Got a few plant’s growing outside, Gelato, Tropicana Cookies and Punch, I always like burying deep and leaving a trench so my water and nutrients stay around my plant’s, so I’m asking the community for the best mulch to use , I want to keep the roots cool and retain moisture during the Hot Summer months
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Straw is especially good for keeping plants warm in colder temps, dry leaves are great for moisture retention. Bar and wood chips last longer but as they break down, they don’t provide much in the way of nutrients. There is also clover or mustard but both need to go in early spring… I like clover because just before spring, I till it into the soil and it helps replace nitrogen. Allowing the clover roots (and tops) to decay in the soil, helps give earthworms some nutrition all year long.
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@Nip I like the idea of using debris and leaves from the woods near your grows so that the ground doesn’t stand out differently from the surrounding environment, guerilla growing needs to be covert and not ‘catch the eye’ of wandering peeps. When I grow outside I build a mound around my stem like a bird nest to control my water/feedings, keeps the liquid from running off and seeps straight down over the root column. I typically just use mulch since I’m in flowerbeds. Good luck this summer bro.
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@Caligurl @Fieldofdreams Thanks Gromies I may just use some leaves and straw it blends in well with my surroundings, I must say there looking fantastic and already starting to have a fragrant odor 
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Any mulch will be good but the living mulch suggested clover will probably be the best. Clover doesn’t get very tall it produces nitrogen and the blossoms attract beneficial insects.
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Hey I like the clover idea, I’m sure if it will grow here now , I’m in South and the heat and humidity can be brutal during the Summer months
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Buy some eating sprouts seed start them just like your gonna eat them and when they reach edible size or get contaminated by mold put them around your plant and sprinkle a little dirt on them.
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I have found cardboard from old Amazon boxes to be an ideal moisture sink. Especially if you do several layers. If you want it to not look bad or blend in for a guerrilla grow then it would have to be covered with soil or straw to not stand out. The microbes seem to like stewing cardboard (carbon) boost too.
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That’s Easy and Free because I have piles of Cardboard, Just cut into pieces and layer it, I would have never thought of that , I’m going with you’re idea 
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My clover does just fine with the valley heat. We run +/- 100 days at or above 100 here.
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@Nip itll grow. I live in the south and the only time the clover has killed off is when its prolonged drought conditions with the heat.
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I agree, but either shred the cardboard or rip into smaller pieces to make it more readily consumable.
** i need to quit repeating folks. I immediately start responding and after ive posted then i read up and see everyone has already responded. Ive been smoking thay dysfunctional og kush strain from dumbass genetics again… 
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If its really dry outdoors where you live you could cut up some cheap sponges into cubes and mix into your soil to help get some water retention
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I always thought it couldn’t survive the Summer Here, is it a certain type like Red Clover, having something organic growing would be better than anything else
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Hey I welcome all comments about growing from our community, I assume most people are Stoned on here looking at some pictures of everyone Killer Weed there growing
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Good Idea, Growing in Full Sun Drys the soil quickly, Cannabis grows better with cool roots and some moisture helps, I always stick my finger in the soil to tell how much moisture is left, I watered good yesterday so there fine , I’ll give water and a dose of Jack’s tomorrow morning, and I’m going to try cardboard cut into small pieces for mulch top it off with leaves to hide and make it look natural in the environment
Sounds good
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I planted regular clover (not crimson) but I’ve heard crimson clover should grow the same. They sell the crimson in bulk at our citrus growers association
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