Anyone have experience with companion planting?
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crazyhazey
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its one of the family "secrets" that i was taught, grow a marigold in every 4 feet of your grow, or better yet companion grow so the pyrethrums soak up into the soil once the flowers fall off.
I have not had to actually plant them for 7 years. They come back in droves every year. I just dig and transplant into pots. When I plant the rest of my garden I stickem where I want them. Then they go to seed and it starts all over. I use only neem as pest control the rest is all natural
crazyhazey
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your lucky man, i take the flowers and add them to my foliar and top soil. and diced garlic, works even better with a small amount of canola is added, maybe a teaspoon per gal and also helps as a wetting agent. jalepeno peppers works good in foliar spray too, but if you wanna be safe during flower id stick to the neem and marigolds, diced garlics isnt bad for the outdoors since your buds will probably get rained on an the garlic smell would was away but indoors it may become a permanent smell. ive heard of some other plants that are said to deter mites or aphids, ive gotten pretty good at clonin marigolds though so ill stick to that for now, its good practice too, i get rusty when i dont clone for a whole season so basils and marigolds are good practice.
crazyhazey
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lol you tell me, tried doing companion grows yet Rrog? marigolds are 99cents at lowes per plant, they're really easy to clone too. and you can grow garlic, that works well too,
TheNaturalist
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Wow awesome thread. Anyone know where to get some micro-clovers? I would love to introduce them to half of my pots and do a side by side comparison in my organic grow, will post results here when it happens.
Im really excited about this, if someone could help me out with a place to buy seeds and possibly answer a few questions Id really appreciate it!
- So let me sum up my understanding with some questions and hopefully someone can clear up any errors.
- Plant the micro-clovers in the pot with the cannabis, then the clovers will "fix nitrogen" (does this mean create nitrogen from scratch or brake down the nitrogen in organic material so it is plant soluble?).
- The clovers will also support a beneficial bacterial and fungal colony to help my plants (will they do this better then my plants do on their own? Is the point for them to support a colony before I add my soil in which case I would prepare pots with clovers and inoculate them a few weeks before transplanting into the pots, or just add the clovers at the same time as the plants go into the pots?).
- The clovers can also be cut to make mulch that will decompose in the soil and add nutrients for my cannabis (will the decomposing plant matter attract pests?)
- Finally, the clovers will help keep the soil evenly moist so that the surface does not dry out. One issue I forsee with this is making it harder to tell when it is time to water.
Im really excited about this, if someone could help me out with a place to buy seeds and possibly answer a few questions Id really appreciate it!
crazyhazey
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spray the compost with marigold spray and/or garlic, should deter any pests.
crazyhazey
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sweet, have you tried garlic or marigolds? basil smells great but may not deter the mites that marigolds or garlic could, growing them in the same pot would probably benefit them since theres more beneficials in the soil too. i also use basils to disguise my plants, i have a row of them growing in front of one of my plant plants that has purple edged leaves, and so do my basils so it works out pretty well. the deep green of the basils is almost the same exact color as the plant i have growing too, may try growing a plant next to a big basil plant and train it to grow along the basils branches and use them as support as well.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
did not read the entire thead yet, but i have heard that the original kyle kushman strawberry cough originates from i want to say vermont where the grower at the time used to grow his strain outdoors along with strawberry plants..
i'll try and find a link for the story..
http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Strawberry_Cough/Clone_Only_Strains/
i'll try and find a link for the story..
http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Strawberry_Cough/Clone_Only_Strains/
crazyhazey
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i have a wild mint plant thats growing in a few of my pots, i had them a few years back and i guess they spread some seeds around. i may just try companion planting with one of my plants, see if the mint smell has any effect. could take a few generations of breeding though.