Serious Grower

43:14

Kasi is a sample size of one: magnesium supplements...

Serious Grower ·

2026/09/28

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging discussion, we discuss how magnesium supplements have been helping Kasi avoid migraine headaches, get nostalgic about rhododendrons, and get a little twisted up making analogies between nutritional supplementation for human health and plant health. Content warning! Talk to your doctor about supplementing your diet before taking any advice from two middle aged women without medical degrees. Also, we talk about our

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33:29

Kira lives for tomatoes: gardening for beginners and...

Serious Grower ·

2026/09/14

Kira is a regular lady from the Seacoast of New Hampshire who loves fresh, local produce and wants to get into varsity level growing, backyard tomatoes. We discuss low light levels in the home that are great for house plants but not quite enough for starting vegetable transplants, we try a de-goatified goat cheese, and develop a sensory panel activity to determine if farmers' market attendees can tell the difference between tomatoes that were picked green and allowed to ripen on the counter versus

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9:20

Field Report for September 2: late blight alert for...

Serious Grower ·

2026/09/02

A summary of what vegetable pest experts are talking about this week (the last field report for the season)...including risk of late blight infections in tomato, first report of spotted lanternfly in New Hampshire, emerging diseases, and reports of early maturing pumpkins.More information about late

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39:34

Giant pumpkin growers, mic-ed up: genetics,...

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/31

Dr. Chris Hernandez is a geneticist and crop breeder at the University of New Hampshire. Steve Geddes is record-breaking giant pumpkin grower living and growing in New Hampshire. As far as Serious Growers go...you can't get much more serious than this! Elite level growing and fierce competition, overseen across the globe by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth.Join Anna (an entomologist) as she embeds within a giant pumpkin growing project with the boys over at Brookdale Retirement community in Durham,

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8:58

Field Report for August 26: cucurbit downy mildew alert!

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/26

A summary of what vegetable pest experts are talking about this week…its mostly diseases impacting cucumbers, pumpkins and squashes!Seasonal reporting on CDM https://extension.psu.edu/2026-cucurbit-downy-mildew-updates more information on fungicide selection for major cucurbit diseases, including cucurbit downy

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9:52

Field Report for August 18: brassica clubroot...

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/19

A quick summary of what the experts are talking about when it comes to managing late summer pests, diseases, and other vegetable crop maladies.More about clubroot management in brassicas https://extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/extd8/files/documents/em9148.pdf More about bottom rot in lettuce https://sites.udel.edu/weeklycropupdate/?p=18469 More about boron deficiencies and toxicities https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/boron_in_vegetables_not_too_little_not_too_much More about cornsilk

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37:21

Kasi gets a robot vacuum: garlic irrigation, UV-C and...

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/17

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging discussion, we discuss garlic irrigation strategies, right to repair laws, and all the technologies that are showing up on the farm thanks to space exploration, including UV-C for water purification and disease management.Music: With the Homies - Sarah the Illstrumentalist; All the Freedom You Need - Terin Ector; Mechakucha - Sugoi; Snakes and Fire - Par Hagstrom; The Big Aisle - John Runefelt

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9:24

Field Report for August 12, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/12

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 about alternaria leaf

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11:21

Field Report for August 5, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/05

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! The 2026 Cornell IPM Organic Production

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53:08

Chuck is enthused about IPM

Serious Grower ·

2026/08/03

Chuck is a commercial farmer in New Hampshire and an expert in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for fruit and vegetable crops. This episode touches on how the scientific community is seeking alternatives tools & tactics to replace neonicotinoid pesticides in vegetable pest management and how science and policy influence the nitty gritty business of growing food. From New Hampshire's House Spring 2026 legislative session HB-1086-FN and HB-1431-FN Full Interview with Dr. Brian Nault (Cornell

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11:25

Field Report for July 29, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/29

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! More information about foliar diseases of

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11:31

Field Report for July 22, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/22

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! For more information about fall

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41:49

Kasi is staging a death match

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/20

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. In this wide ranging discussion, we touch on microbes, nitrogen amendments for growing flowers, invasive species, comfrey tea, "chop and drop" mulching, using compost tea as a liquid fertilizer and as a pesticide... and why Anna needs to get off r/permaculture. More information about how to interpret your soil tests from Vermont and Montana's extension services and The Compost Tea Brewing Manual. Music: With the Homies - Sarah the

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14:14

Field Report for July 15, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/15

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! More information on managing cercospora

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8:13

Field Report for July 8, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/08

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 on Western bean

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28:25

Jason is growing a biological wonderland

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/06

Jason wants to turn his lawn into an edible landscape and an amazing place for his family in Oregon. We’ll drop in throughout the year to hear how things are progressing. This conversation includes fitting tree fruit into small spaces, how to trap earwigs and why they are both good and bad, and why mail order pollinators could be causing more problems than its solving. Listen to the full interview with Tracy Zarrillo about her work with wild bees in CT.

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12:20

Field Report for July 1, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/07/01

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 about purple carrot seed

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40:59

Tomato IPM Study Group: Covered Production

Serious Grower ·

2026/06/29

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? This discussion includes discussions of how growing tomato crops under cover can solve one problem (fungal diseases) but might create new problems in need of solutions. More on pest management in high tunnels, distinguishing cosmetic injury caused by thrips

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11:04

Field Report for June 24, 2026

Serious Grower ·

2026/06/24

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! Webinar from the Vermont Vegetable &

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42:44

Kasi gets experimental

Serious Grower ·

2026/06/22

Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We celebrate Birdhouse Day, discuss the ins and outs of cover cropping for a squash crop and for weed management, and the difference between "doing science" and "doing a science." Anna has an existential crisis over some very charismatic tomato plants. Tarping in the Northeast: A Guide for Small Farms Music: With the Homies, Sarah the Illstrumentalist; Patina, Ryan James Carr; I Don't Wanna Be You, Park Lane; Trouble Deep, River

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