The No-Till Flowers Podcast

Plant Tissue Testing Explained with Bryant Mason


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Welcome to Part 2 of a recent interview host Jennie Love had with guest Bryant Mason of Soil Doctor Consulting.

If you haven’t already listened to Episdoe 37 or Episode 29, stop this one now and go back to listen to those first.  In this segment, Bryant helps listeners understand what plant tissue testing is and why it is so valuable for farmers to do.  Bryant walks us through a tissue test for stock grown at Jennie's farm, explaining how to read the various nutrient values and make decisions for future fertilization.  

If you'd like to see the tissue test result sheet Bryant and Jennie discuss in this episode, along with other test results from Jennie's crops, join the Regenerative Flower Farmers Network (RFFN) to have a look at those.

Two labs that Jennie has used for tissue testing flower crops are: 

  • Logan  Labs
  • Waypoint Analytical 

At the end of this conversation, we also get a nice list of resources listeners can use to increase their knowledge of organic and regenerative growing.  Here are links to most of those: 

  • The Nature and Properties of Soils textbook
  • The Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants textbook
  • Nigel Palmer's book The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments
  • Nigel Palmer's interview on this podcast
  • Bryan O' Hara's book No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture
  • Shaping Fire podcast
  • Regenerative Agriculture podcast
  • ATTRA Voices from the Field podcast
  • Priming for Production podcast
  • Tractor Time podcast
  • Field Lab Earth podcast
  • Cannibas Cultivation and Science podcast
  • Decode 6 podcast
  • No-Till Growers podcast

This conversation with Bryant was broken into two episodes since it was full of so much information. So be sure to go back and listen to the first half in Episode 37.  

Follow Bryant on Instagram @soil_doctor.  

Bryant has developed an easy online tool to help you directly to interpret your soil tests and choose natural amendments accordingly.  Click here to learn more.  

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On-demand Short Courses for Farmers available on the Regenerative Flower Farmers Network: 

  • Foliage for the Win
  • Successful Flower CSAs and Subscriptions
  • CREW: Hiring and Managing
  • Simple Steps to Better Marketing (coming in late January 2024)
  • Woodies: Playing the Long Game (coming in February 2024)

Tap into the above courses and resources any time you need.  These are available on-demand through the Regenerative Flower Farmers Network. 

>>> FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, GET 3 SHORT COURSES FOR $300.

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