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Serious Grower

New Hampshire Community Supported Research

Join Anna (a stone-cold nerd) and her co-hosts to find out how science can help all the serious growers out there!Expect some expert visitors to drop in and get into the weeds, both literally and metaphorically. Please reach out if you are interested in being a co-host or if you have a question that needs some serious attention!

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26:56

Caleb discusses (phyto)toxic gases (feat. Kasi!)

Serious Grower ·

2026/06/01

Caleb Goossen (MOFGA) provides some practical guidance on understanding the good and bad byproducts of microbial activity, while we traverse current and historical approaches for capturing heat for indoor lettuce production. Listen to the full interview with Dr. Md Sazan Rahman about UNH's Manure Heating Project. Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; Una Noche en Lagos, El Flaco Collective

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10:16

Field Report for May 27, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/27

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! More information on scouting onions for

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32:59

Tomato IPM Study Group: Pre Season Topics

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/25

Do you want to know more about where your tomatoes come from and the experts who are supporting our vegetable farmers to grow us the freshest, tastiest tomatoes possible, using the most economically & environmentally sustainable practices?Watch this video of large-scale processing tomato harvest. So neat! This discussion includes many pre-season topics including the economics of reflective mulch for management of pests & disease (including thrips that vector tomato spotted wilt virus) as

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4:33

Field Report for May 20, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/20

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! More information on alium

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43:46

Kasi is very interested in figs (feat. Caleb!)

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/18

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We discuss the potential for growing figs in northern climates and are joined by organic crop specialist, Caleb Goossen, who holds us by the hand and gently explains soil chemistry as we "Monday morning quarterback" a hugelkulture venture that went wrong. Dr. Becky Sideman's Research Report on Figs for Northern Climates Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Mt. Fiji, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; In

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8:55

Field Report for May 13, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/13

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! More information on alium

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29:47

Susan is a fiber artist

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/11

Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire... but just like the rest of us she has many interests, including knitting! In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss how to avoid bringing pests into our home when we are repurposing second hand items, as well as an instagram reel from @rachelisknitting.Please reach out to your local extension office if you think you have a bed bug infestation! Sometimes its something else but - if it is bed bugs - you want to act sooner

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8:30

Field Report for May 6, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/06

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! Andy Wyenandt's post on Recognizing cold

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38:08

Kasi has a system

Serious Grower ·

2026/05/04

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging conversation we discuss what it takes to live on the cutting edge of art and science, how we adopt new ideas, and how we develop our own systems for doing things.This one is mostly heart and very little science. Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; AAH!, TAGE; Lock Stock, The Big Let Down

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7:51

Field Report for April 29, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/29

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! US Drought Monitor Northeast

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32:30

Seth has a new plan for cabbage aphid

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/27

Seth is a commercial grower in mid-coast Maine and he is getting serious about managing cabbage aphid infesting his organic Brussels sprouts.We discuss the challenges and opportunities of chemigating with overhead irrigation to apply insectical soaps with the frequency required for good control, as well as the potential non-target effects on biocontrol agents living on the farm. Check out all the great stuff from The Brassica Pest Collaborative for more on managing brassica pests in the

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11:29

Field Report for April 22, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/22

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! Leek moth information

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35:12

Kasi is a pillar of the community

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/20

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley and a Granger! In this conversation we discuss what it takes to build community, what happens when winters get less wintery, and some insider information about the winter Olympics. Learn more about the Grange! Find my conversation with UNH Extension's Jeremy Delisle about what could go wrong when starting and maintaining a home orchard. Music: With the Homes, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr

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12:04

Field Report for April 15, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/15

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states. Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area! Drought map for the

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30:29

Will has his eyes peeled for swede midge

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/13

Will is an extension educator in northern New Hampshire and he's helping his growers manage a new and unusual pest attacking broccoli. We talk to experts in NH, ME, and VT to understand the state of the art in monitoring and management of swede midge. Vegetable IPM Reports for New Hampshire Watch the full interview with Dr. Tom Rounsville, Director, Applied Genetics and Genomics Lab at the University of Maine Summary of swede midge review article from Hodgdon et al. 2024 Learn more about

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28:51

Kasi got her bingo bean seminkis

Serious Grower ·

2026/04/06

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and she's been reading about Luther Burbank alongside a pile of seed catalogues. We discuss what makes crops "true to seed".Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Libertalia, Arc De Soleil; Overture, Dozeoff; Can't Handle It, Ryan James Carr

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26:48

Susan grows off-season

Serious Grower ·

2026/03/30

Susan is a professor of agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. We discuss the ins and outs of growing in unconventional situations and talk spiders. Learn more about the Farm2You program at UNH Learn more about the research project Optimizing pest management in high tunnels to increase the resiliency of local food systems Learn more about pesticide regulation With the Homies, Sarah the Illstumentalist; Aquatic Flower Dance, Ryan James Carr; Oh Please; Gerhard Feng; Overture, Dozeoff;

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30:54

Kasi is interested in insect husbandry

Serious Grower ·

2026/03/23

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, and accidental grasshopper rancher. The ins and outs regarding the rearing and farming of insects is discussed.One of many popular ant forums can be found on Reddit Learn more about the Schmidt Pain Index With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; The Doom and Gloom Choir, Luella Gren; Drinkin' & Jivin', TAGE

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37:09

Caleb begrudgingly discusses plant sap

Serious Grower ·

2026/03/16

Caleb Goossen joins us for a deep dive into the interplay between fertilization and pest severity.TL;DR Overfertilizing your crops might make some pest infestation worse, but underfertilizing won't solve all your pest problems. We review data from Laybourne & Aradottir 2022 and Nowak & Komor 2010. Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Overture, Dozeoff; Riding High, John Runefelt

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28:00

Kasi is into oddball fruits

Serious Grower ·

2026/03/09

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this episode we live react to an interview with Will Hastings about his work developing the Growing Kiwiberries in the Northeast guide. Learn more about how kiwiberry is resistant to infestation from the invasive fruit fly, spotted wing drosophila! Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; La Belle Nini, El Flaco Collective

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