Anyone have experience with companion planting?

oh but you already did thanks!

Originally Posted by blueJ

microclover: this variety of dutch white clover is very hard to come by, but perfect for any size container. sow it thick. see dutch white clover for details.

dutch white clover: suitable for all but the smallest containers. White clover is a nitrogen fixer under the right conditions. It does a good job shading the soil and does not interfere with cannabis growth, rooting, or germination. Spreads by above ground stolons, and forms a mat of shallow roots. Can be used alone for increased bio-activity at soil surface, water management, and as green manure. Can host some of the same mycorhizae as cannabis. Tolerates some mowing if well established. In its first year it has a deep taproot. Expect it to behave as an annual indoors.

crimson clover: suitable for 5 gallon containers and up. tap-rooted annual. Forms a thick carpet that creates a nanoclimate from the soil surface up about 6 inches. Same compatibility with cannabis as other clovers. does not do well with mowing. Crimson clover flowers when the day becomes longer than 12 hours. Crimson clover loves warm climates and does especially well indoors.

chickweed - chickweed should be sown very sparingly in larger containers. great with crimson clover. perfect for chop and drop to feed your soil. This is my #1 non legume choice for a living mulch. Excellent partner for cannabis. Edible but bland.

chamomile - definitely harmless.

yarrow: yarrow seems to be a good companion for cannabis but does not do especially well under a full canopy. Plant it along edges where the light will get through, or consider supplemental lighting down below. Makes a great dressing if you cut yourself mowing your mulch.

purslane - harmless but does not do well under lights

squash: squash should be chopped and dropped as they shade too much soil. squash as a companion should be reserved for the very largest containers and outdoor cultivation in the ground

So when you harvest your plant what do you do with the other plants in the container? transplant them or just start over

Originally Posted by SirLancelot

So when you harvest your plant what do you do with the other plants in the container? transplant them or just start over

you can reuse the pot, just add some good soil nutrients to your top soil and water it in.

I may try that, I usually just dump all my soil back into a trashcan for remixin but I guess it wouldn't be much to just do it per pot.

Originally Posted by SirLancelot

I may try that, I usually just dump all my soil back into a trashcan for remixin but I guess it wouldn't be much to just do it per pot.

with the extra root organisms living from the companion plants this soil is rich in microbes as well.

Originally Posted by crazyhazey

you can reuse the pot, just add some good soil nutrients to your top soil and water it in.

That's it; chop the mj, mow the lawn, spread some compost and seeds, water it in. The less the soil is disturbed, the better.

I am surprised to see chickweed in there...we were bludgeoned to death at university about how this was such a bad weed... Once you have it in your fields, you have it pretty much... forever. Of course, a field is much different than a pot. I might try this guy too, it grows ruthlessly and it's nice and easy to tear out and use as mulch. But once it goes to seed, if only for a short time, it will be present in the soil indefinitely.

Ive got basil growing under one of my indoor plants. Its supposed to protect from pests, and bring out the oils of the surrounding plants. Working great so far!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...n_plants#Herbs