In The Mix

Front Row Ag

In The Mix by Front Row Ag delivers expert-led conversations on commercial cultivation systems, built from real-world experience across high-performance facilities. Each episode features industry operators and Front Row Ag specialists breaking down environmental control, fertigation, water quality, and data-driven decision making. Focused on proven methods—not theory—this podcast helps cultivators identify limiting factors, improve consistency, and drive measurable results.

  1. APR 6

    Mixed Light & Outdoor: What Actually Determines Success

    Front Row Ag Technical Specialist Tyler Simmons chats with founders Matt Curran and Egan O’Keefe about what’s actually working in outdoor cultivation at commercial scale. In this conversation, the team breaks down real-world trends they’re seeing across commercial outdoor and mixed-light operations, including why many greenhouses end up costing nearly as much as indoor grows, how poor planning around light and infrastructure limits performance, and why smaller, in-ground plants are helping growers dramatically reduce labor and fertilizer costs. They cover practical topics like greenhouse design mistakes, DLI planning, plant spacing strategies, labor logistics, soil and water testing, fertilizer efficiency, and how some operators are moving from $25–50 per pound down to $10–15 per pound in just a few seasons. This episode is a grounded, field-tested discussion for cultivators navigating tighter margins, rising input costs, and the realities of large-scale outdoor production. Chapters 00:00 Greenhouse design mistakes 01:15 Why “indoor-level control” gets expensive 02:25 DLI and seasonal light reality 03:45 Sun spectrum vs indoor expression 05:10 Outdoor labor and plant size tradeoffs 06:55 In-ground vs container growing 08:45 Soil testing before feeding 11:30 Water quality challenges outdoors 13:05 Managing EC, sodium, and pH in fields 17:10 Silica and stress tolerance 22:10 Water temperature and pathogen pressure 25:00 Adjusting expectations by season 26:30 Enzymes in outdoor soil systems Apply for a commercial account for bulk pricing and technical support https://bit.ly/4jc8DVr

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In The Mix by Front Row Ag delivers expert-led conversations on commercial cultivation systems, built from real-world experience across high-performance facilities. Each episode features industry operators and Front Row Ag specialists breaking down environmental control, fertigation, water quality, and data-driven decision making. Focused on proven methods—not theory—this podcast helps cultivators identify limiting factors, improve consistency, and drive measurable results.