It’s risky:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-overpopulation-tierra-del-fuego
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Nature is pretty good at balance. Humans definitely mess that up.
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That’s the problem, in a rain forest that dropped vegetation decomposes very rapidly and is recycled by the vegetation. They don’t layer up. Google rain forest soil fertility. I wouldn’t want any of that soil, but I bet it would make a great IMO collection. 
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That sure looks like a clearing to me…
100% agree… A clearing in a “FOREST”…
We all know Cannabis need light hence the clearing…
Please save the “Technically” speaking stuff for today. Appreciate it 
Agree to disagree…
Any grower in an illegal area at one time or another has grown under some sort of canopy.
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“The forest floor holds the richest components of the forest ecosystem. It supports a large number of decomposers, fungi, algae and bacteria as well as various ecosystem roles for nutrient cycling. Undeniably, the floor is the base of all forest life.”
"The forest floor, also called detritus, duff and the O horizon, is one of the most distinctive features of a forest ecosystem. It mainly consists of shed vegetative parts, such as leaves, branches, bark, and stems, existing in various stages of decomposition above the soil surface. Although principally composed of non-living organic material, the forest floor also teems with a wide variety of fauna and flora. It is one of the richest components of the ecosystem from the standpoint of biodiversity because of the large number of decomposers[1] and predators present, mostly belonging to invertebrates, fungi, algae, bacteria, and archaea. Certain (adapted) plants may be more apparent in tropical forests, where rates of metabolism and species diversity are much higher than in colder climates.
"Forest floor of a temperate broadleaf forest showing leaf litter.
The major compartments for the storage of organic matter and nutrients within systems are the living vegetation, forest floor, and soil. The forest floor serves as a bridge between the above ground living vegetation and the soil, and it is a crucial component in nutrient transfer through the biogeochemical cycle. Much of the energy and carbon fixed by forests is periodically added to the forest floor through litterfall, and a substantial portion of the nutrient requirements of forest ecosystems is supplied by decomposition of organic matter in the forest floor and soil surface. The sustained productivity of forests is closely linked with the decomposition of shed plant parts, particularly the nutrient-rich foliage. "
The forest floor consists of organic residues (leaves, branches, bark, stems) in various stages of decomposition present on the top of the mineral soil.
The amount of organic material in the forest floor depends on the balance between inputs from litter production and outputs from decomposition. Both litter production and decomposition are functions of the site characteristics (e.g., soil water content, temperature, nutrient status) and vegetation present on the site (e.g., coniferous, deciduous). Generally, forest floors are heaviest and deepest in boreal forests and forests where decomposition rates are slow. In contrast, the lightest and thinnest forest floors usually occur in tropical rain forests where decomposition rates are rapid. The forest floor is one of the richest components of the forest ecosystem in terms of organisms since it supports a large number of decomposers and predators, mostly invertebrates, fungi, algae, bacteria, and soil mites. Other important ecosystem roles played by the forest floor include: carbon storage, nutrient cycling and effects on soil moisture and temperature."
Here’s just a few sightings to support my side of the debate. It’s all those microbes, fungus and flora that would get me excited to have some and like stated the “richest components to a forest ecosystem”
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That’s just it, I don’t want to grow the cannabis in the forest under all the trees, just have access to all the good stuff in that forest floor for the plants to thrive 
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I think that’s where we’re crossing info too, there’s many types of forests, when u say rain forest I think Amazon, but could be the Yellowstone forests that I’m referencing for all we know, no two forests are the same on the opposite sides of the world and doing some of this research I actually came across some interesting finds on how earthworms can actually destroy a forest ecosystem
That’s what I was just saying right there in your quote buddy. I prefaced the comment with “it depends on what kind of forest”. I just pointing out an interesting fact a out rainforests.
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Yeah, I think I need to leave this thread for today before I say something I can’t take back.
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End of the day I wouldn’t say it’s the “nutrients” in a forest floor that would get me excited though or would ever run it alone. It’s all the microbes, Flora, and fungus cultures from all the insects and life in that forest that I’d be wanting to introduce to my 1100 gallons of potting mix, that’s where the real gold mine is in my opinion,
Are those the popcorn buds?
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Nope that’s the main top. Funniest part is it’s in a 5 gallon bucket 
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Just wanted to give a quick update on my post above.
The herb garden is looking like I am going to have to be doing some shit real quick.
It’s getting all free 
up in there.
Wildman Aka “Little Bastard” is still chugging along.
As you can see Wildman has some war wounds but in the spirit of not doing shit I am not going to do shit…
Really want to see how far it get’s using the 100% LITFA method
I am not so secretly hoping Wildman is actually a WildWomen.
I have way to many males right now…
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How fun to see that little guy grow up! Sometimes, it’s more important to have a good eye than a green thumb.
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that poor lil plant
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I think soil is like a supermarket, and the minerals are things on the shelves. Microbes cruise by and take items from the soil and put them on the checkout counter (roots). I add minerals with each recycling, and ‘greens’ like kelp and alfalfa. During the run I am as guilty as anyone of dumping a bunch of ‘feed’ and more microbes on top, and that stuff is in the soil also. Not to mention kashi, top dress, covercrop. Plus the roots that decompose. I think my soil is just starting to get good after a few runs.
Recycle and re-compost, building up your own soil.
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I am more like the soil analysis that sets up nature to succeed.
Then I turn into the observer looking to make sure nature truly was set up or where I have underestimated the power of nature and can approve. This is how “I Grow” as a Cannabis Cultivator.
Mathematical analysis of the electrical signals fungi seemingly send to one another has identified patterns that bear a striking structural similarity to human speech.
Previous research has suggested that fungi conduct electrical impulses through long, underground filamentous structures called hyphae – similar to how nerve cells transmit information in humans.
It has even shown that the firing rate of these impulses increases when the hyphae of wood-digesting fungi come into contact with wooden blocks, raising the possibility that fungi use this electrical “language” to share information about food or injury with distant parts of themselves, or with hyphae-connected partners such as trees.
Information will always make you a Fungi 
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And then you have your Water-only soil growers…who throw that shit out and get a new bag each cycle.