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krypto2000
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Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer?
#18764886 - 08/27/13 04:55 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I extracted a bunch of cannabutter, but in the extraction process lost a bit of the actual butter and instead am left with a bunch of plant oils. This had me wondering, what do you guys think about either pouring it onto the plant or into the pot? I do know there's a bunch of bugs in the pot and a few flys like to hangout underneath the leaves, but they actually seem to get stuck to the leaves and die. It doesn't smell at all, but is otherwise quite healthy (I've harvested a few test buds along the way and have always been impressed despite them still having a good month or more left of growth remaining, and this was always with a quick dry in the dehydrator/no cure time).
Also the plant hardly seems to need much water and... well, it's just pretty damn resilient overall. The lack of a smell leads me to believe it's just full of oil and simply holding it all in. It's a nice dark green, beautiful cola formation, etc.
I suspect even that the bugs to some extent might be helping it out, retaining the oils within the plant itself. Basically it's a beast, it hardly needs water, hardly needs fertilization, and even seems to not care particularly much for light (for what it is of course).
This got me thinking, I wonder what would happen if I fed it more of its own oils? Would it be able to recycle them and utilize it for further flower development? I was thinking of applying it either by misting (might be too thick), simply dripping some all over the flowers with my hands, or simply dumping it in the pot.
The pot has been largely dry of water for a few days now and the plant just doesn't seem to give a fuck, the bottom is loaded with bugs and the roots are nice and tight which makes me think there's a lot of oil down at the bottom of the pot which it's slowly cycling around (it's likewise super top heavy), but that's just a guess. It's very heat tolerant too, and when it rains it will actually glisten and appears somewhat hydrophobic compared to typical plants (which again leads me to believe it's coated in oil).
What do you guys think? I also have a smaller plant that lost most of its leaves due to a broken limb so I could always test it on that one first. It's not looking nearly as healthy since it lost most of its foilage/flowers. The one in question also broke right in half early on btw, but, again, just didn't seem to give a fuck and from all indications actually thrived on it turning into a small yet super dense bush.
Edited by krypto2000 (08/27/13 05:02 PM)
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SmOakland



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Re: Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer? [Re: krypto2000] 1
#18767347 - 08/28/13 06:36 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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No. Bad idea. Fertilize with fertilizer. Do no pour oil in the pot.
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NagualaPawer
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Re: Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer? [Re: SmOakland]
#18767483 - 08/28/13 08:02 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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try plant teas with water, they do work as fertilizer.
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Re: Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer? [Re: NagualaPawer]
#18767504 - 08/28/13 08:09 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Bad idea. Oils/Lipids are not water soluble and will cause major damage! Plants absorb water-soluble vitamins and nutrients!
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krypto2000
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Re: Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer? [Re: Gorlax]
#18771307 - 08/28/13 11:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Are you sure plant oils are not water soluble? Glycerine for instance seems absorb into water pretty readily. Or were you referring to the butter itself? I was going to skim the top butter layer off, the rest of the solution would be the plant oils, or basically 'tea' as Nag put it. I've kept it in the fridge so the butter should have condensed and floated to the top.
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Re: Thoughts on using extracted plant oil as a fertilizer? [Re: krypto2000]
#18772030 - 08/29/13 07:25 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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glycerine is a sugar alcohol, not an oil.
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