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  • Do You Need to Fertilize if You're Mulching? + How to Decipher Fertilizers

    Do You Need to Fertilize if You're Mulching? + How to Decipher Fertilizers
    Dec 15 2025
    Welcome to episode 301 of Growers Daily! We cover: fertilizers in a couple different ways—like should you fertilize if you mulch, and how to decipher those dang fertilizer labels, and human scale farming. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Longterm straw study with and without fertilizer: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10265643/#:~:text=Straw%20mulching%20could%20significantly%20improve,than%20SM%20and%20CK%20treatments. Straw and nitrogen: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12298902/#:~:text=The%20results%20demonstrated%20that%20(1,in%20wheat–soybean%20rotation%20systems. MUSIC from this episode: Oh! Sun by Nevin Sunday Brunch by Sarah, the Illstrumentalist via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/ MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    17 min
  • Cover Crop Conundrums + It's an Episode 300 Party!

    Cover Crop Conundrums + It's an Episode 300 Party!
    Dec 12 2025
    Welcome to episode 300 of Growers Daily! We cover: planting late fall strawberries, testing the soil for proper moisture, and we take on a very fun, specific farming challenge. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Juglone and cucumbers: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9858246/ Mileva's contribution to Einstein: https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/0277-5395(90)90094-E Kraft Process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_process Touches on water Stress and ripening: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/2/114 MUSIC from this episode: Swirling Snow by OTE Southern Breeze by Roots and Recognition via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/ MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    20 min
  • How Late Can You Plant Strawberries + Is Your Soil Too Wet to Work?

    How Late Can You Plant Strawberries + Is Your Soil Too Wet to Work?
    Dec 11 2025

    Welcome to episode 299 of Growers Daily!

    We cover: planting late fall strawberries, testing the soil for proper moisture, and we take on a very fun, specific farming challenge.

    We are a Non-Profit! 👇

    🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ

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    Links for today:

    The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv

    League Code: kpu9zv

    Planting strawberries too late research: https://aaes.uada.edu/news/strawberry-planting-date-study/

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Her Name is Edith by OTE

    Possum Popcorn by Guustavv

    via www.epidemicsound.com

    Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support

    or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

    Show Sponsors:

    Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT

    Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

    German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

    Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇

    5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL)

    👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨

    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

    Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com

    👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

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    17 min
  • Paper Mulches in the Garden + Alfalfa Hay?

    Paper Mulches in the Garden + Alfalfa Hay?
    Dec 10 2025
    Welcome to episode 298 of Growers Daily! We cover: mulch papers, winter farm hygiene, and alfalfa hay. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Good Mosaic overview: https://extension.umn.edu/disease-management/cucurbit-viruses#cultural-practices-3070262 Weed guard plus: https://weedguardplus.com/ecomulch-natural-organic-earthtone/ Organic allowed products: https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/NOP-5034-1.pdf Alfalfa magic triacontanol paper: https://sci-hub.se/10.1126/science.195.4284.1339 MUSIC from this episode: Last to Leave by Victor Lundburg via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/ MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    17 min
  • Planting into Thick Cover Crop Mulch + Can You Ripen A Nightshade by Topping it?

    Planting into Thick Cover Crop Mulch + Can You Ripen A Nightshade by Topping it?
    Dec 9 2025

    Welcome to episode 297 of Growers Daily!

    We cover: planting into a thick mat of cover crop residue, can you ripen nightshades by topping them, and some of the intimidating details of starting a farm business.

    We are a Non-Profit! 👇

    🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ

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    Links for today:

    The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv

    League Code: kpu9zv

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Vacation Barry by Jobii

    via www.epidemicsound.com

    Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support

    or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

    Show Sponsors:

    Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT

    Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

    German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

    Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇

    5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL)

    👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨

    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

    Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com

    👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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    20 min
  • What to Know about Planting into Compost Mulch + How to Find Your Agronomist

    What to Know about Planting into Compost Mulch + How to Find Your Agronomist
    Dec 8 2025

    Welcome to episode 296 of Growers Daily!

    We cover: finding our own agronomists, talking about planting into compost mulch and looking at leaves as individuals.

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    Links for today:

    The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv

    League Code: kpu9zv

    Pine needles myth: https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2019/10/do-pine-trees-pine-needles-make-soil-more-acidic

    MUSIC from this episode:

    Hall Light by Victor Lundburg

    Lemon Squeezy by Martin Landstrom

    via www.epidemicsound.com

    Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support

    or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers

    Show Sponsors:

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    Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/

    Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER

    Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/

    MY BOOK!

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

    Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

    German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

    Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇

    5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL)

    👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨

    ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

    Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

    Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com

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    17 min
  • Tricks I Learned Dry Farming + What Microscopes I Use

    Tricks I Learned Dry Farming + What Microscopes I Use
    Dec 5 2025
    Welcome to episode 295 of Growers Daily! We cover: my microscopes and dry farming AND it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv My smaller microscope: https://www.microscopeworld.com/swift-m2251-student-microscope/?searchid=27077&search_query=M2251 Similar models to my larger one: https://www.microscopeworld.com/search.php?search_query=panthera%20s MUSIC from this episode: Bright Days by Rebecca Mardal Peace in the Pines by Will Harrison via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/ MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    22 min
  • Lettuce Packaging Science Gone Wrong + Where to Start with Crop Planning

    Lettuce Packaging Science Gone Wrong + Where to Start with Crop Planning
    Dec 4 2025
    Welcome to episode 294 of Growers Daily! We cover: where to start with crop planning, what's all that science for in lettuce packaging, and tackle a specific strawberry-to-soil question. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The NTG Premier League Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/kpu9zv League Code: kpu9zv Bagged lettuce SciShow video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNAJwWfxekY Many details on every step of lettuce harvesting and packaging: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11932753/ MUSIC from this episode: Wood and Wire by Roy Edwin Williams Blue Shadow by Roy Edwin Williams via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https://www.notillgrowers.com/support or https://www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers Show Sponsors: Tilth Soil!: https://www.tilthsoil.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorYMGkYzMqYdJ8KDqTdMFUg5tw3lx_OSMBZPP6phSXpFhBIyUkT Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ Farmhand: www.FARMHAND.PARTNERS/NEWSLETTER Farmraise: https://www.farmraise.com/ MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374 Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀: https://store.turbify.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-20803342241356+tt4W2F+shop.html+NOTILL🚨 ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Hats 🧢 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat Music 🎵 👉 via www.empidemicsound.com 👕 MERCH 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers freelance sound editor: www.sellassoundworks.com
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    18 min