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Category: In The Field: Plants

#168: The Replacements

Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Plants | May 16, 2022

As an established grower there are lots of reasons to pull out one variety and replace it with another.  What, when, why and how?

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#160: Crown Maintenance

Gregg
In The Field: Plants | March 21, 2022

Carping, hilling, scratching, ripping, root pruning.  Let’s get dirty!

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#154: James’ Hymn to Light

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Light!  What is it good for?  Absolutely…uh….everything?

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#149: Drought and Heat Stress

Gregg
In The Field: Plants | January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

If you can make it through 8.5 minutes of IBS and My Little Pony, we spend the rest of this episode diving into drought concerns and yield impacts.  It’s not just the volume of irrigation, it’s the when and the how.

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#137: Leave Me Alone!

Gregg
In The Field: Plants | October 11, 2021

Sorry, I had to.  All about leaf biology.

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#133: Soil

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | September 13, 2021

Don’t call it dirt. Dirt is dead. Soil is alive (insert Vincent Price laugh)!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!!!!

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#127: Breeding Part 1

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | August 2, 2021

In another installment of “they asked it on the Discord” we discuss the sciency-science around hop breeding.  Haploid, diploid, triploid.  We get all ploidy on you this week.

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#125: Climate Change

Gregg
In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants | July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

It’s hot.  Damn hot.  But then it gets crazy cold.  The old max/min for temperature, rainfall, etc is becoming less and less relevant as variability increases and timeframes change.  How do you pivot to accommodate your crop?

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#121: Fertilizer Theory

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | June 21, 2021

The History of Fertilizer.  Why it works, how it works, potassium, potash and coprolite.  Sounds like a bunch of crap if you ask me.

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#120: Shortcuts

Gregg
Business Management, In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Off The Bine: Drying & Processing | June 14, 2021

There’s a fine line between “that’s a creative way to save some time and/or money” and “uh oh, what did I just do?”.  Sometimes those great ideas don’t work out too well, leading to the eternal battle between Current James and Future James.

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