I want to start some living mulch in my outdoor veggie garden this year..reading that clover,chamomile, yarrow, nettle are all good. my garden is 12x8, should I just pick one? or all? also do these grow in the PNW? a little OT but what would you guys recommend stepping stones to walk thru the garden?
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Mulch. Just do it.
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What a thread,,, LED picture is superb>>> I am feeling the clover lovE!!!! inspired too, clover lawn looks beautiful and 3 days growth looked like two weeks on steroids if that little clone had hardly any roots and was struggling!
Living mulch....Great test that was MAdLib,, perfect test subject, i agree the results look like they speak for themselves.
I am in awe of the knowledge you guys have and spread on these boards... K+
One love and Peace... where's the mini clover at!
Living mulch....Great test that was MAdLib,, perfect test subject, i agree the results look like they speak for themselves.
I am in awe of the knowledge you guys have and spread on these boards... K+
One love and Peace... where's the mini clover at!
Thanks Mud Man, Love2gro and budgood! I am not sure where to get more micro-clover, but that's not the only possibility. Regular white clover, and some of the annual clovers might work.
Next up: chickweed and purslane!
Here is the cut yesterday. 15" across already! not even 7" tall yet. It's making the #15 smart pot look like a 3 gallon. If you look in the back, there is a squash plant going.
Next up: chickweed and purslane!
Here is the cut yesterday. 15" across already! not even 7" tall yet. It's making the #15 smart pot look like a 3 gallon. If you look in the back, there is a squash plant going.
and it's the golden purslane, which has more of a tangy zing to it.
I'm almost over not having a real garden anymore.
I'm almost over not having a real garden anymore.
by real garden I meant natural space outside I can influence or am even allowed to be on...
and for sure I always like to have a nice three sisters patch. I feel it's somehow appropriate, like garlic on the winter solstice. I can't think of a more productive use of space.
well i guess it's more like three sisters and 50 cousins.
and for sure I always like to have a nice three sisters patch. I feel it's somehow appropriate, like garlic on the winter solstice. I can't think of a more productive use of space.
well i guess it's more like three sisters and 50 cousins.
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three cheers for simple that works!
Under the fully filled out scrog, the living mulch is very feeble. Madlib is not showing any mercy, just mulching as usual with fallen plant material.
Looks good mate
So far, the biggest lesson this living mulch thing has taught me is that I need bigger pots!
I think for a two month veg/4 square foot canopy per plant, 15 gallons seems about ideal.
I don't think my method would work out too well with 3 gallon pots, but that's only a guess, you know?
with a 4 plant veg area, and a 4 plant flower area, that's a plant every 3 weeks or so in perpetual. Not sure what I will yield but if it goes as planned I will steal one fourth of my flower tent for non-cannabis plantings. each 15 galon pot will get a turn growing something else.
I don't think my method would work out too well with 3 gallon pots, but that's only a guess, you know?
with a 4 plant veg area, and a 4 plant flower area, that's a plant every 3 weeks or so in perpetual. Not sure what I will yield but if it goes as planned I will steal one fourth of my flower tent for non-cannabis plantings. each 15 galon pot will get a turn growing something else.
lol I pile up leaves at the base of the plant, so bugs can have some cover.
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As you probably know the 'micro' White Dutch Clover is very, very difficult to source.
Having said that I did plant 'regular' White Dutch Clover in all of my beds. The strawberry strains that I'm growing DEFINITELY benefited from this addition. Amazing actually.
Seeds ain't cheap ($6.99 per lb. at a local nursery - bulk price) but it's been well worth the effort, IMHO. Thanks for this thread - my strawberry yields should be off the chart if the initial growth pattern continues.
That and weekly applications of EWC as a top-dress amendment.
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As you probably know the 'micro' White Dutch Clover is very, very difficult to source.
Having said that I did plant 'regular' White Dutch Clover in all of my beds. The strawberry strains that I'm growing DEFINITELY benefited from this addition. Amazing actually.
Seeds ain't cheap ($6.99 per lb. at a local nursery - bulk price) but it's been well worth the effort, IMHO. Thanks for this thread - my strawberry yields should be off the chart if the initial growth pattern continues.
That and weekly applications of EWC as a top-dress amendment.
CC
I agree with mad. In organic soil, you embrace the rot. When things rot, you send thanks to the cannabis gods and do a dance to honor them. Invite bugs, invite rot, invite the entire system so that it can balance itself and keep itself in check.
Sounds scary to the synthetic N-P-K mind, doesn't it? LOL But it works. Cuz Mother Nature designed it that way.
Let go.
Sounds scary to the synthetic N-P-K mind, doesn't it? LOL But it works. Cuz Mother Nature designed it that way.
Let go.
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White Dutch Clover
