[CoCoSativas]

Originally Posted by Avon Barksdale

stems, and leafs. anyone have any good ways to get rid of this stuff, i was thinking about getting one of those back yard firepits they have at home depot and just burning it but burning alot of the leaves would be a smokey mess, i thought of maybe trying to create some kind of press to compact leaves into a tight pucks and see if they burn cleaner. all and any ideas would be helpful, cause right now i just have a few bag fulls laying around

Compost it, bury it, burn it, though if you live in the city throwing it in a dumpster of a business you frequent works (fast food joints always have em and it loos like you are just tossing a bag out of your car people do it) though if it's alot rent a uhaul and take it to the landfI'll that's what I do.

I have a buddy who works at a warehouse. E lets me in the back to toss my shit in the compactor there right now for a bag here and there so far that's the safest and best I've ever had

[CoCoSativas]

Originally Posted by the gnome

this takes care of it period.
during trim and lollipopping time in veg I have 15-20lbs
of material to deal with.
the riding mower takes care of the load in less than 60sec.

That's fucking hilarious. I love it

[ISM2]

I feed the trim to the composting worms.

[Del_9_THC]

If you have a large grow, then it takes more planning to get rid of the leftovers.
In my opinion, burning would be a heat score....as in the coppers would be led to the source of the smell. I would plan the tear down before even setting up the grow, especially, If it is going to be a big one....people,get tripped up at the end, with a shitlaod of dope, because they get caught disposing (or not) the unwanted leaves,stems, soils, etc.

If you have a compost bin, then shredding the plant material and feeding it to compost bin and or worms (and you get worm castings, yay) would be a way to get rid of it. If you can chip it up and add it to soil and use the resulting soil for other gardens...but you have to grind it up pretty well, stems or leaves are big give away.

If it is a small personal grow and the leaves are green, fresh, and healthy, I have added them to a stir fry, they wilt down to nothing and don't taste too bad. For a large grow this is not really an option.

If you live in a rural environment you could feel the leaves to farm animals?...but the locals may wonder why the cows can't stop laughing😂😂

Good luck

[Del_9_THC]

Be careful dumping shit in other people's/company's bins. Often they pay a company to empty them and they might be concerned about others dumping in their bins.
I know people who have had to pay costs because they were dumping their shit in some company's bins...luckily it was just old electronic shit...

Building managers often monitor their bins so some fuckoff does not dump a couch or tv in them, so be ware.

If you do go the route of dumping in others bins, don't take your car (or anything else that can be traced) and make sure no finger prints on the bags.

[CrushnYuba]

Get the outdoor fire pit you mentioned!!
I have an ungodly amount of trash to get rid of between my 2 properties. One is 20 acres 99 plant outdoor garden with light dep also. Seperate leaf from stem. I always let my stems dry out real good and burn. Both properties have wood burning stoves. one has a chiminay or whatever. Outdoor clay fire pit thing that puts off allot of heat! I love having stems to burn. I'm anal about my trimmers saving my stems. I'm already out of stems to burn this year :( . Makes great kindling. Leaf gets funky before it has a chance to dry usually so I just toss in a pile to compost. My girlfriend is a nut job and she brought a trailer full of ganja waste to the dump this year and put allot in her trash pickup over the course of the trimming months!

If you can get a wood stove I recommend it. Wood is the cheapest source of heat and a good inexpensive stove will pay for itself the first year.

[Drewsif]

Some local dude grinds and presses his stems/stalks into blunt crutches. Doubtful you have that equipment on hand, not really sure what he uses for molding them but yeah perfect little roaches. A new business opportunity, roll your leaves up in cones with stem crutches! Dispensaries do worse!

[Easy7]

I wonder how goats would like some pot trash? They love long needle pine. Wouldn't want to risk a goat though. Leaf could be ok but dried stalks could be too much.

Burying is always a good idea. Also some girls like to make things out of stalks. A weed basket or something artsy.

[PaulieWaulie]

Ive seen several people already mention this, and I just started doing this as well but I think it deserves a little more attention and detail.

Earthworm Composting. Here are reasons why I think its the BEST way.

1. Its Simple. A bin with bedding and worms and just feed food scraps every week getting rid of all your garbage!
(Used Pro Mix/Coir, cardboard, shredded paper, used kleenex, leaves, vegetable/kitchen scraps, and most anything thats natural)
2. Harvest the earth worm castings every 2 months - for anyone growing in soil or organic they know this stuff is pure gold.
3. Faster than a normal compost and can be done year round inside.
4. Nothing leaves the house this way, and all goes back to yours plants and they love it.
5. Most sustainable option - something that needs to be considered more and more these days compared to whats just the best or easiest for YOU.

6. Worms are cool pets - chicks dig it

[acridlab]