Growing Organic
9 products mentioned by Jeremy across BuildASoil 10x10 Season 1. Each entry is an implicit trial-and-practice endorsement.
Kashi blend
amendment
explicit recommendation
3 mentions
Use case: Soil inoculant and fermentation-based biology booster used throughout the 10x10 grow
Specs: contains biochar inoculated with Rootwise, contains calcium, contains sprouted malted barley, family made / homemade organic product, fermented microbial inoculant
Supplier: BuildASoil (reseller) / Growing Organic (manufacturer)
- Ep 024: Made by AJ and his wife's company Growing Organic. BuildASoil carries the kashi blend and Jeremy says it's in the grow. AJ won the Colorado Home Growers Cup first place using this product on a BuildASoil-style grow.
- Ep 025: AJ lists kashi blend as one of the products he makes at Growing Organic — 'you guys are probably familiar with' these ferments.
- Ep 029: AJ guest-hosted episode 23. Jeremy trusts the family's quality concern and says the product follows the same sprouted-seed thought process as gnarly barley, so there is synergy.
Mentioned in: ep 024, ep 025, ep 029
Grow Cow calcium foliar
amendment
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Foliar calcium load at the very start of flower
Specs: calcium foliar product, used alone in water
Supplier: Growing Organic
- Ep 018: Jeremy applied it the morning after defoliation as a single-ingredient foliar spray and got a phenomenal plant response. He's only used it a few times but is becoming a fan.
Mentioned in: ep 018
Growing Organic product line
supplier
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Organic growing inputs and soaps sold by AJ and his wife's company
Specs: family made, homemade, growing products, soaps
Supplier: Growing Organic
- Ep 024: Jeremy describes Growing Organic as having a really good set of family made homemade products from soaps and growing products, and says BuildASoil carries them.
Mentioned in: ep 024
Growing Organic (AJ's company)
supplier
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Small-batch living-soil inputs company run by AJ and his wife
Specs: makes kashi blend, makes lactobacillus ferments
- Ep 025: AJ introduces himself as the owner of Growing Organic, and says he and his wife make kashi blend and lactobacillus among other ferments.
Mentioned in: ep 025
lactobacillus ferment
amendment
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Homemade lactic-acid bacteria culture used as soil and foliar input
Supplier: Growing Organic
- Ep 025: Named alongside kashi blend as a ferment Growing Organic produces.
Mentioned in: ep 025
Kashi (Growing Organic bokashi blend)
amendment
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Compost accelerator, top dress companion, soil mix inoculant, thermophilic pile booster
Specs: 2-3 week anaerobic fermentation, Activated biochar pre-charged with Rootwise Microbe Complete, Applied at 1-2% by volume in soil mixes, Dried with fans, no heat, to preserve microbes, Mineral addition of gypsum and montmorillonite
Supplier: growingorganic.com
- Ep 026: AJ walks through the full recipe, fermentation process, and use cases. It is Growing Organic's flagship product and AJ's own go-to microbial amendment.
Mentioned in: ep 026
Lactosopus probiotic castile soap
ipm_product
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Probiotic surfactant for emulsifying neem oil in IPM sprays
Specs: Castile soap formulation with live lactobacillus probiotics, New Growing Organic product
Supplier: growingorganic.com
- Ep 026: AJ highlights this as their new probiotic castile soap — he mixes it with neem oil as his standard veg IPM spray when not using sulfur.
Mentioned in: ep 026
Growing Organic Instagram IGTV batch video
other
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Educational walkthrough on how to make kashi
Specs: About 40 minutes long, Full batch mix with entire ingredient list walkthrough, Posted ~8 weeks before this episode
Supplier: instagram.com/growing_organic
- Ep 026: AJ directs viewers to the ~40-minute IGTV post on @growing_organic showing a full kashi batch mixed end-to-end with the full ingredient list.
Mentioned in: ep 026
growingorganic.com
supplier
explicit recommendation
1 mentions
Use case: Growing Organic's web store and education hub
Specs: Evolved into a sales site after community demand, Originally intended as an educational website only
Supplier: growingorganic.com
- Ep 026: AJ shares the backstory — the domain was going to be purely educational until local demand for his bokashi turned it into a shop.
Mentioned in: ep 026