Growers Podcast

In this episode of The Growers Show Podcast, we get into a heated debate over the value of old-growth forests.Are old-growth forests an irreplaceable ecological treasure—critical for biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate stability? Or are they sometimes romanticized, misunderstood, or poorly managed in modern forestry conversations?We break down:What actually defines an old-growth forestTheir role in biodiversity and wildlife habitatCarbon sequestration myths and realitiesForestry, conservation, and land-use tradeoffsWhere emotion, science, and policy collide

As growers, naturalists, and plant people, we don’t always agree—and this episode proves it.🎙️ The Growers Show Podcast explores plants, ecology, farming, natural history, and the occasional argument that comes with caring deeply about the natural world.Let us know where you stand in the comments

More plant history today as the botany dawgs get into the history of the oldest surviving tree species - the ginkgo biloba tree! What a beautiful and historic plant OMG! We dig deep into the mysterious origins and past of this incredible tree, and what we find out may shock you!

Is there any stranger flower on earth than the ghost flower, the Indian Pipe flower, the Indian ghost plant? Monotropa uniflora… It goes by many names but its mystery remains. This plant has NO CHLOROPHYLL! It doesn’t get any weirder than that in the plant world. It doesn’t use photosynthesis to grow! Instead of getting its energy from the sun, it has a mycoheterotrophic, parasitic relationship with fungi that get their energy from trees that do photosynthesize. Insane!!!

Does there exist a single plant on this beautiful earth worse than poison ivy?? I can’t think of any!! We break down how poison ivy effects our skin, what it looks like, how to avoid it, and how to treat it. We go deep into this terrible terrible plant in our discussion today. If you never want to get poison ivy ever again, take a listen! Find the missing Ep 4 on YouTube or Rumble!

Wow guys what a crazy time. We tried to lay out our plans for how to fix the climate and the environment. But instead we were nearly killed by a giant porcupine. What a world!

Relict plant populations are small pockets of ancient communities that are still left over in small areas, surviving over hundreds, thousands or even millions of years. These incredible places offer us a glimpse into the past and allow us to see what the climate and environment would have been like far in the past. These are some of the most interesting forests and habitats in the united States and in the world. From the Lost Pines pine forest in central Texas, to the redwoods of California, to the lesser known redwood forest of Africa and South America - take a journey back in time with us as we discuss these magical places that we can still visit today! Please let us know if you know of any different relict plant populations, or if you have visited any that we discuss!

Alright guys here it is the number one botany and nature based podcast in the world, and the number 9999th podcast in Austin, Texas! We love you all!!!! We will be discussing nature, the earth, the plants and animals that inhabit the earth, and related topics. If you have any topics you would like us to cover please let us know!