On this week's episode, we interviewed the Founder of Gavita, Jair Velleman, about his 3-decade career in the Hydro industry. From founding Gavita, to selling the company and now returning with a NEW light and LED, DLI! This is a great podcast with an industry legend and some parts to make you raise your eyebrows! Thank you to our Partners: CANNA A…

We interviewed Lance Lambert from Grove Bags to get his insights into these wonderful products to keep herbs, tobacco, and dried plant matter at its peak. Thank you to our Partners: CANNA AutoPot BudBox Grow Tent Optic Foliar DynoMyco Garden Culture magazine Global Air Supplies Thank you! Thank you to all our listeners who have stayed with us over …

Fake Products - The Truth! We discuss the fake products that have been circulating our industry for the last few years, in particular Hydrotops which has become the most recent victim of fake products. Please listen and take on-board the risks of buying fake products and do not support the people who push fake products to line their pockets! Thank …

Ian Collins Tells all in this exclusive podcast In this episode, Ian Collins the owner of Global Air Supplies, tells all from the start in the industry, the Nutriculture purchase to his current company at GAS. We talk about controllers and grow rooms as well, but this is one NOT to be missed! Thank you to our Partners: CANNA AutoPot BudBox Grow Ten…

It's getting hot in here! In this episode, We discuss the basics and advanced methods to keep your plants, pots, soil and room cooler during these toasty summer months. There's the basic info and a few top tips we haven't covered before in any of our episodes, so well worth a listen. Thank you to our Partners: CANNA AutoPot BudBox Grow Tent Optic F…

Are LED grow lights the death of HPS lamps? In this episode, we discuss growing with LEDs and what this means for the LED Industry, the HPS industry and the warning for 5-year warranties It's insightful, to say the least! What do you think? Thank you to our Partners: CANNA AutoPot BudBox Grow Tent Optic Foliar DynoMyco Garden Culture magazine Globa…

Common sense hydro! Where has all the common sense gone? In the grow industry we are in a race to the bottom and it just doesn't make sense, so we thought we would do a common sense podcast about the industry, wholesalers, shops and for growers, common sense in the grow room with your choices. Hope you enjoy it and we'll see you at the next one Tha…

A Rally Hydro podcast Stephen Interviews Barry... In our commitment to delivering every single week, while Barry was preparing his car for the CANNA rally in a few weeks, we rang him on his way to the test track and spoke about all things hydro and rallying. Lots of analogies, car parts AND a NEW partner for the podcast... Who is it? You'll have to…

Powdered nutrients with Veg+Bloom This week we had the pleasure of our American friends joining us to talk about powdered nutrients and how they feel the industry will be going over the next few years. A brilliant podcast that has it all and the first of many great guests to come this year. None of this would have been possible without the support …

Welcome back listeners!! It's been a long time coming, but we are finally back for the latest and best season of the NPK Live podcast. After a bumpy few years, we are back with fresh content, a fresh outlook and a renewed vigour for all things hydro, horticulture and industry chat. We have some of the best guests to keep you entertained and informe…

A chat with Jason - Autopot A catch-up with good friend Jason, the founder and owner of Autopot watering systems. We spoke about the latest Autopot innovations and some industry news from Jason's perspective. A must Listen! Thank you to everyone that listens and joins us each week. All the best! The NPK Live podcast team…

Wholesalers part II We approach this podcast from the other side of the fence. What's the wholesaler's perspective? What did they think about selling on Amazon and other platforms? Listen in to find out! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyone that listens …

Plant training The summer is nearly over and there's no need to hit the gym for the beach body anymore. However, it definitely time to get plant training! How do you train your plants you ask? Listen up and find out how. Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to every…

A series of thoughts We get loads of messages about how much you all love our rants and random thoughts, so we wanted to test the water with a series of thoughts and good old-fashioned chat. Let us know what you think! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyon…

Dynomyco We are treated this week to the acoustic tones of Dynomyco and his incredible knowledge of all things beneficial mycorrhiza. For the real growers, this one is a must-listen! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyone that listens and joins us each wee…

Are you a grower or a shower? Do you think you're a grower? Are you a shower? What does that even mean? Tune in to find out =) Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyone that listens and joins us each week. All the best! The NPK Live podcast team…

Have we thought of the best grow room ever? Following on from podcast 236, 'The budget grow room'. Stephen and Barry talk about their perfect grow rooms and what's in them? Do you agree with them? What would you have in your perfect grow room? Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture maga…

Are you selling or buying products from Amazon? We've got an opinion (shock horror) Should wholesalers be selling on Amazon and eBay? Should manufacturers be selling on eBay and Amazon? Listen to what we have to say and let us know your opinion! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture ma…

The budget grow room How do you build a grow room on a budget but still have a good set-up? This week we talk about our budget grow rooms and what we would have in them. What would you have in yours? Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyone that listens and …

NPK Hydroponics Live - Podcast 235 After a difficult few months, NPK Live is back with over ten weeks of content recorded and finished so you've got us back every week once again! The return podcast is all about good grow kits and bad grow kits. What makes equipment good and what makes it bad? Listen in to find out and get involved in the discussio…

The Green Queen Podcast 234 This week Stephen is joined by Ria from Green Queen Magazine. We talk about her NFT release, the book release and all things de-criminalisation. We hope you enjoy and welcome to all of our new listeners, with a big welcome back to our long time listeners! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavi…

Do you remember... The basics? Podcast 233 Sometimes, we get so caught up in the advanced methods of growing and how to get the very best from our plants, that we forget we need good, solid foundations for the advanced techniques to work. This week Stephen quizzes Barry on the basics of growing and what we have all forgotten. We hope you enjoy and …

Flying under the radar Podcast 232 What products have been flying under the radar? Great products that just haven't got the traction in the industry. What new products are coming out that may not get the traction they'll deserve? That's what Stephen and Barry discuss this week on the NPK Live Podcast. Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlig…

The A-Z of Growing Podcast 231 Stephen had a great idea to do a timed A-Z of Hydro It wasn't such a great idea or as easy to do as he thought... Who wins, Barry or Stephen? Tune in to find out Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank you to everyone that listens and joins u…

The State of the Industry Podcast 230 Stephen and Barry are back to put the world to rights. What's going on in our industry and what's going on in the world? Is it doom and gloom or is there hope on the horizon? Listen to find out Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Gavita BudBox Grow Tents Garden Culture magazine Thank y…

In Loving Memory of Frenchy Cannoli Podcast 229 Stephen is joined by Frenchy's wife Kimberly, to discuss his career, his love for cannabis and what the future holds for the world of cannabis concentrates. Today was Frenchy's birthday and it is our pleasure to produce this podcast in memory of Frenchy and everything he did for the Cannabis industry.…

Cannabis as medicine Podcast 228 Stephen is joined by Callie Seaman to catch up, discuss George and discuss how medicinal cannabis is helping so many people with such varieties of ailments. Callie has been in the Hydroponics and Cannabis industry for over two decades and has contributed so much to this industry that it was a real pleasure to talk t…

A Garden Culture Review Podcast 227 Stephen and Barry get stuck in to a pack of articles from recent Garden Culture magazine issues, starting with medicinal plants and moving on to some more great articles covering organics.. We also have a chat about farming and Barry's in a philosophical mood, this ones a long one! Thank you to our partners: CANN…

A Garden Culture Review Podcast 226 This week Stephen and Barry go through some more of the articles from the December Garden Culture magazine with specific attention to water quality, indoor plants & reviving old seeds organically.. Oh and Barry has a top tip for taking cuttings organically too! Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CA…

A Garden Culture Review Podcast 225 This week Stephen and Barry go through some article from the December Garden Culture magazine with specific attention on VPD and transitioning from HPS lights to LED but get a little sidetracked talking about how they want to be buried... Morbid to say the least but still interesting! Thank you to our partners: C…

Podcast 224 - An AutoPot Deep Dive In memory of Christopher Shane Ralph-Smith This week Barry and Stephen discuss the AutoPot watering systems and how you can use them for maximum efficiency in your grow room. Follow @NPKpodcast for more podcast information Thank you to all of our listeners and thank you to our podcast partners CANNA AutoPot CAN Fi…

A return to ranting NPK Live - Podcast 223 This week Stephen and Barry talk about their extended break from NPK Live and the future of the podcast for 2021. Big things to come! They return to their favourite past-time of ranting and getting their opinions across on the subject of manufacturer's giving away products direct to end-users. Definitely w…

House and Garden nutrients Podcast 222 WELCOME BACK! We have the absolute pleasure to welcome James from House and Garden and Merlin from Nutriculture to talk about their range of nutrients and how they can benefit you as a grower. A little bit different to most nutrient podcasts, we went in-depth on each product and how the individual parts really…

NPK Live Podcast 221 The Hydro Awards It's that time of year again when we deliver the biannual Garden Culture Hydro awards. We are joined by all of the winners for a zoom call and chat before Christmas. A BIG thank you to all of our partners CANNA Budbox AutoPot SANlight CAN filters Gavita & Garden Culture Magazine ................................…

The world as we know it Podcast 220 How has the last 9 months affected the hydroponics industry? What should we all be doing as shops, growers and manufacturers? What does the future hold for us and hydroponics? Listen, get involved in the conversation and let us know what you think @npkpodcast THANK YOU to our partners CANNA Autopot Budbox SANligh…

CANNA Podcast 219 This week we deep dive into CANNA and their range of media's and nutrients. What do you use? What should you use? Why should you use them? All this and more on this podcast's episode of NPK Live THANK YOU to our partners CANNA Autopot SANlight CAN filters Gavita BudBox Garden Culture Magazine & Thank YOU for listening The NPK Live…

Budbox grow tents An Inside look at the Budbox grow tents How are they made? Why is white vs silver so important? Why should you buy a premium tent? All of this and more in today's NPK Live episode. A big thank you to our partners CANNA Autopot SANlight CANfilters Gavita Budbox & Garden Culture Magazine Thank YOU for listening The NPK Live team…

Garden Culture Review Organic Gardening On today's episode, we talk about gardening organically and review the articles in Garden Culture Magazines latest edition. Can organic gardening feed the world? Is organic gardening better for you? How can YOU garden organically? All this and more on Podcast 217 of NPK Live Thank you to our partners CANNA Au…

Callie Blackwell Podcast 216 One of the pioneers for UK Cannabis reform, Callie Blackwell spent 3 hours with us to discuss how she saved her son's life with Cannabis, the book she wrote and the Cannabis reform movement in general. One of my favourite podcasts we've recorded and one of many to come. Thank you for all your work Callie. 🌱 Thank you to…

The Growers Steering wheel The Growers steering wheel is all about the changes you make and the effect it has on all the other aspects of your grow room. It's not just about getting your temperatures down or your humidity up, it's what these changes will do and what you need to do, to make sure everything is on point and 'dialled in'. Thank you to …

The Grower's cabinet Everything a grower needs to resolve and prevent problems! Stephen and Barry discuss what you need in your cabinet so your ready for any situation. Did we miss anything? What would you have in your cabinet? A big thank you to our partners CANNA AutoPot SANlight CANfilters Gavita BudBox & Garden Culture Magazine Thank you to our…

The Summer podcast 213 How to stay cool and more importantly, how to keep your plants cool! It's that summertime of year when things can get difficult, we're here with some top tips and advice to make sure you've got the best chance to win, during the summer! A big thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters BudBox Gavita & Garden…

MIGRO LED Podcast 212: An interview with Shane This week we speak to Shane from MIGRO LED. MIGRO is an LED YouTube channel that produces and reviews horticultural LED lights. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZwj4zGhH1yklVFxS54qdA/featured We talk industry LED's, technical and science of growing under LED. Hope you enjoy, we certainly did and it w…

The Partner Podcast Episode 211 This week for podcast 211, Stephen and Barry talk about the new partners to join the team for 2020/2021. We discuss who they are, the products they manufacture and why you should consider using them in your rooms. Listen in and get involved with us @NPKLive on Instagram. Take it easy everyone The NPK Team A big thank…

A Garden culture review Plant Steering This week for podcast 210, Stephen and Barry review the best articles from the latest edition of Garden Culture. The magazine is looking at how to steer your plant through watering and climate. How to make your plant respond the way you want it to. Listen in and get involved with us @NPKLive on Instagram. Take…

Welcome back everyone Podcast 209 It's been a while hasn't it! It's great to be back and on the mics again. Through everything that's gone on in the last 8-10 weeks, there have been ups and downs but we're back focussing on the positives and we're back with a vengeance. We have NEW partners for the next season of podcasts. Love to all our listeners…

Coronavirus and the hydroponics industry Podcast 208 Its a change of pace this week as we bring a guest on to talk hydroponics industry and the potential impact it may have for shops and growers. If you're on lockdown, we're here for you over the next hour and a half to talk industry. Stay safe - Stay clean Don't worry too much, we're all in this t…

Podcast 207 What's new, What's Poo? On this week's episode, we talk new hydro products and poo hydro products! What should you be using and what should you be binning. Thank you to our partners: CANNA AutoPot Can-Filters SANlight Revolution Microelectronics THANK YOU! To all the listeners around the world We genuinely appreciate you tuning in every…

Podcast 206 Plant superfoods A Garden culture review This week we review Garden Culture magazine and go through the articles talking about plant superfoods and what you can do to pull the most from your plants genetic potential. Kick back with the NPK Podcast and have a great day! THANK YOU CANNA AutoPot SANlight CAN Filters Revolution Microelectro…

Podcast 205 What the additive? This week we talk about the nutrient additives we use to make our plants happier, healthier and ultimately, for bigger yields. The takehome message from this week, be careful what you're adding to your nutrient regime, some additives have extras designed for their specific range, which could already be in your base fe…