Anyone have experience with companion planting?
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bird mcbride
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I put as many as 25 clones into a 3'x3'x8" flood and drain table.
overTHEman
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Companion plants are a valuable and underrated addition to any organic growing situation.
Clover and Cannabis
Clover and Cannabis
CaliMackdaddy
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Companion plants are a valuable and underrated addition to any organic growing situation.
Clover and Cannabis
What are the benefits from growing with a system like this?
Any noticeable difference? I guess you recommend it then...Companion plants are a valuable and underrated addition to any organic growing situation.
Clover and Cannabis
fishwhistle
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Im not a fan,i dont like my plants competing for nutrition or giving bugs a place to hide.
canefan
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Indoors there would be more than one way or reason to companion plant, one to assist in insect control and two to aid in soil improvement. I use a variety of herbs and plants to help control insects when the girls are indoors or in the greenhouse. Garlic is great in small containers along side the girls. Cinlintral sp (sorry stoned) is also great, flying insects will stay clear of both. Just google companion gardening, I prefer to go back over my books and journals but I'm an old fart.
I really don't know about different plants in containers with my girls, starting with the right soil mix and some teas should do a grow. Outside in gardens and certain crops growing peas or beans with corn was common practice and planting different plants to repel and/or draw others.
Good luck it is much more fun and cheaper than insecticides, including homemade organics.
I really don't know about different plants in containers with my girls, starting with the right soil mix and some teas should do a grow. Outside in gardens and certain crops growing peas or beans with corn was common practice and planting different plants to repel and/or draw others.
Good luck it is much more fun and cheaper than insecticides, including homemade organics.
richinweed
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um...i think your totally lost on this concept....anyway to the op , im subbed on this ......what an interesting thread , i will look 4ward to lurking about
crazyhazey
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grow with marigolds and dandelions, great for covering up smell, attracts beneficial organism as well as microbes and are great for keeping away the bad ones. growing plants around other plants is excellent, it makes them compete and both will benefit. and growing peanuts is also said to be very good for them as well since it delivers more nitrogen.
overTHEman
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Are you saying that you don't like the soil foodweb??
Yes and I do recommend it ...highly.
A cover crop like Dutch White Clover provides number of things and rather than spilling some beans, i'll ask a couple questions.
Where in nature does one plant grow by itself, free of competition and outside influences?
If disease strikes two patches of Cyprus trees, which is more likely to survive; the inbred patch or the polyculture?
In what organic scenario is an increase in surface microbiology detrimental?
Do you mulch your soil? Would you like your soil to mulch itself?
Does your plant use nitrogen to grow? How does constant nitrogen fixation sound?
Following?
As far as bugs, I find all sorts of cool organisms in the flower bed. Just yesterday I stumbled upon a colony of mites devouring a deceased redworm. It was neat to see the soil food web in action.
crazyhazey
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nice, im always glad when lady bugs attack mites that dwell on my soil, makes me feel like saying "yeah my weed plants got a security guard bitches!" hahaha
overTHEman
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Soil mites are another function of organic growing and not detrimental to plant growth; they're not spidermites. However, if they're being eaten by ladybugs, they're being pooped by ladybugs. What do you suppose the nutritional content of ladybug guano is?
If the like button were available i'd like this post, sounds like you've got that organic bug on your belly button.
I'd be careful with flowers though, dandies have gnarly taproots and some flowers can pollenate cannabis.
SirLancelot
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Im not posive but I think i've heard growing peppermint plants along side helps with fungus gnats
crazyhazey
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lol, thats something i might wanna look up the npkSoil mites are another function of organic growing and not detrimental to plant growth; they're not spidermites. However, if they're being eaten by ladybugs, they're being pooped by ladybugs. What do you suppose the nutritional content of ladybug guano is?
If the like button were available i'd like this post, sounds like you've got that organic bug on your belly button.
I'd be careful with flowers though, dandies have gnarly taproots and some flowers can pollenate cannabis.
its gotta be at least .000001% of my medium.
I use an inoculated leguminous mix in my garden, but the indoor situation changes things. The benefits of some friendly competition works outdoors, but I am only working with a 150w HPS and some supplemental t5s, actinic and red spectrum aquarium bulbs (thanks RIU, I was using 6500k before). With light, and water in shorter supply, I was thinking maybe the cost/benefit curve would decrease... hence my questions.
Given the input I've received here, I'm going to go ahead and try it out next grow and compare the results.
Given the input I've received here, I'm going to go ahead and try it out next grow and compare the results.
snowboarder396
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Yea i like this threadSoil mites are another function of organic growing and not detrimental to plant growth; they're not spidermites. However, if they're being eaten by ladybugs, they're being pooped by ladybugs. What do you suppose the nutritional content of ladybug guano is?
If the like button were available i'd like this post, sounds like you've got that organic bug on your belly button.
I'd be careful with flowers though, dandies have gnarly taproots and some flowers can pollenate cannabis.
wish there was like button and the soil food web is awesome.
bird mcbride
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I run five rows spaced by two weeks apart. The new clones do much better when put in next to clones than are two weeks plus older than them.
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
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