Growing with IV Organic Co-Founder & Author Charles Malki: Planting, Pruning, Whitewashing, Fertilizing, and more!

Charles Malki is on a mission to improve the human condition and save the planet. His company is called IV Organic. Charles didn’t start out with the goal of becoming one of the leading voices in organic gardening. It happened…organically, in medical school, of all places. His dream of becoming a heart surgeon never materialized, but the medical training he received led him to discover that he did indeed have the power to save lives. The lives of plants.

His journey started with a simple observation: Plants can get sunburned, just like humans, especially in the hot, arid climate of his native Southern California. It was common practice for orchard workers to “whitewash” the trunks of their fruit trees to keep them from being damaged by the sun or pests like beetles. But they used latex paint. Or tar. Both of which contaminated the soil.

Charles knew there had to…