Mandarin Cookies - Clones to Harvest

What’s up growmies! I have been gathering a few ingredients and preparing the indoor grow space to begin my No-Till grow experience. But what is No-till? No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage. Organic growing practices are becoming increasingly popular in the cannabis industry. This method supports the idea of minimally disturbing the soil by growing your crops without tillage (the mechanical agitation of soil that comes from stirring and turning). Some growers argue the no-till method can increase plants’ water absorption, as well as foster the perfect organic material in which to grow robust, healthy plants. It also helps the plants become more resilient, some farmers say, because the plants are forced to use nature to grow rather than rely on supplemental practices and chemical ingredients. A cover crop is a crop of a specific plant that is grown primarily for the benefit of the soil rather than the crop yield. Cover crops are commonly used to suppress weeds, manage soil erosion, help build and improve soil fertility and quality, control diseases and pests and promote biodiversity. Clover is a nitrogen fixer, meaning it sequesters nitrogen into the soil for your cannabis plants to use later. Clover can be grown with cannabis plants as a companion crop, or it can be grown during the off-season (spring or late winter). Its roots are shallow, but they still work to improve the soil’s quality and prevent topsoil compaction. Hairy vetch is one of the more productive nitrogen fixers available as a cover crop. It needs to be planted by early fall to take hold, but will then work to bring nitrogen into the soil until late spring. Hairy vetch is strong, resilient, and produces a quality root system that keeps your soil happy and healthy over the winter months Beans are a nitrogen-fixing legume that will help improve the quality of your soil. Planted in the fall, beans require soil that is rich in phosphorus, calcium, and sulfur to thrive and develop over the winter months. Once spring rolls around, you should be able to harvest the beans, mulch the plants, and spread them over your garden beds. Basil makes a great companion plant because it attracts butterflies to your garden and repels many harmful insects. It is said that basil repels aphids, asparagus beetles, mosquitoes, tomato hornworms and white flies. ... Basil is also reputed to slow the growth of milkweed bugs. Alfalfa is an ideal companion plant for cannabis as it fixes nitrogen and accumulates iron, magnesium, potassium and phosphorous. The deep roots help break up the soil, increasing water penetration and retention and slowing evaporation. Follow @GirlGoneWeed On Instagram for more indoor gardening tips and tricks!