Mixing trimmings with soil

ipeeinpools

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• Nov 18, 2012

• #1

Just wondering if anyone does/has done this, taking the trimmings from a chopped plant and mixed it in with soil for their next grow. I dried them out first, smashed the leaves, and chopped up the stems and mixed it in with my FF Oceanic. Just planted OG Kush today with that soil.

 

smokinrav

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2012

• #2

I make iso oil out of it.

 

Bigby

Well-Known Member

• Nov 18, 2012

• #3

May I ask what your reason for doing it was?

 

ipeeinpools

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• Nov 20, 2012

• #4

Composting.

 

plantz

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• Nov 20, 2012

• #5

ipeeinpools said:

Composting.

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Thats not how you compost lol. If you wanted to compost your would pick a seperate location, preferably outside, thats the only way i know how to do it anyways, and put the trim in there with anything else you feel like composting and wait for it to turn to dirt, then use that dirt. You dont want that trim breaking down, rotting or otherwise creating mold in your pots, do it in a controlled environment.

 

mrcryce

Well-Known Member

• Nov 21, 2012

• #6

I believe for this to be effective you need some kind of beneficial bacteria, like maybe Great White or something.

 

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bob jameson

Active Member

• Nov 21, 2012

• #7

I doubt that it would be of any benefit. Composting takes time, about a year in an outdoor compost pile. Conventional gardening wisdom says to remove plant waste from the garden after harvest so as not to promote disease and pests. If your plants have any disease organisms on them you have just introduced it to your new grow.

 

no clue

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #8

In conclusion..this is a really stupid idea and would likely provide no value to your plants. Make something to smoke or eat from your trim.

 

Bigby

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #9

ipeeinpools said:

Composting.

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In order to use compost you have produced yourself you need to compost it. Simply putting it in the soil might do that, but the soil would need to be very organic (and by that I mean with live worms and bacteria in it). It would also take ages, at least a year I would guess. What usually happens is people have a compost heap where this sort of thing occurs, with them then using the previous years compost the next year. What you did serves no practical purpose that I can see - if you did it as a little personal thing for luck then that's your prerogative and more power to you.