Any of you grow camomile with the girls

Been doing some reading on planting camomile in your container w mary jane in her as a companion plant and they say there are studies in the gardening of herbs in general she creates a relationationahip with plants shes growing near to increase essential oil production in them.

Anyone ever try it?

Are you growing indoors or out? In my experience growing chamomile got many years, it attracts thrips more than anything else I've ever planted, so I would be cautious with it outdoors. If growing indoors I would advise you definitely grow it from seed and not a transplant from a nursery, and of course keep a close eye on your plants for anything unwanted.

Huckster79 said:

Been doing some reading on planting camomile in your container w mary jane in her as a companion plant and they say there are studies in the gardening of herbs in general she creates a relationationahip with plants shes growing near to increase essential oil production in them.

Anyone ever try it?

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Please explain to the membership

how having camomile would increase oil production ..???

thanks

I could not find the why. But many gardeners with herb gardens, like mint, oregano, garlic, sage, and red tomato plants mentioned as well. They say they notice a difference they get better harvests and more oils out of other plants close to her. Ill re google and try the one that sited a study. But there was no dissent i seen in that opinion, like many topics we see in this community, as in tons of articles on "companion growing" its called, not a one cried BS to the theory. There are other companion plants besides camomile.

And i am inside and was gunna go from seed if i try it

Indoors its impractical to companion plant in many ways. Chamomile has a lot of plant uses, in reality it does f-all and dosent live upto any claims

Indoors intrinsically means "within a confined space". Unless I'm growing in an domed/climate controlled football (gridiron for our brethren down under) stadium, I don't have any available room.

*I'd also want all seats and stands removed, and all lighting brought down and spread about at my approved height lol.

vostok said:

Please explain to the membership

how having camomile would increase oil production ..???

thanks

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He's no concept of botony if he'd post a credible source I'll stick with endomycorrhizal, heck any member of that family of fungi with assist with evidence rather than your mad camomile tea lol all I see in that is roots fighting for nutrients where the myto just needs cards n can dramatically improve yield not to mention the fungi is strong enough to get the plant access to other nutrients via the symbiotic relationship hence me using endomycorrhizal which has been proven to work.

And it helps it fight off bad stiff cuz they're straight up homies.
Plants first colonised the earth thanks to mytos before that they were under water only but those little strong mytos pushed there fibrous "claws " up finding enough nutrients to support plants n boom we have green on earth thanks tho this fungi alone

SlipperBandit,

So because I asked a question I have no concept of botany?

Thats Why I asked the GD question! I'm not a botanist. However folks that garden different plants than we do have noticed a difference, and seems genrally accepted in their gardening world and not controversial, tons of article on "companion growing". I was wondering if anyone had tried it, it may not effect cannabis in any way shape or form. Sucks I wasn't born with a complete knowlege base of every detail of botany to start out with and have to ask if anyone has ever tried an idea.

There are a ton of things we do growing that one guy doesn't and another guy does and they have a theory of why it works but not necessarily a scientific study on why it works. Some of them even being contradictory. Part of basic science is observation, and if some gardeners are noticing a positive difference with companion growing, I thought I'd throw it out there and see if anyone has tried it.

Excuse me sir for asking a question to see if anyone had ever tried it. It may be detrimental, there may be something to it positive, it may change nothing. I was curious if anyone had tried it with cannabis growing seeing so many have and have good things to say about it in a traditional garden.

In future I will not try to be creative and I'll grow exactly like the genration before me and never try to improve on it unless I have a scientific study from a botanist. We discover new things often by trying crazy ideas, they are often dead ends, I get that. But sometimes being smart is knowing when someone else has a good idea and expand on it. If we don't veture out and try crazy concepts we would still be wearing loin cloths grunting around a fire in a cave!

Yes and they're referred to mavericks u on the other hand related an entirely different species of plant in you cannabis logic.you want massive root get endomycorrhizal and rizotonic then cannazyme at the end if u recycled it like I do. And stating a fact doesn't necessarily a aggression. Sorry if I seemed crass or anything but it's a dog eat dog world jk I've just been here so long under different topics like this pop up kinda irritate me but imo all it will do is add competition with the cannabis root zone

theslipperbandit said:

He's no concept of botony if he'd post a credible source I'll stick with endomycorrhizal, heck any member of that family of fungi with assist with evidence rather than your mad camomile tea lol all I see in that is roots fighting for nutrients where the myto just needs cards n can dramatically improve yield not to mention the fungi is strong enough to get the plant access to other nutrients via the symbiotic relationship hence me using endomycorrhizal which has been proven to work.

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Endomycorrhizal fungi is already in most available soils, it was pointed out a while back that adding more was pointless and a waste of money.

Still soil growers rave about adding mycos etc etc with little comprehension that their soil is already teaming with it

theslipperbandit said:

Yes and they're referred to mavericks u on the other hand related an entirely different species of plant in you cannabis logic.you want massive root get endomycorrhizal and rizotonic then cannazyme at the end if u recycled it like I do. And stating a fact doesn't necessarily a aggression. Sorry if I seemed crass or anything but it's a dog eat dog world jk I've just been here so long under different topics like this pop up kinda irritate me but imo all it will do is add competition with the cannabis root zone

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Thank you, it did come accross crass. But if it works on other plants it may or may not be worth a shot. everything we do was a crazy idea at one time especially indoors. Its a very low feeder. There are other herbs that are "givers" to whatever soil they are in, that they put more in than they take out, at least in terms of what other plants use. I'm not sure it would translate to cannabis, until it is tried who is to say. Thats why I was curious if others had tried it for good or bad.

I don't know why expirimenting would be irritating, to each their own though. I myself embrace the wisdom of traditionalism while always looking for innovation as well. To me its part of advancing the art. But one needs to know that the desired outcome is not garanteed and even unlikely. First guy to think a street light bulb might grow a plant really well may have been accused of being nuts at the time. Or the guy that said we can grow a plant that has only grown in soil for eons from start to finish in nothing but water may have got some odd looks too.

There a lot of gardeners outside our realm that use companion growing with great success, so i feel its at least discussion worthy even with an unknown outcome.

Huckster79 said:

Thank you, it did come accross crass. But if it works on other plants it may or may not be worth a shot. everything we do was a crazy idea at one time especially indoors. Its a very low feeder. There are other herbs that are "givers" to whatever soil they are in, that they put more in than they take out, at least in terms of what other plants use. I'm not sure it would translate to cannabis, until it is tried who is to say. Thats why I was curious if others had tried it for good or bad.

I don't know why expirimenting would be irritating, to each their own though. I myself embrace the wisdom of traditionalism while always looking for innovation as well. To me its part of advancing the art. But one needs to know that the desired outcome is not garanteed and even unlikely. First guy to think a street light bulb might grow a plant really well may have been accused of being nuts at the time. Or the guy that said we can grow a plant that has only grown in soil for eons from start to finish in nothing but water may have got some odd looks too.

There a lot of gardeners outside our realm that use companion growing with great success, so i feel its at least discussion worthy even with an unknown outcome.

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Any companion indoor planting would have to work in a smallish pot and withstand the same fertilizer, heat and stuff that weed does. I cant think of many small enough that they wouldn't out compete with the weed itself. Its just something that's generally avoided and easier to just make use of some other method to keep different species of plants in your grow tent

I've heard of threes helping other plants due to the high count of mycorrhizal present in its root system but that's the fungi so ur best bets endomycorrhizal. mycorrhizal is the broad name for that family of fungi and apparently endomycorrhizal has the greatest symbiotic effect just keep adding some cards to keep em happy n it'll double your root system

trees harmonise the shit out of an ecosystem think it's called epiphyte so perhaps some plants do the same I just see competition for something u want at its most perfect so that's why I'd say no unless you Google scholar the shit out of it

Kingrow1 said:

Endomycorrhizal fungi is already in most available soils, it was pointed out a while back that adding more was pointless and a waste of money.

Still soil growers rave about adding mycos etc etc with little comprehension that their soil is already teaming with it

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Dude I've been testing it on a few houseplants and noticed a massive difference in growth and uptake and general wellbeing it's the amount used and specific as mycorrhizal is a broad spec of fungi not to mention the amounts they add (if mentioned please state) as I've been looking for it in bulk for cheap but I recycle my soil n add endomycorrhizal into her at the end after my cannazyme and canna trace n used ground coffee rusk I'm on my 6th grow with adding the odd top up of fresh soil n not alot may I add. Only problem so far is my soil is one plant was 2 N hot so less coffee next time

And it's not macro nutrient its a symbiotic fungi that not only doubles the plants coverage but also protects the plant from shit and I never suggested over using it all I do is once me jiffy is rooted I plant em in 13cm pots after I dip the jiffy in the endo mix..goes a long way once the spore count it high enough these guys have survived a long time of course even a little bit would expand blah blah but the bottom line it's proven to be beneficial

theslipperbandit said:

And it's not macro nutrient its a symbiotic fungi that not only doubles the plants coverage but also protects the plant from shit and I never suggested over using it all I do is once me jiffy is rooted I plant em in 13cm pots after I dip the jiffy in the endo mix..goes a long way once the spore count it high enough these guys have survived a long time of course even a little bit would expand blah blah but the bottom line it's proven to be beneficial

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I was just bringing up stuff, as soon as my roots hit soil various fungi colonize but i suspect that one of the Glommus varieties is the main symbient with weed roots and most others arent as important or quick to take hold. Most soils hold these fungis, culturing your soil is all thats needed.

I found very little effect from mycos and bennies i rarely bother, most my soils have it in abundance that i need little but roots and organic matter to expotentiate the population of them.

Some single varieties are sold commercially a lot cheaper that the weed branded ones

Sounds like I need to add some bennies.

Kingrow1 said:

I was just bringing up stuff, as soon as my roots hit soil various fungi colonize but i suspect that one of the Glommus varieties is the main symbient with weed roots and most others arent as important or quick to take hold. Most soils hold these fungis, culturing your soil is all thats needed.

I found very little effect from mycos and bennies i rarely bother, most my soils have it in abundance that i need little but roots and organic matter to expotentiate the population of them.

Some single varieties are sold commercially a lot cheaper that the weed branded ones

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They need time to establish so nice long veg n the endomycorrhizal needs carbs n is apparently best suited for cannabis