I think that doing this and getting my girls up off the floor was really helpful in regulating my soil temps / moisture levels. Especially helpful during the cooler winter months, but also now w our current heat and humidity
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ÄŖāve been composting in trash cans roll them etc I think thÄ bugs I Ƥm mainly seeing are flies fruit flies etc also becausÄ itās in the trashcans I think itās more noticeable also just found some great books on z-library free pdfsite on JADAM and KNF very intiguing stuff thanks again for the help folks the tarp trick works to make most of the bugs vacate but Idk if it kills them or eggs larvae etc Ithink yoÅ« need an internal temp of 160 minimum to kill most bugs Iāll let yall know how I make out
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so got the rest of my amendments today iām going with the 1/3 base 1/3 aeration 1/3 compst
Aeration 50% perlite (had it kicking around) 50% rice hulls
Compost eventually 50% vermi 50% rabbit currently mostly rabbit with scraps coffee etc
Soil base promix organic garden mix 60% to 70% sphagnum 20% to 30% coir 10% perlite Amendments biolive extra kelp gypsum oyster flour azomite basalt malted barley and some DE plant with mycoās and water with recharge any thoughts on missing stuffor suggestions for top dress teas etc so much to learn thanks for all your help
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Does anyone do companion planting?
I donāt mean cover cropping / no till. I mean using specific companion plants for potential synergistic effects with cannabis
Iām not sure who this is, but they jumped in to my basil planting. I found it interesting, because I had recently heard that if you plant basil underneath your cannabis it can impact terps.
Anyone do this?
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Sounds like broscience about increasing terps. I love basil though, and have a bunch of sprouts growing in my living room. I should actually throw some in my pots. I have extra empty 15 gals too, waiting in my flower closet. Not that I think itās gonna impact terps at all though.
Companion planting is good though especially if youāre talking like cover crops and no-till. Iām cheating with my no-till. I donāt actually have a cover crop. I just have a rice hull mulch layer. But I do have Dutch White Clover seeds that Iāve messed with on houseplant pots. I just havenāt put it in my weed pots.
Iāll probably really put some of these in there now that you mention it, lol. Just for the hell of it.
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Yeah, that was my first reaction too, but then this little one went and jumped into my basil sprouts and had me like, hmmm???
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I reuse my cannabis soil eventually it makes itās way outsidÄ usually in the spring I grow a few autos in my veggie garden they do great in the tomatoes and peppers anyway I get a ton of āvolunteersā sprouting in my veggies notorius pollen chucker that I am
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There is a lot of information about companion planting in veggie gardens. There are certain plants that shouldnāt be planted near each other because theyāll fight for soil resources or in some cases affect the flavor of other plants/herbs. Very often, companion planting is used to help deter pests with stuff like basil, marigolds, garlic, etc. or to maximize space in a garden by planting dill next to cucumbers, for example.
Native americans reportedly planted the āthree sistersā together as companion plants. The three sisters are corn, beans, and squash, which tend to have something of a symbiotic relationship when planted together. The corn grows tall and gives the beans a stalk to climb for support, while the squash shelters the ground to help prevent weeds and moisture evaporation. Beans, like most legumes, are nitrogen fixers that take nitrogen from the air and hold it in their roots, so when the plant dies much of the nitrogen is released to the soil. Beans & squash also both have flowers to bring pollinators for the corn.
Iām sure itās possible that some herbs and such could affect the terps produced by a cannabis plant, but Iād think it would be more related to changing/modifying the terps than increasing them.
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Every and any organic fill material coming into my indoor garden gets boiled, compost included.
Rarely use coco coir but that gets thoroughly rinsed before boiling sand/salt being the baddies there.
I can reeestablish my microherd with burpeeās organic water soluble fert.
Boiling cures many ills.
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Iāve personally never used that much rabbit. I probably only hit 5% likely. My grow bro sad he smelled some ammonia after the last run, which I found totally weird (shower much?). 
Besides that I would say you look pretty good, but there are better judges of that around than I.
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There could possibly be other benefits also. The information about companion plants though numerous, still needs to find more about the specificities of the relationships between the plants to better utilize the all the benefits that could be realized. For example, if the roots work together in a a specific way, should one plant be surrounded by the other or is there a specific balancing point when passed would reduce said benefits? We have a lot to learn, but I would like to fund a starting point with cannabis for my outdoor crop.
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thanks as far as the rabbit idk why he would be smelling monia aftera run before i could see from urine in the bedding maybe before all or any of the uric acid breaks down I usÄ it because it is my most readily sourcÄof compost and thoroughly compost it before it goes in the mix but they say itās a cold compost meaning it never really heats up when it breaks down now you have me wondering though i know the pine bedding can be very acidic more reading to do thank you
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Unfortunately, I believe much of what weāre now learning about companion planting with cannabis has already been forgotten due to the prohibition of the plant.
For example, a former coworkerās wife used to teach a class on gardening & went into some detail on companion planting. Some of her information was old enough to have included cannabis on charts and in materials gleaned from older scientific/horticultural publicationsābut at the time she was required to censor all that info from her materials so she couldnāt be implicated in teaching people to grow pot. The only thing her attorney allowed her to say referencing cannabis was that cannabis and hops are part of the same family and that beneficial plants for hops may also be beneficial to the plant that shall remain nameless. 
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I guess that means itās up to us to generate some bro science until science can catch up.
Youāre welcome. We mulched with some of those last summer, and found out the possible issues they can cause.
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Most info on the web concerns using other plants as screens or to mask odor.
Jerusalem Artichokes are a good example.
They supposedly have the same IR profile as Mary and grow tall. But visually the color is completely different so it really doesnāt work as a visual screen and does nothing to mask the odor.
Tomatoes are closer in color and the aroma is somewhat masking but they are heavy feeders and compete for food.
Some folks say they use white Dutch clover as a ground cover/beneficial but Iāve noticed their root systems in my potted plants tend to choke out the upper layer of soil.
Even though they return N to the soil they must use a fair amount for such luxuriant growth.
Iāve chosen French and African marigolds for their insect repellant properties as well as fact they arenāt antagonistic to other plants.
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The thing about bro science is that itās not always wrong. Itās kind of become a derogatory term nowadays. I strive to stay curious, maybe itās total bs, maybe thereās truth in it. Is there a way I can experiment to find out my own conclusion?
I got a basil experiment brewing in mind. Take 6 clones from same mother, plant 3 w no basil and 3 with basil underneath. Compare the smoke. Maybe for the fallā¦
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It could be used that way by some people, but for now it may be all we have. Iāll be waiting to see if you can come up with some good results. Marigolds are a good one for any garden for sure.
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Question on amended soil. I started with promix garden soil in red 2cu ft blocks. I added amendments at half reccomended amounts. I mixed well and slightly moistened the mix and have it in trash bags.
Opened a bag yesterday and its pretty dry but smells horrible like a fermenting swamp.
Is that normal? I did add some malted barley could that be the yeast like fermenting swamp smell ? Im just wondering if i made something not ok to use.
This is what i added
Malted barley
Epsom salt
Food grade gypsum
Black sand
Down to earth vegetable garden fertilizer(has all the hot meals in it and guanos)
Worm castings
Kelp meal
Azomite
Mykos (extreme gardening)
and lot of perlite
Keeping moistened soil in bags is a bad practice as anaerobic organisms breed like crazy there.
Put that soil on a tarp and open to the air for a few days.
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This is the only scruff Iāve been using in my bloom mix. I mix 1/4 cup per gallon of mix (I just use promix and perlite) and then plant right away, no need to cook. Other than top dressing every 4 weeks itās been water only for me. It has everything mix in already.
https://migardener.com/product-tag/trifecta/
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