Flowering
Episode 6: Critical stages of influence
Out in November
Out in November
In this episode
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Part 1What makes a stage critical
The moments a crop can’t get back.
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Part 2The flight plan
Mapping the season before it starts.
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Part 3Stage, not calendar
Timing inputs to what the plant is doing.
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Part 4Water for the climb
Why cutting the program is like walking up a mountain without any water.
By the end, you’ll…
- name the critical stages in your own crop
- sketch a flight plan for the season ahead
- time inputs to what the plant is doing, not the calendar
“What are your critical stages?”
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Time your inputs to the crop’s stages, not the calendar.
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From the Plant’s Perspective · Quorum Ag with Steve Martin
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Episode 6: Critical stages of influence
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In this episode
-
Part 1What makes a stage critical
The moments a crop can’t get back.
-
Part 2The flight plan
Mapping the season before it starts.
-
Part 3Stage, not calendar
Timing inputs to what the plant is doing.
-
Part 4Water for the climb
Why cutting the program is like walking up a mountain without any water.
By the end, you’ll…
- name the critical stages in your own crop
- sketch a flight plan for the season ahead
- time inputs to what the plant is doing, not the calendar
“What are your critical stages?”
Episode 6 · not out yet
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Time your inputs to the crop’s stages, not the calendar.
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From the Plant’s Perspective · Quorum Ag with Steve Martin
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The flight plan.
A flight plan maps the season before it starts: each critical stage, and what the plant needs going into it.

Stage, not calendar
A crop doesn’t read the calendar. It has a handful of moments, like flowering and fruit set, where what it gets decides the season. Learn to read them and every input can be timed to what the plant is doing.
It’s the kind of plan that ends up printed for the shed wall. And cutting the program, Steve says, is like walking up a mountain without any water: you’ll make it halfway, then keel over.

