I was not aware of that. That usually means it also takes up pesticides and heavy metals. So, it is not necessarily a good thing. However, I will continue to use alfalfa meal from organic sources and hope for the best.
Cannabis is also a bioaccumulator and it has been grown on sites contaminated with heavy metals in order to clean the soil, which I think is pretty cool.
It removes radiation from the ground as well.
Wow, that is super cool⊠I know they also use fungi to cleanup soils.
I have a hay loft of alfalfa hay is it the plant or just seed that works? I know it is high in estrogen. 
Thank You!
Anytime buddy.
The book âRunning with mycelium â talks of using mycelium to help eradicate radioactive soils! Freaking awesome right there!
Also used to clean hydrocarbons and oil spills just be sure of o keep those mushies out of your salad! Lol
Dang @Shadey beat me to it!
Now that really is something.
I truly believe my plants health has increased many times over with the use of biolive! The refractometer Iv been using is a good indicator of it , plants pushed 15 points on the Brix scale!
Wow. Iâm glad I talked you into it, and you started before I did.
Has anyone made horsetail tea with Equisetum hyemale? I donât have any of the fern variety around me but plenty of wild scouring rush, the long stalks that grow spores on the top.
Havenât been able to find much info on this, the little I did read mentioned only to avoid harvesting while they were throwing spores. Also that August was best time to harvest but I havenât been able to observe these local plants for a full year yet.
Wondering if something would need to be added to break down the more woody stalks compared to the ferns.
I have noted horsetail growing on shoulder of local road. If I harvest any plants I would use LABS plus.clean water to break it down
Hi everybody,
Iâm almost done setting up my grow room, (4 x 4 tent Mars hydro FC 4800).
I got a few questions please:
should I get one big bed and what size fits in the tent, considering I might need extra things inside like dehumidifier or other things? What height 1 or 2 feet? I wads thinking something like this:
Or:
Or a couple of smaller pots ( a few 25 or 20 gallons)
Do you have to grind the malted barley?
Do you use perlite and/ or rice hulls?
Do you use neem for pests?
Do you need bio char?
Whatâs the best cover crop?
Ok thanks a lot 
I would go with 10 or 20 gal smart pots they are big enough for no till, and small enough to move around easily. If you are going to do any type of training or trimming you need to get close to the plants. Or if you get any bugs your not going to be able to look closely at them. You wonât be able to get in a 4x4 with a huge pot or pull it out to work on them.
Perfect you canât go wrong.
Do you have to grind the malted barley? Yes put it in a blender and turn it into a powder.
Do you use perlite and/ or rice hulls? Perlite for soil areation, rice hulls in the top of your soil instead of a cover crop or mixed in but it will break down, so perlite or lava rock is better for aeraton.
Do you use neem for pests? Neem oil for pests neem cake for a soil NPK additive.
Do you need bio char? If you can get it itâs quite beneficial, if not donât worry but any charcoal you got from camp fires can be added for the carbon, or mixed with a fish emulsion to make your own. Itâs stinky though.
Whatâs the best cover crop?
Anything that takes nitrogen out of the air and fixes it in the soil. Clover is good but thrips and mites like it, and can hide in it. Alfalfa works to well, very high in N. What the cover crop does is lessen water evaporation and add nitrogen to your soil, and create a root web that the cannabis will exchange nutrients with, some types of flowers repel bugs. So really so long as your cover crop accomplishes those things itâs good.
Awesome Shadey, thank you sir!
Throw in a bunch of seeds, water a little, do a dance and walk away.
Kitchenscraps, tree leaves, dandelion, thistle, nettle, grass, etcâŠ
Sow vetch for nitrogen, chop & drop when it starts to flower.
Itâs all I ever use anymore.
My growbag sits in a bigger container of the same height, slows down evaporation since thereâs no draft inside and maybe once every week or two weeks I pour in some water which then gets soaked up from the bottom. Topwatering only rarely and very little, this way I donât have any gnats, apart from the odd one or two occasionally.
