Maine HomeGrown
Well-Known Member
What's up RIU?
I recently saw a page on Instagram showing a gardener leaving in his cannabis stalks ( cutting down to about 1") and reusing his living soil by simply popping a new seed next to the old stalk. This is somewhat new to me. I have been rocking living soil for about a few years now and although I would always feed the dead/trimmed leaves and branches back to the soil, I always cut out the root ball/stalk and then trimmed it down enough to put back into the soil (minus the chunky pieces). Have I been doing this all wrong in a sense of disturbing the soil food web? Should I leave the stalks in? I have looked up hundreds of pages and articles as well as trying to find the same Instagram page without any luck (maybe my keyword searches are way off). Do any of you suggest leaving the root ball/begging of old stalk intact rather than cutting it all out? I will note that I haven't seen any decrease in activity by "disturbing" the soil as I have been but it's a thought that may benefit my grows. Thank you ahead of time fam!
I recently saw a page on Instagram showing a gardener leaving in his cannabis stalks ( cutting down to about 1") and reusing his living soil by simply popping a new seed next to the old stalk. This is somewhat new to me. I have been rocking living soil for about a few years now and although I would always feed the dead/trimmed leaves and branches back to the soil, I always cut out the root ball/stalk and then trimmed it down enough to put back into the soil (minus the chunky pieces). Have I been doing this all wrong in a sense of disturbing the soil food web? Should I leave the stalks in? I have looked up hundreds of pages and articles as well as trying to find the same Instagram page without any luck (maybe my keyword searches are way off). Do any of you suggest leaving the root ball/begging of old stalk intact rather than cutting it all out? I will note that I haven't seen any decrease in activity by "disturbing" the soil as I have been but it's a thought that may benefit my grows. Thank you ahead of time fam!