Is Eucalyptus mulch ok for top dressing in pots? Gonna be stinking hot here in the next few days so grabing some mulch.

May be one for the fellow Oz growers. not sure if its used abroad. Gonna be stinking hot here in the next few days so grabbing some mulch.
Cheers.

It should be ideal! Eucalyptus will keep fungus gnats and other pests down. I make a spray of tea tree oil and use it like most people use neem...smells MUCH better and deters bugs effectively.
Greetings from WashIngton DC mate!

Cheers. Use it lots around the garden, but heard cedar is bad for Cana plants and wondered about Eucy. Sure does smell nice. We have Eucy trees in our yard that make the air fresh and sweet. Earthy with tones of honey mint. Koalas love 'em. Went ahead and spread it on the pots. Put a layer of worm castings on, watered that in, sprinkled some nitrogen dust then an inch of Euchy mulch on top with another drink. 37°Cels tomorrow. All prepped. Outdoor plants already smell skunky and are only 4 weeks old. The Eucy mulch really compliments the scent.
Thanks and greetings to you too kind sir.

Father Ramirez said:

It should be ideal! Eucalyptus will keep fungus gnats and other pests down. I make a spray of tea tree oil and use it like most people use neem...smells MUCH better and deters bugs effectively.
Greetings from WashIngton DC mate!

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Not meaning to drag this thread of topic but got a question bout the tea tree oil..
Do you use it the same as any old pest repellent or do ya gotta rinse plant off afterwards?
And wat ratios do you use wen mixing it?.

JimyTheCook said:

Not meaning to drag this thread of topic but got a question bout the tea tree oil..
Do you use it the same as any old pest repellent or do ya gotta rinse plant off afterwards?
And wat ratios do you use wen mixing it?.

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No worries. It’s why we’re all here. to get to the bottom of these burning questions.
It’s an inexact science to be sure. I fill a spray bottle w water. Then I pour in a bit of tea tree. Shake it up. Test spray it into the air and take a whiff. When it smells strong enough, it’s mixed.
I generally don’t spray on my plants, but the soil and surrounding areas. I think it’s ok to spray on a vegging plant but prolly not flowers.
And it’s probably ok on flowers from a health standpoint, but will add an aroma and flavor that will interfere with cannabinoids.
Side note: I have dabbed pure tea tree oil, using the vaporizer & bubbler, as a bronchial treatment when I had a lung infection. It works!
Sometimes I dab CBD oil and vape cannabis flower simultaneously. Some say CBD shuts down THC receptors, but I experience a compound effect, and I get whacked!

@Father Ramirez

To right its not like i can go over to me neighbours place have a cold beer an sit round asking him questions bout growin dope..
Do you use pure tee tree oil for your sprays aswell or the small premix bottle ya get from the local supermarket..
Yea wouldn use it during buddin stages at all maybe threw veg though if anyone else has used it on there plants.
Reckon dabbing tee tree oil would been harsh as fk yea? Never would of thought it was used in medicinal stuff like lung infections..

On the crossing the cbd with thc dont kno much about all that myself yet but i wouldn think it would cancel it out was lookin at a strain last night that was equal cbd and thc both round 10% cant remember the name as i lookd at probs anthr 20 after tgat and no doubt you would still get smashed of it plus get the medical benefits aswell..

I buy the small bottle of straight tea tree. Yes it was a harsh dab but it’s antibacterial so to get some deep into my lungs was helpful that time. I now use a facial steamer that has a place to add essential oils, and breathe in warm tea tree mist. I didn’t think to mention it earlier. It’s a better method.

A drop of tea tree in warm salt water makes a great gargle to heal a sore throat

Only used it for sores to clean out an stuff like that burns like a bitch though. But yea few drops in one of thoughs vics vaporisers with towel over ya head probs work aswell, be allot smoother on the lungs instead of a dab anyday..
Back on the mulch topic though have you heard or used sugar cain mulch as top dressin. Growin out door an can get compressed bloks of ir fairly cheap

JimyTheCook said:

Only used it for sores to clean out an stuff like that burns like a bitch though. But yea few drops in one of thoughs vics vaporisers with towel over ya head probs work aswell, be allot smoother on the lungs instead of a dab anyday..
Back on the mulch topic though have you heard or used sugar cain mulch as top dressin. Growin out door an can get compressed bloks of ir fairly cheap

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Jimmy, jump on Gunja Gurls and Double JJs threads. (outdoor section) Aks them anything and u will get honest, real world advice. They grow trees, well and in good humor. And no im not gunna tag em as they will get bigger heads.

RazzamaDazza said:

Cheers. Use it lots around the garden, but heard cedar is bad for Cana plants and wondered about Eucy. Sure does smell nice. We have Eucy trees in our yard that make the air fresh and sweet. Earthy with tones of honey mint. Koalas love 'em. Went ahead and spread it on the pots. Put a layer of worm castings on, watered that in, sprinkled some nitrogen dust then an inch of Euchy mulch on top with another drink. 37°Cels tomorrow. All prepped. Outdoor plants already smell skunky and are only 4 weeks old. The Eucy mulch really compliments the scent.
Thanks and greetings to you too kind sir.

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They would of loved that heat at 4 weeks.

Cheers luke. Ive seen some of the monster trees ganga gurl grows there impressive people probs get sick of hearing same old questions on these forums though..

Lucky Luke said:

They would of loved that heat at 4 weeks.

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Yeah they sure did, Never seen leaves that erect. Had to move 'em though. nasty northerly was blowing them over.- completely horizontal at times. saved 'em all though. Hottest day theyve seen. We just had rain for 2 weeks with temps like 14 C. friggin Melbourne weather.

Hey @RazzamaDazza, how did the eucalyptus mulch work out?

There is a ton of wood chips that have been sitting around the neighborhood for months and I was thinking it'd make nice mulch. An internet search wasn't all that conclusive about how it would do with cannabis.