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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ answers two organic gardening questions. Help John to close caption his videos and get your questions answered with the link below:
In this episode, John will answer the following questions:
03:27 What is the best way to grow the most nutrient dense wheatgrass or other sprouts? 13:58 What are the benefits of fabric pots and the differences between fabric and plastic pots?
After watching this episode you will learn John's answers to these questions and probably alot more about organic gardening as well.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to JSH hydroponics in Houston ,Texas to share with you the 100% legal crop they are growing that is more valuable for your health than Weed aka Cannabis aka Marijuana.
In this episode, John will share with you a hydroponics store that is growing microgreens instead of Cannabis using hydroponic methods of growing.
First, John will take you into the hydroponics store and share with you his opinions about growing with synthetic hydroponic nutrients. He will suggest ways that you can easily transition to more organic methods of growing even if using a hybrid hydroponic and organic growing methods.
Next, you will discover a few products at the hydroponics store that can be valuable to every gardener growing an outdoor garden. You will learn about a bagged soil product and why it's Johns #1 favorite item available at many good hydroponic stores.
You will then learn how JSH Hydroponics started growing lettuce to increase its revenue, and how they transitioned out of growing lettuce that was not so profitable into growing one of the most profitable crops that can be grown legally: Microgreens.
John will then take you around and show you the Microgreens Grow at JSH hydroponics, aka JSH Microgreens and take you step-by-step on how they grow their microgreen vegetables at this Houston, TX hydro store.
You will learn the specific steps on how to successfully grow microgreens for fun or profit, including: Using the best water, selecting the best varieties of seeds, and healthiest seeds, how to grow indoors without leaking water, the best soil to use to plant the seeds, how to compress your soil so you an even grow every time, how often to water your plants, how to provide the best environment for growing microgreens, the best energy efficient Lights for growing microgreens, and much much more.
For people that want to grow microgreens at home, John will share with you a NSF wire shelf rack that is available at Costco so you can grow easily 20 flats of microgreens in just 8 square feet of floor space in your home to grow the most nutritious and beneficial food in your home in the winter or any time of year.
Next, John will talk about the ONLY thing JSH microgreens feeds the plants besides just water and why this organic approved innoculant is important. John will also share with you his #1 recommendation on the nutrient that you should be feeding your microgreens for faster growth, more nutrition and better tasting food.
At the end of this episode, John interviews Juan, the owner, and farmer at JSH Hydroponics. John will ask Juan the following questions:
1:02:21 Why did you start to grow microgreens instead of Cannabis?
1:04:37 What kind of microgreens do you grow and what are the most popular?
1:06:00 How to best eat your microgreens?
1:09:13 How do you help people grow their own microgreens?
1:13:30 Do you have any final words of wisdom to share with my viewerS?
1:14:14 How Can People Get ahold of you?
Referenced Videos:
Open Source Compost Tea Recipe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
Supersize your Vegetables with Wood Chips and Rock Dust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkFFRjDkvs
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to give you a tour of a 3300 square foot urban homestead in the desert that grows food including fruits, vegetables, herbs and animals. In this episode you will learn how to have your very own Urban homestead so you can grow your food in a small amount of space even if you rent! During this episode you will discover some of the crops in the vegetable garden that grow well in the desert as well as many of techniques that can be use to better grow food at home. You will also learn the different kinds of animals and insects that are being kept to work with nature instead of against it. Finally there will be an interview with the urban homesteader on why he started growing food and why he feels its important for everyone to start growing some of their own food today.
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ interviews permaculture designer and founder of Punta Mona Center for Regenerative Design and Botanical Studies about the diet that can save the world.
In this episode, you will learn about the Perennial Diet and how eating Perennial crops can be better for you and the planet. You will learn the difference between eating a diet based on annual plants (what most people eat today) most often results in more labor, tillage, and damage to the soil and environment.
You will discover how a permaculture food forest fits right into the perennial diet and how it can be one of the answers to help save the world.
You will learn how by changing over to eating more perennial based foods, you can do your part to conserve and protect the earth, the soil, and water from degradation and help to regenerate the earth by voting with your dollars or growing your own perennial crops including fruit trees and other plants that easily grow year after year.
Stephen will share the most important perennial foods in a tropical climate and how they can be easily grown to sustain you, your family and other people. You will then learn which crops can be grown in more temperate climates that are focused on disturbing the soil less, creating more fertility in the soil and require less labor.
After watching this episode, your diet will never be the same again. You may want to eat more of these perennial foods in your diet to ensure you are doing your part to save the planet and eat a healthy diet based on plants that you can grow where ever you live.
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the best fertilizer to boost your plant growth in a new garden or an old one.
John will share his favorite fertilizer to get your plants off to a running start after starting them from seed or transplanting.
John will share with you why compost tea is his favorite fertilizer to add microbes to your soil that will break down minerals and organic matter in the soil into plant available nutrients.
Next, John will share how to easily brew your own compost tea using a garden filter, a five gallon bucket, an air pump with air stones and pre-made compost tea.
Finally John will show you how to distribute the compost tea to all your plants in your garden quickly and easily.
Referenced videos:
Best Nursery in Houston for Perennial Vegetables:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VzILo5xxKQ
Open Source Compost Tea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTijkwQaPRI
Compost Tea vs Rock Dust Battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLWGHku3es
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Help John buy a Farm and Get a Tee Shirt
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Natural Products Trade Show to share with you the products that allow you to grow food. In this episode you will learn about:
1. Kenaf - A US grown, sustainable fiber that can be used to help regulate moisture in potted plants, also be used as a growing medium and for growing microgreens instead of sure to grow plastic growing pads. Learn more at
http://www.magnimoist.com
2. AquaFarm - a $60 aquaponic system that allows you to grow food on the top of your desk or counter at home. Learn more at:
http://store.backtotheroots.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Aquaponics&Click=12200
3. Non-GMO Vegetable Garden Seeds - Learn more about Lake Valley Seeds who has been providing non-gmo, untreated and Organic seeds since 1985. John will highlight some of his favorite seeds to grow and what kind of seed John encourages you to only grow if they are organic. Learn more at:
http://www.lakevalleyseed.com/
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Wasatch community garden in downtown salt lake city and share the crops that grew best in the summer and explains how to best prepare your raised bed garden for the winter.
In this episode, John re-visits a community garden that he visited in 2010. He will first give you a tour of some of the vegetables, herbs and fruits that did the best in Salt Lake City, and should do well in many climates as these are some of the hardiest crops you can grow.
Along the way, John shares with you some of his insights and information about growing food, preserving food and preparing food. John will also share many of his gardening tips with you.
Next, at 20:36 John will share with you how he would prepare his raised beds for the winter season if he lived in Salt Lake City, Utah or another climate where people normally don't grow a vegetable garden in the winter time. You will also learn how he prepares his bed for the next planting season because he grows year round.
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Referenced Episodes:
Original Salt Lake City Community Garden Video from 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98O9fVm_cA
How to Make Kale Chips Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRKsYD_k0g
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ share with you the NEW Gardening Tech products that allow you to have instant green thumbs and grow food even if you never have grown anything in your life before in your home garden indoors or outdoors.
In this episode, John attends the International 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV to share with you a handful of tech gadgets that will enable you to keep better tabs on your gardening and connecting your garden to the internet, iphone, android phone, or tablet. These devices utilize state-of-the-art sensor technology so you can converse water, provide exactly the amount of water your plants need, monitor temperature, monitor humidity, soil moisture, water useage, soil fertility, get recommendations and feedback on how to improve your plants and garden. You will discover this and a whole lot more with the garden tech gadgets unveiled at the CES 2015.
In this episode you will learn about:
01:57 The Edyn Garden Sensor - That allows you to have an Internet connected garden. A solar powered sensor that will let you know the light, humidity, temperature, soil nutrition and moisture. It will also make recommendations on which plants will grow best works with the IOS / iphone app. The Edyn Water Valve utilizes the data from the Edyn Garden Sensor to Water based on the moisture level in the soil and weather forecast. Learn more at:
http://www.edyn.com
08:28 Netatmo Weather Station for Smartphone - The Netatmo weather station allows you to check the temperature, humidity, wind and rain happening in real time in your garden. This will allow to take appropriate action when required based on the temperature in your garden. The Netatmo has an open API that you can pull the data for your own needs. Furthermore the smart garden hub will utilize the data from the Netatmo to custom tailor water in your garden to the weather in your microclimate. Learn more at:
https://www.netatmo.com/
11:22 Parrot Pot is the World's first connected smart pot that monitors the moisture, temperature, sunlight and fertilizer that your plant needs and will make recommendations to optimize your plants growth. It can also water your plants automatically when you are on vacation for 30 days or more!
17:17 The Parrot H20 Connected Smart Sensor allows you to monitor the moisture, temperature, sunlight and fertilizer levels in your soil of any pot, plant, or raised bed. It will also allow you to automatically water your plant when your on vacation or not. It will also give you recommendations to optimize the health of your plant based on a database of 8000 plants at present time. With the open API you can pull the data from this device to use in your own applications. The Parrot H20 will send data to the Smart Garden Hub so that it will water the appropriate amount of water your garden needs. Learn more about these products at http://www.parrot.fr
25:55 Smart Garden Hub by GreenIQ offers the Internet Connected Irrigation Timer / Controller and then some... This smart garden hub will use weather data from online sources or the Netatmo weather station as well as internet connected moisture sensors such as the parrot flower power, parrot h2o, or Plant Sensor 2 by Koubachi to water your plants the exact amount of water for your plants to save water and give your plants the exact amount of water your plants require. You can easily program your Smart Garden hub through any internet browser including smart phones, tablets and computers. It is water proof and controls 6 standard 24 volt irrigation water valves. It can also control garden lighting with an optional relay. Software updates are free and pushed automatically to the unit. With the upcoming water meter you will be able to detect leaks and monitor the money you are saving. In addition, with the open API you can program your own apps to do what you need to get done in your garden.
Learn more about the Smart Garden Hub at:
http://www.greeniq.co
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you how he replants hydroponic grown microgreens and watercress after harvest.
In this episode, John shares with you how he replants hydroponic grown watercress and microgreens after they have been fully harvested.
You will discover why he recommends replanting these crops as well as how to maximize your harvest by companion planting along with the hydroponically grown plants.
You will learn how John is direct-seeding ashitaba seeds in this city-pickers, a self-contained, self-watering container garden.
You will learn why John chooses to replant these often-discarded plants and what to expect.
After watching this episode, you will learn how to replant hydroponically grown plants with the roots still attached. You will also learn more about the ashitaba plant from Japan.
​Referenced Videos:
How to Grow a Patio Self-Watering Patio Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRSjaycVGE
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John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he uses solar power to grow vegetables in his backyard home garden to feed his clan. In this episode, you will learn about the most cost effective solar lights and panels you can use to light up your garden at night that operate on 100% sun power and turn on automatically as security lights.
You will also discover the benefits of using energy efficient LED lighting both in the garden and your home to save energy and have a higher quality light to help reduce the amount of resources you and your family use.
After watching this episode, you will know how you can light your garden with 100% free energy from the sun, so you can work outside late, harvest your fruits, vegetables herbs, provide more light for your plants to grow bigger or just have enough free light to film a youtube video.
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