Episode 61: Agronomist Bill McKibben Explains Logan Labs Soil Tests and Potting Soils

Cannabis Cultivation and Science Podcast

Tad Hussey.

Cannabis, Gardening, Natural Sciences, Cultivation, Leisure, Science, Home & Garden, Marijuana, Weed, Growing, Organics, Grow

4.7 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Understanding how these soil tests are performed and what numbers you should be using is really important. Some numbers on these tests don't work for potting soils. Agronomist and Author Bill McKibben takes us through the Logan Labs tests and shares what you need to know when using a soil test with potting soils. SPOILER: It's not the same as agricultural soils and not all the numbers are accurate! https://www.kisorganics.com/pages/cannabis-cultivation-and-science-podcast-episode-61

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cannabis Cautilance Podcast.
0:04.0	I'm your host, Tadussie of Kiss Organics.
0:22.8	This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based
0:26.7	perspective and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.
0:31.8	The Bio Controls Conference from last podcast was a lot of fun and I met some great growers who attended the cannabis track.
0:38.5	I hope to see more folks at future bowel controls conferences and was grateful for the opportunity to speak on how to
0:43.3	evaluate commercial products when making production decisions. This week's podcast relates to soil
0:48.9	testing. A lot of growers and cannabis consultants use soil tests to make fertility decisions for this crop.
0:55.4	What I learned in the last two weeks really changed the way I view these tests, and my conversation
1:00.0	with our next guest will hopefully explain in better detail how these tests work, what information
1:05.2	on them is most useful, and what we should be basing our production decisions on.
1:09.9	This week's guest is Bill McKibben.
1:12.1	Bill is an accomplished agronomist and author of two books relating to soils, the art of balancing
1:17.0	soil nutrients and the growers' guide to balancing soil nutrients. He has been consulting on soil
1:22.4	fertility since 1976 and graduated in 1975 from the Ohio State University with a Masters of Science and
1:29.8	Soil Chemistry.
1:30.8	He is a consultant to Logan Labs and the owner of Soil Tech Incorporated.
1:35.3	I've talked to Bill in the past regarding soil testing, but this latest conversation
1:39.5	we focused on potting soils or highly amended soils, what many of us in this industry call super
1:45.0	soil or living soil.
1:48.0	Hi, Bill.
1:48.8	Welcome to the show.
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