With tomatoes and other plants like cucumbers if too many roots get into the reservoir then my veggies seem to have a somewhat bland flavor over the ones with roots that stay in the soil. I'm not sure if this would make a difference with cannabis... maybe affect flavor? Also, I like the idea of minimizing the chance of roots possibly rotting in the reservoir.
The lady who runs the local nursery where I bought the tomato plants from said she didn't like!E sips for tomatoes she felt they were to watery something about the soil not drying out ,
Yeah, in general the regular tomatoes tend to be a bit watery and bland. The cherry and roma tomatoes rock... their flavor is great and I get tons of them. I think it might be because they can't get too big with water and they ripen quickly. The SIPS work great for cucumbers and greens.
i think i might go this route and try to convert this to 27 gallon tough totes (no lowes nearby) based on this design my wick is going to be FAR to big oh well 7.89 down the drain for the one tote lol maybe I will try to take pics of this one as i make it.
I believe on the first page of this thread there are PDF and plans to build differant storage tub sips
another storage tub design
yeah i am considering the same!
I dont have enough Height in my grow cab for the storage tub sips,,
Yes, this is the small version designed by Ray Newstead. His nickname is Raybo on the tomato forums. I made two of these smaller versions and these are the ones I used for my outdoor cannabis and hops. They're also a bit easier to move around. The larger versions are a bear to move.
Nice and healthy looking.
its been very hands off, no sign of bud rot,, no sign of mold or mildew,, first clean grow in the last couple of years,, and the easiest too,,
How long did you veg for? I'm new to indoor growing so I'm trying to get a sense of container size to veg time. I vegged my current plants in my Autopots too long in an attempt to maximize my SCROG net and they are not happy, so I'm going to transplant into the 6 gallon Autopots before I switch to flower. Otherwise, my first indoor grow might be a bust. Oh well, I learned a lot and am going to at least do the SIPS mod for the Autopots and see if that improves the system.
this is my 4th run thru this grow cab,, so i am getting a pretty good feel for when to FLIP the lights to 12 12,, so it fills the space
Wow, quick veg! Now I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've had my plants in veg for 9 weeks, although it was my intention to only veg for about 7-8 weeks, but I decided to wait to go to flower until I get my order of the larger Autopots and get them transplanted. Damn order has taken forever to get here.
I'm no kind of expert grower (unless expert means learning the most ways of NOT doing things), however, I'd venture to say that the sad plants probably has nothing to do with vegging too long... Vegging too long generally just means the plants outgrow the space....
