Insect Pest Reproduction, Thrips in Cannabis Grows, IPM, and More, with Marybeth Sanchez
GrowCast
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4.7 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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A slight departure from Crobe-vember (don't forget pests are an important pathogen vector to address too!) with a beloved guest; Marybeth Sanchez returns to the podcast to discuss an area of her expertise that we haven't visited in a while- integrated pest management. MBS discusses the life cycles of the most common insect pests we face in the garden, and the importance of understanding how they breed. The fungus gnat (born pregnant) requires a different approach to treatment than, say, the spider mite, where sprays can be more effective in halting the entire pest cycle. This leads to a conversation about where pests like to congregate and reproduce, and how proper treatment relies upon understanding the movement patterns of insect pests as well. MBS also discusses general IPM strategies, her new toy The Microbiometer, and more...
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings growers worldwide. |
| 0:02.9 | Jordan River here back with Crowcast. |
| 0:05.6 | That's right, Crowcast. |
| 0:08.1 | Today we have Marybeth Sanchez. |
| 0:11.3 | She's a team member. |
| 0:12.5 | She's in our Discord all the time. |
| 0:14.6 | She is just wonderful. |
| 0:16.1 | She's an IPM expert and a regenerative soil specialist. |
| 0:20.5 | She's here today to talk mostly about pests, |
| 0:22.3 | but we drift into all sorts of different aeration topics and more. What do I get? |
| 0:26.2 | What do I even need to set it up? You guys know her. You love her. She's here. She's back. |
| 0:29.9 | Before we get into it, though, let's talk about the microbiometer. That's right. You can now get a count |
| 0:35.3 | on the living bacterial and fungural microbes within your soil |
| 0:39.4 | or your compost tea. And you can get that test for as little as $10 a test right at home in a few |
| 0:45.1 | minutes with the microbiometer. Use code growcast for 15% off your microbiometer at microbiometer.com. |
| 0:53.2 | That's microbiometer.com. Again, test your soil. Is it as living |
| 0:58.6 | as you think it is? Did you just do a drench and you need to see if it's time to re-inoculate? |
| 1:02.8 | Did you just add fish shit and you want to see how well it's taken? Did you just add some king crab and |
| 1:07.2 | you want to see if that number is higher? You want to test your compost tea to see if it's still alive. Buy a microbiometer and stay tuned for some killer content from me and more importantly from Marybeth herself on the microbiometer. Code Growcast, of course. Thank you for partnering with us and stay tuned for some great content there. All right, but enough of that. Let's get to this. Marybeth Sanchez. |
| 1:28.4 | Thank you for listening and enjoy the show. |
| 1:34.7 | Hello podcast listeners. You are now listening to Growcast. I'm your host, Jordan River. I want |
| 1:40.2 | to thank you for tuning into the show again today. Before we get started, as always, I urge you to share the show. |
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