GrowCast

Can we actually use cannabis plants to uptake precious metals like nickel and maybe even GOLD using the power of bio-accumulation? Spectacular brand new guest Song Jin from Gaia Technologies joins the program for an absolutely incredible episode about microbes, mineral solubility, soil remediation, and more. Song talks about his journey from environmentalism work into plant health and fertilizer, and eventually what led him to create Ginate digest humate products. Song discusses some of the incredible work he now does, including his recent trip to DC for a phyto-mining summit- where they are researching how to use hyper accumulator plants to actually extract precious minerals from the ground by using a special microbial metal solubility enhancer, and process the metal out of the harvested plants. Can you imagine using cannabis to mine gold from the ground?

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The incredible Dr. Riley Kirk from Bioactive Podcast and so much more is here on the program for the very first time! Dr. Kirk tells us all about her extensive background in studying plant medicines, and what led her down the path of educating patients and diving into cannabis research. Riley shares some of the findings she's discovered through her extensive personal study and research, and enlightens home growers on how to more accurately think about things like flavor and aroma. Riley talks about the complexity of the human palette, and how so many different compounds play into the taste and aroma experience- not just terpenes. This leads to a larger conversation about the broad category known as flavorants, and how some of the lesser known compounds can create some of the most unique and noticeable flavors.

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Cult Cup Features:
-Premier cultivator competition
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-Education by Team GrowCast and Nik from Rooted Leaf
-Food trucks on site
-Open consumption with growmies
-Arts and crafts tables
-Goodie bag loaded with prizes
-Raffles, giveaways, games and more!

 *Entering the competition is optional, come hang out with the GrowCast Community!

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Mike from www.growwithgrease.com joins the program for the first time to discuss how to incorporate specific hormones into your garden to boost your yields significantly. Interestingly, Mike shares his story which coincides with our last guests background as well- Mike was also one of the co-founders of the now defunct Mammoth Microbes. He expanded his work into his own brand, Grease, and now deals in soil conditioners, ferments, additives and more. Mike breaks down exactly how the hormone Triacontanol triggers your plant into producing up to 20% more flower weight- and how additives like these differ from other bottled products. Mike also shares more information about his love of applying cannabis and trichome ferments to his own garden, and how feeding the plant back to itself can produce major benefits. You can use code GROWCAST at www.growwithgrease.com for 10% off.

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 of how microbes work from a basic perspective, how they interact and communicate with plants, and eventually dives deep enough to explain that just about everything to do with the human experience is powered by the microbiology within our own human microbiome. Even plants themselves, may have evolved from collections of ancient bacteria- thus it is crucial to understand and employ more of these tiny organisms in our own home gardens!