☠️NEW Killer Pathogens & Boosting Plant Defense, Featuring Brandon Rust
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4.7 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
(00:00) Intro & Brandon's Deadly Pathogen
(06:28) Pathogen Symptons & Research Study on Alternaria
(11:01) Biocontrols & Minerals to Fight Pathogens
(20:20) How Trichoderma Kills Pathogens
(24:41) Recap and Teasers
Brandon Rust returns to the program for an episode about PATHOGENS! Often misdiagnosed, this subject is extremely important and knowing how to battle back bad biology could be the difference between a heavy and sticky harvest, and total crop loss. Brandon shares the story of his pathogenic Alternaria infection, and what his research found. He also gives tips on how to fight off pathogens, and shares some insight into why Trichoderma is so effective at killing off harmful biology.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is with Brandon Rust, and he's here to talk about one of the most important topics in your garden, pathogens. |
| 0:06.8 | You're going to love this episode. Before we get into it, though, quick shout out to AC Infinity. |
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| 0:22.2 | Thank you to AC Infinity. |
| 0:23.8 | Let's get into it with Brandon. |
| 0:24.8 | Thank you for listening and enjoy the show. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello podcast listeners. |
| 0:28.4 | You are now listening to and watching Growcast. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm your host Jordan River and I want to thank you for tuning in again today. |
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| 0:42.4 | best community of cannabis cultivation. Come and check it out, everybody. Today, we've got a long time |
| 0:47.0 | friend of the show back on the program. Our guest is Brandon Rust. You know them, you love them. |
| 0:52.4 | What's up, Brandon? How's it going, man? |
| 0:54.7 | Yeah, what up? Welcome back to the show, man. How you doing? I'm good. How are you? Doing excellent. |
| 1:02.6 | Listen, man, I appreciate you coming back on the show. There's so many subjects we could cover, |
| 1:06.2 | but today we have to dive into your recent work researching pathogens. I mean, researching, right? |
| 1:11.8 | You ran into an issue with some pathogens. |
| 1:13.7 | You ended up having it tested and analyzed and learned a lot. |
| 1:18.7 | Can you, you know, catch us up right off the bat on this work that you've been doing with leaf spot pathogen research? |
| 1:25.0 | Yes. |
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