The farmer wears many hats. As a farmer we need to be just as concerned about the 50% of the plant below the ground as we do the 50% above ground. 

This podcast is full of pro tips and horticultural insights from a grower who knows his stuff! Learn why he has a love/hate relationship with root aphids and how in-house experiments and research can increase efficiency and production. Join me as we discuss the production of cannabis oil in the great oil state of Texas. 

“Everything I learned as a farmer, I learned from someone else or I learned from experience.”

Jason Sanders, CCTX

02:30 Cannabis: gateway horticultural crop

05:20 Why grow cannabis indoors and year-round, rather than outdoors and seasonally?

10:30 Growing media, soil biology, and the lessons learned from root aphids

15:30 Medicinal, recreational, and hemp, what’s the difference?

19:50 Can you graft cannabis?

24:15 Root aphids are evil! Or are they?

31:25 Breeding for genetics that work with the environment

35:00 In-house research: LEDs, VPD, and air temperature 

41:30 Efficiency, water, carbon footprint and APIs (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients)

47:45 The collaborative, competitive, and compassionate nature of CEA and cannabis

51:15 Looking into the crystal ball future of the cannabis industry

54:30 Tractors?!

55:40 What do plants crave?