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The Course · From the Plant’s Perspective

One plant, eight stages.

Follow one bean plant from seed to harvest: an episode for each stage of its life, and a new one each month.

Your progress

2 of 8 watched

Episode 3 is under way, and episode 4 is new this month.

Your progress

Seed stage, for now

Episode 1 is on its way. Your plant grows a stage with each episode you watch.

A watercolour of eight terracotta pots along a potting bench against a corrugated-iron shed wall, the same bean plant in each at a later stage: a split seed, a hooked shoot, the first leaves, three-part leaves, a full bush, flowers, the first pods, and a bush hung with ripe pods.

The episodes

Your episodes.

about an hour each,
in four short parts

  1. Seed

    Episode 1: Farming for profit

    Take homeProfit is counted at the packing shed: recoveries and cost per kilogram, not just tonnes.

    1. Why growers ask for this
    2. Two levers
    3. Recoveries
    4. Cost per kilogram

    Watched58 min

    Watch again: episode 1

  2. Roots

    Episode 2: The plant’s perspective

    Take homeRead the plant first. The soil follows.

    1. The plant is the scorecard
    2. Soil health follows plant health
    3. Around the root
    4. Put a plant in there

    Watched61 min

    Watch again: episode 2

  3. First leaves

    Episode 3: Plant health fundamentals

    Take homePhotosynthesis is the engine. Learn what keeps it running.

    1. Under the hood
    2. The hidden engine
    3. Mobile and immobile
    4. A moving picture

    Part 2 of 464 min

    Keep watching: episode 3

  4. Framework

    Episode 4: Building the foundation

    Take homeFoundation first: calcium, boron and silicon before potassium.

    1. The three amigos
    2. Change the recipe in the bag
    3. Cell division windows
    4. The lone wolf, Mr Potassium

    New this month57 min

    Start watching: episode 4

  5. Canopy

    Episode 5: Nitrogen

    Take homeNitrogen only pays once the plant has turned it into protein.

    1. A liability until it’s a protein
    2. Total versus free
    3. All nitrogen is not equal
    4. Nitrogen in the sap

    Out in October

    See what’s in it: episode 5

  6. Flowering

    Episode 6: Critical stages of influence

    Take homeTime your inputs to the crop’s stages, not the calendar.

    1. What makes a stage critical
    2. The flight plan
    3. Stage, not calendar
    4. Water for the climb

    Out in November

    See what’s in it: episode 6

  7. Fruit set

    Episode 7: Pests, disease & plant health

    Take homeA pest is often a message about plant health. Read it before you spray.

    1. Why is that pest there?
    2. An open door
    3. Immunity is an outcome
    4. Reading the signs

    Out in December

    See what’s in it: episode 7

  8. Harvest

    Episode 8: Crop case studies

    Take homeDifferent crops, same fundamentals.

    1. Potatoes and onions
    2. Poppies
    3. Beans and carrots
    4. Avocados and apples

    Out in January

    See what’s in it: episode 8

  1. Seed

    Episode 1: Farming for profit

    Take homeProfit is counted at the packing shed: recoveries and cost per kilogram, not just tonnes.

    1. Why growers ask for this
    2. Two levers
    3. Recoveries
    4. Cost per kilogram

    First up

    See what’s in it: episode 1

  2. Roots

    Episode 2: The plant’s perspective

    Take homeRead the plant first. The soil follows.

    1. The plant is the scorecard
    2. Soil health follows plant health
    3. Around the root
    4. Put a plant in there

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 2

  3. First leaves

    Episode 3: Plant health fundamentals

    Take homePhotosynthesis is the engine. Learn what keeps it running.

    1. Under the hood
    2. The hidden engine
    3. Mobile and immobile
    4. A moving picture

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 3

  4. Framework

    Episode 4: Building the foundation

    Take homeFoundation first: calcium, boron and silicon before potassium.

    1. The three amigos
    2. Change the recipe in the bag
    3. Cell division windows
    4. The lone wolf, Mr Potassium

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 4

  5. Canopy

    Episode 5: Nitrogen

    Take homeNitrogen only pays once the plant has turned it into protein.

    1. A liability until it’s a protein
    2. Total versus free
    3. All nitrogen is not equal
    4. Nitrogen in the sap

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 5

  6. Flowering

    Episode 6: Critical stages of influence

    Take homeTime your inputs to the crop’s stages, not the calendar.

    1. What makes a stage critical
    2. The flight plan
    3. Stage, not calendar
    4. Water for the climb

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 6

  7. Fruit set

    Episode 7: Pests, disease & plant health

    Take homeA pest is often a message about plant health. Read it before you spray.

    1. Why is that pest there?
    2. An open door
    3. Immunity is an outcome
    4. Reading the signs

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 7

  8. Harvest

    Episode 8: Crop case studies

    Take homeDifferent crops, same fundamentals.

    1. Potatoes and onions
    2. Poppies
    3. Beans and carrots
    4. Avocados and apples

    Not out yet

    See what’s in it: episode 8