Episode 116: Listen here!

The end of September is here but not for Maggie and Dave’s gardens. They catch up about what they’re each still harvesting these days (green tomatoes, red tomatoes, all the tomatoes!) and Maggie plans to make a salsa verde with her harvest.

Don’t miss it! We’re hosting an upcoming listener Q&A and we want to hear you on the pod! Submit your questions via our Facebook group OR send us a pre-recorded audio clip to thegrowguidepod@gmail.com OR join us LIVE for the recording on Monday October 4 between 10:30am-12:00pm CT.

Maggie’s Fav Thing: Northern Catalpa Tree

Dave’s Fav Thing: Paris Market Carrots

This week’s guest: Tyler Baras

Tyler is an author, YouTuber and American horticulturalist who says he’s been “obsessed” with plants since university. He’s worked at commercial certified organic hydroponic farms across the United States. He was featured on a PBS gardening show that eventually led into a book offer, eventually leading him to his second book, Home Hydroponics, which he chats about on The Grow Guide. Sit back, relax and fall in love with Tyler’s enthusiasm for DIY hydroponics you can easily design and build in your home.

This episode covers:

Tyler’s definition of hydroponics (0:20:41)
Some of the benefits and advantages for farmers and businesses who use hydroponics to grow food (0:22:00)
What the hydroponic industry looks like in Canada (0:24:00)
The cannabis industry’s involvement in hydroponics (0:27:10)
What inspired Tyler to transition his focus to the home-based setting of hydroponics (0:30:10)
Some of Tyler’s simple, DIY home hydroponic set-up ideas (0:32:49)
Type of plants you can grow successfully in a home hydroponic system…aside from the classic tomatoes and cucumbers (0:39:45)
Growing mushrooms in a hydroponic home garden (0:44:20)
Rapid Fire questions, covering grow lights, seed starting, fertilizing and site selection (0:46:25)