SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

CaptainSnap

CaptainSnap

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Nice healthy looking sips pinner! And is that a mother plant in the background? And based on your name I'd assume you are into mycology!! Just ordered shiitake spawn for this spring
 
pinner420

pinner420

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CaptainSnap said:
Nice healthy looking sips pinner! And is that a mother plant in the background? And based on your name I'd assume you are into mycology!! Just ordered shiitake spawn for this spring
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Never played with spores however I've been looking into that rabbit hole.. Any good reads you could send my way would be appreciated.. Ya... Black Rose an old standby get something done with a smile on your face herb.
 
CaptainSnap

CaptainSnap

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Pinner I stay on forums for all my information and learned everything I know from the shroomery! I love science and experimenting, always have and always will. Ill be trying Wine Caps for the 1st time this year.

Also will have to let me know if you do try to up pot your sips containers. I plan to do the same with my vegging girls as well however I'm in transplantable fabric pots that easily expose the rootball....never tried any of those air pots.
 
Humanrob

Humanrob

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An oddity and user error with my SIP...

First, I've noticed a LOT of root tips poking out from the fabric pot. In the past I've had the occasional one, but this is the most I've ever seen. I'm not sure if the plant is trying to tell me something, or if its just a cheap pot?

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And then my screw up... I had mentioned that my plant looked stressed and I wasn't sure why. I decided to flip to 12/12, and while fiddling with the timer noticed that the switch between 'timer' mode and 'always on' mode, was on Always On. This poor plant has been under 24/0 lighting. There are pros and cons to growing in a remote location, I was never there before 5am or after 11pm to see that the lights were still on.

Considering the endurance test its been put through, it's amazing it looks as good as it does! Tonight will be 12 hours of cool darkness for it... I hope it enjoys that. I also discovered that the water in my 55 gallon drum is coming out at 8.0ph, in another thread it was mentioned that recycling dehumidifier water can raise the ph. I'm correcting that too. Those abuses combined are another tribute to the durability of GG4.

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CaptainSnap

CaptainSnap

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Roots poking through the fabric pot on the bottoms is nothing unusual! Is there ever water in the saucer because that's what they are usually reaching for. The only other thing could be rootbound. Nice catch on that timer...that can be a pita. Nice looking Scrog :clap::clap:
 
Humanrob

Humanrob

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CaptainSnap said:
Roots poking through the fabric pot on the bottoms is nothing unusual! Is there ever water in the saucer because that's what they are usually reaching for. The only other thing could be rootbound. Nice catch on that timer...that can be a pita. Nice looking Scrog :clap::clap:
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Thanks Capt. There is no saucer because it's a sip, but being the base of the fabric pot that part is always damp. I do fear it might be root bound (or heading that way), it'll be interesting to see how it does over the next 8 weeks of flower. A 5 gallon pot is on the small side for a 6 week veg, hopefully there is enough nutrients in there to keep it going. Usually by now I'd have a ton of water roots, but this time not so much. Now that I'm correcting the pH in the res they may take off.
 
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