composting merigolds

[Ganico]

Well certain plants like marigolds especially, as well as mint, have been known to repel insects. I was thinking, maybe grow a bunch of margiolds and then add them into a compost pile. May keep some bugs out of the plant's roots when you use it?

What do y'all think?

 

[Dan42nepa]

I wouldnt know for sure but arent they repelled by the flowers?

 

[Ganico]

Yeah, but they'd be broken down into the soil

 

[Suby]

I think if you just added it's compost to the soil it will have very little effect, alot of compounds loose their properties after composting because often heat andother factors.
You could achieve an insect repellent as a foliar, if you where to chop up the mint and marigolds and add a little garlic and tobacco and shake it up in some warm water with a drop of dish soap you would have a good insect repelling foliar.

S

 

[inflorescence]

Or you could simply grow the marigolds, as well as numerous other plants in your same garden along side your MJ, even if indoors. This is called companion planting and works on the allelopathic principle.
http://www.answers.com/Allelopathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allelopathy

 

[Ganico]

Nah, I wouldn't think you'd want to do it indoors, merigold tasting smoke don't sound too nice to me. I think predatory insects would be better.



And yeah I realize this is a stupid thread now

 

[JackTheGrower]

My Fave for an early warning is Yellow Sticky Traps..

I believe the efect is from the living plant.

Composted it is just some green or brown that will be processed by organic methods.

What are we protecting from?


I keep a trap active because I don't know what will find my organic world a happy home.

 

[JackTheGrower]

Nah, I wouldn't think you'd want to do it indoors, merigold tasting smoke don't sound too nice to me. I think predatory insects would be better.



And yeah I realize this is a stupid thread now

Hey no such thing as stupid when we learn something.

and we all learn everyday.

 

[inflorescence]

I didn't say it had to be marigolds. I was first turned on to the idea by watching ziggy from federation seeds on a cannabis culture pot tv show.
After that there was some talk on OG about certain companion plants that could enhance trichome/terpenoid production as well as the insect repellant effects.
I just think this concept has been understudied and not applied as much as I think it should.
In an enclosed indoor grow the effects would be magnified.

 

[JackTheGrower]

Marijuana as a companion plant

Marijuana as a companion plant

Here is a link to the full story. http://www.geocities.com/biogardener/087.html

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Marijuana, Ukrainian Companion Plant
by Traute Klein, biogardener
Whereas our American neighbors think of their country as a melting pot, we Canadians see our country as a multicultural society. Today I want to highlight the contribution of one of the most visible of ethnic groups in Manitoba, the Ukrainians.

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Like German immigrants, the Ukrainians in Manitoba love natural methods of gardening. About 20 years ago, one Ukrainian lady who was getting upset with the pests in her garden in Winnipeg. She remembered that in her homeland, she had used a companion plant to keep insect pests away from her veggies. She wrote to her family in the old country, and they sent her the seeds for the herb. The following summer, her garden was free of pests, protected by companion plants.
Unfortunately, that companion plant was on the list of banned plants in Manitoba, and the police confiscated her plants and charged her with possession of narcotics. The plant was Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana, a native of her homeland, a most effective natural protector from insect pests.

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The basic idea to a companion plant is to offer the unwanted first so that pests move on and look elsewhere.

 

[Guest]

I keep my garden flush with mint, basil, what i call aromatic repellents. Never any bugs.

 

[Guest]

P.S. garlic and cayanne also. People freak when I sprinkle cayanne on my garden. Garlic tea needs to get rank a long time( 30 day soak) and put it around garden not on it.

 

[Ganico]

Cool. Thanks for the input, octodiem