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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Kevin Espiritu

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

A daily Home, Garden and Education podcast featuring Kevin Espiritu
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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Kevin Espiritu

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Kevin Espiritu

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

A daily Home, Garden and Education podcast featuring Kevin Espiritu
 5 people rated this podcast
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Ben Hartman takes us through the spring garden planning process from soil prep, to the crops you want to grow. He even covers the systems he uses to prioritize tasks. As he combines these, he creates an efficient and effective process for growi
Implement the lean system in your garden, and you’ll reduce at least 7 types of waste. Hear how Ben Hartman minimizes waste on his lean farm. Everything from how to store tools, to where you orient your garden, all the way to how you harvest ar
Ben Hartman turned to a lean system when his meticulously built greenhouse was destroyed by high winds. By using this concept, he’s instituted a simple way to farm, framing it in terms of production and waste – two sides of the same coin.  Epic
As the orchard develops at the Epic Homestead, Christy Wilhelmi comes on to talk about mini fruit gardens. Connect With Christy Wilhelmi: Christy Wilhelmi is the founder of Gardenerd and author of the upcoming book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Gar
Lazy gardening is smart gardening. Niki Jabbour shares her winter sowing method for easy, early seed starting. Connect With Niki Jabbour: Niki Jabbour is an award-winning author 3 best-selling books like The Year Round Vegetable Gardener, Groun
Lisa Steinkopf joins us again for a week of houseplant celebration, starting off with how to pick the perfect plant at the nursery. Connect with Lisa Steinkopf: Lisa Steinkopf is a blogger, freelance writer, and houseplant enthusiast, and the a
We need to reframe how we view pests - they’re food for other organisms in the garden, not just things that destroy your plants. Connect With Charles Malki Charles Malki is the author of Saving The World With The Home Garden: Improve Our Planet
Because nurseries can be such a huge operation with plenty of offsets, having sustainable practices looped into their daily activities is important. At Bailey, Ryan and his team use different production techniques, from rainwater capture, to us
While propagating plants is fairly easy, developing cultivars with desired traits can take several generations. There are a lot of surprises in the process, too. Ryan McEnaney of Bailey Nurseries provides a little BTS look at the company’s focu
How do plants get to the nursery, and into home gardens? Wholesale nurseries are the source! Behind every nursery is a huge operation, usually with a focus on particular types of plants. Bailey Nurseries is one example of this model.Epic Garden
Horticulture is an industry full of opportunity. Many of the people working at Bailey Nurseries, for instance, started their careers simply from their love of plants. A job in Horticulture does not require a degree. Ryan McEnaney of Bailey Nurs
How do you get those really large leaves on your houseplants? Aside from the obvious foundation of proper conditions, you can water slightly more frequently, and provide a highly diluted liquid fertilizer. Add a moss pole, and you won’t struggl
When it comes to basic houseplant care, Jan suggests you skip the store bought potting mixes, and develop your own. Water your moss poles frequently, and provide containers that are not too big or too small. You’ll have lots of success with a g
Sometimes conditions in your home are ideal and your care regimen causes problems. Sometimes you should adjust your care to create better conditions. If a houseplant dies in your care, try to learn from it! That’s what Jan has done in the past.
Moss poles are not just a way to support vertical houseplant growth; they are also an extension of the container in which the plant grows. Here, Jan outlines the many ways houseplant gardeners can build their own at home, and how to care for po
According to Jan Gettmann, the Sydney Plant Guy, houseplants have certain conditions they need to thrive, and proper care aligns with those conditions. Incorporating proper lighting, humidity, and watering ensures all houseplants are happy and
Grafting and cross-pollinating dragon fruit is a fun gardening hack that can be really addicting. But what happens after you cross two plants? In this episode, Richard Le outlines the best ways to hybridize dragon fruit cacti. Epic Gardening Sh
Did you know the dragon fruit is a tropical cactus? That means it needs slightly more water than your standard desert cactus. However, too much water causes rot. Richard Le of Grafting Dragon Fruit runs down the most common dragon fruit mistake
Late winter into spring is the best time to get started with dragon fruit. If you’re wondering what the top 5 beginner varieties are, Richard has you covered! Here, he discusses the best first-time cultivars, and why someone might prefer each. 
How should someone begin their own dragon fruit orchard? It’s super easy! Take a cactus cutting, plant it, and prepare for pollination. In this episode, Kevin and Richard detail ways to get started, growing tips, and the different varieties you
When Richard Le got into dragon fruit in Orange County, California, it was all a mystery to him. He received a plant and learned he could grow one without even trying. This led him to a desire to learn more about dragon fruit cultivation and ca
A two to four inch layer of mulch controls soil temperatures, conserves water, and supports biodiversity. Most of all, it reduces the need to weed by 80 to 90%. Choosing the right mulch, and spreading it correctly will benefit the backyard orch
Here, Tom Spellman breaks down the different kinds of citrus growers in the tropics and subtropics can grow. He also discusses regionality, and how to maintain different trees. Both experienced citrus growers and those new to fruit trees will g
Knowing which fruit trees do well in your growing region is a great way to start growing fruit. Understanding the root stock of a grafted tree is even better. The grafting process is used to encourage better adaptability in sets of fruit trees,
Soil drainage and sun exposure are the two most important considerations for planting fruit trees. Spacing is another important aspect. Of course, backyard gardeners think of all these tenets differently than commercial growers do. For instance
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