Episode 75: Formulating Soils and New Products with Rob Knechtel of Black Swallow Living 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

🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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My guest this week is Rob Knechtel, founder of Black Swallow Living Soils. Although Rob’s life long interest in growing cannabis began in the late 60’s, he has spent the past 45 years in a completely unrelated industry designing, installing and marketing fireplaces. When the Canadian government announced approximately 5 years ago that they would be legalizing cannabis production, Rob, his wife Lou and son Nathan decided to start up Black Swallow Living Soil. Nathan runs the day to day operations with his team, and Rob along with his wife continue to concentrate on further building the Black Swallow brand. After meeting on a visit to the Gold Leaf Gardens a few years ago, Rob and Nathan began to work on a couple projects with KIS Organics, and now blend the KIS Mix based off of my formulation. In a relatively short time, Black Swallow Living Soil has gained significant recognition as a respected supplier of organic soil amendments and growing supplies in Canada, which they ship coast to coast. In this podcast we discuss exactly what goes into formulating a soil mix as well as some of the challenges we see on daily basis in this industry. https://www.kisorganics.com/blogs/podcast/episode-75-formulating-soils-and-new-products-with-rob-knechtel-of-black-swallow-living-soils

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cannabis
0:03.0	Welcome to the Cannabis Cultivation and Science podcast.
0:22.8	I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.
0:27.4	This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of growing from a science-based perspective and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.
0:31.8	My guest this week is Rob Nectal, founder of Black Swallow Living Soils. Although Rob's lifelong interest in growing cannabis began in the late 60s,
0:39.9	he has spent the past 45 years in a completely unrelated industry designing, installing, and marketing
0:44.8	fireplaces. When the Canadian government announced approximately five years ago that they would be
0:49.6	legalizing cannabis production, Rob, his wife Lou and son Nathan decided to start up Black Swallow living
0:55.6	soil. Nathan runs the day-to-day operations with his team and Rob, along with his wife,
1:00.3	continue to concentrate on further building the Black Swallow brand. After meeting on a visit to
1:05.0	Goldleaf Gardens a few years ago, Rob and Nathan began to work on a couple projects with Kiss
1:09.4	Organics and now blend the Kiss Mix based off of my formulation.
1:13.9	In a relatively short time, Black Swallow Living Soil has gained significant recognition as a respected supplier of organic soil amendments and growing supplies in Canada, which they ship coast to coast.
1:24.5	In this podcast, we discuss exactly what goes into formulating a soil mix,
1:28.4	as well as some of the challenges we see on a daily basis in this industry. Now on to the show.
1:35.0	Hey, Rob, thanks for coming on the show today. Great, Ted. Excited to be here. Yeah, so you are
1:42.8	the owner of Black Swallow Living Soils up in Canada. Can you talk to listeners
1:49.7	a little bit about yourself, a little bit about the history of the company, where you're
1:54.0	located in Canada, some of those questions? Sure. So located first in southern Ontario, in Brantford, which is a number of your
2:08.2	listeners will know, is the home of Wayne Gretzky, but also part of a pretty serious agricultural
2:15.8	area.
2:27.3	And Black Swallow came out of conversations between myself and my son Nathan, who runs the business with me. And this is prior to Trudeau's announcement that Canada was going to be embracing legalization.
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