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Is This Product the Next Big Soil Amendment + A Day in the Life of Farmer Jesse

Growers Daily

Release Date: 05/06/2025

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Welcome to episode 145 of Growers Daily!

We cover: fertilizing and three sisters planting, is microalgae the hottest new soil amendment and a little day in the life.

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Dawns thread on No-till for beginners: https://notillgrowers.community.chat/post/notill-beginners-corner-13599985?trail=15

 

What is Microalgae: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1073546/full

 

Use of Microalgae study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723080543

 

Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: https://youtu.be/a1U1zYrQrRs?si=3SmZPWXNlovvFqIb

 

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Give Me a Break by Daniel Fridell

My Valentine by Roy Edwin Williams

Still Got the Vibe by Windshield

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