ve seen your grows, Il dm u on ig privately so we can actually have a chill conversation opposed to budding heads and u chucking studies out. Did I really read it, cause it basically said what I was saying and u drew one fact f the whole thing fatty chain acids. So lately I feed or do often dual like FAA ( fatty amino acids ) which gives aquatic microbes while coating the leaf , add some Jadam wetting agent as a surfactant and it’s an amazing pest control soap which if u know Natural Farming f KNF to Jadam to understanding all fundamentals to soil web. With the Jadam wetting agent u can boil any erb /plant/etc to extract , boil down to a concentration and added to Jadam wetting agent or together. I’ve used Chitan Ferments ( again feeding and ipm is my go to ). They even mention and show a picture in that article of what I said not use and their backing what I was hinting at but clearly I get offended when your being taught 😉 Your welcome , read up

I think Chad is great! I'm thankful for his platform and the information he shares with growers.

@@kisorganics cool maybe u guys can learn f each other

I'd like to know also , must be for the microbes

Good to know, that makes sense based on what I've seen. I am looking forward to getting mine going. Let me know if you have any pointers.

I was surprised how well the cheapest one measured moisture, the readings almost perfectly lined up with the ideal range on the irrometer. The durability however was lacking in the cheapie one, only lasted one season and the probes oxidized/ rusted. For the irrometer I am getting the little vacuum pump this season as bubbles are constant issues with it. If you are resetting it a lot it's probably fine but I like to leave mine in the pot for ease of reading. If you have the vacuum it's a lot easier to clear the air bubbles while it's in the soil, otherwise you have to reset. I'd also purchase a few extra irrometer caps as the blue plug has a tendency to break down in rich soilless media.

@@SaveTheAyeAye Awesome comments, thanks for sharing your experiences. I hope to made a dedicated video once I get them all up and running this next grow cycle.

I have not tried those yet. Thanks for sharing!