SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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coming up on 6 weeks flower,, grow has been on auto pilot for weeks,, no bugs, no mold no rot , nothing,, just water only the whole ride,, about 2.5 weeks to go,, dog walker is starting to amber on the buds,, all colors are getting very pretty,,
I am not seeing that it was worth spending 80 bucks on soil amendments,, the grow looks the same to me as my previous grows ,, my previous grows were simply FFOF and tomato dry ferts mixed in,, i do like how i didnt have to ad cal mag this grow,, so something in my amendments covered that,, probably the lyme, any how,, a few pics, i did a big trim todayIMG_7116.JPGIMG_7117.JPGIMG_7118.JPGIMG_7131.JPGIMG_7129.JPGIMG_7125.JPG
 
meangreengrowinmachine

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
Pay no mind to my dirty room atm lol need to do some cleaning and re painting soon. :oops:
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well phone died back is killing me but got nine potted before I ran out of soil. I decided to take all my old SIP soil add it to a tub and as I filled these SIPs I mixed in my organic "nute**" mix and some fresh rabbit castings from my bunny cage. about 3 shots glasses worth per five gallon SIP and about a handful of rabbit castings. Now tomorrow I need to put together another COB bar like the one that is above them now so I will have ten cobs in there with just moms... for now... then I need to put together the new TWELVE cob rig I just got from Rapid LED! Then we are ON OUR WAY! have a great weekend all!


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kelp meal 6 cups
epsoma tomato tone 3 cups
alfalfa meal 3 cups
neem meal 3 cups
crab meal 3 cups
finely ground egg shells about 3 cups
azomite about a cup
 
meangreengrowinmachine

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Got 5 more cobs onto a frame and all the hopefully ladies are moved now just waiting for them to bounce back a bit. Ended up buying a bag of ocean forest as I ran our of soil for the last 2. Got some em1 expanding now I will add to the rez and top dress with some wheat bran soon. Once they are ready I will try to take some clones flower them and go from there with who's a lady. 12 more cobs to get together and on a frame. Those ones will be more diy then I have done in the past (timber just sends the cob already on the heat sink). Hope everyone's rooms are going strong!
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
Got 5 more cobs onto a frame and all the hopefully ladies are moved now just waiting for them to bounce back a bit. Ended up buying a bag of ocean forest as I ran our of soil for the last 2. Got some em1 expanding now I will add to the rez and top dress with some wheat bran soon. Once they are ready I will try to take some clones flower them and go from there with who's a lady. 12 more cobs to get together and on a frame. Those ones will be more diy then I have done in the past (timber just sends the cob already on the heat sink). Hope everyone's rooms are going strong!
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meangreengrowinmachine

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Tim Fox said:
dude, your down right kicking ass,, I tip my hat
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i feel like there is something wrong.. maybe it is just transplant shock and I need to wait a few days... I hope I didn't make my wicks too big :( but thanks for the kudos man! Means a lot coming from you as i have drooled over the buds you have posted on here many a time my friend!!!
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
i feel like there is something wrong.. maybe it is just transplant shock and I need to wait a few days... I hope I didn't make my wicks too big :( but thanks for the kudos man! Means a lot coming from you as i have drooled over the buds you have posted on here many a time my friend!!!
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Depending on how much you wet down your soil as you loaded it and depending on how much water you put on the top , along with transplant, they do and will droop, and they probably will for a few days sl while everything adjusts , ride it out, trust the sip
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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coming up on week 7 flower, another leaf trim,, my dog walker is recovering nice from a slight bleaching ( had my cobs turned up too hot for her),, but @Humanrob caught it for me, and allot of green has retuned to the leaves, and the buds are looking good, this is just the way i need to keep growing going forward, simple small grows, they supply me with more than i can smoke, its been fun being in a sip again, it takes all the watering out of the equation, and with this being a water only grow, its been a real simple grow, and thats just what i need , most days i just ad water and close the door till the next dayIMG_7145.JPGIMG_7146.JPGIMG_7147.JPGIMG_7150.JPGIMG_7151.JPGIMG_7152.JPGIMG_7154.JPGIMG_7155.JPGIMG_7156.JPG
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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Tim Fox said:
coming up on week 7 flower, another leaf trim,, my dog walker is recovering nice from a slight bleaching ( had my cobs turned up too hot for her),, but @Humanrob caught it for me, and allot of green has retuned to the leaves, and the buds are looking good, this is just the way i need to keep growing going forward, simple small grows, they supply me with more than i can smoke, its been fun being in a sip again, it takes all the watering out of the equation, and with this being a water only grow, its been a real simple grow, and thats just what i need , most days i just ad water and close the door till the next dayView attachment 4455610View attachment 4455611View attachment 4455612View attachment 4455613View attachment 4455614View attachment 4455615View attachment 4455616View attachment 4455617View attachment 4455618
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Looking amazing as usual man!! Keep up the great work!
 
meangreengrowinmachine

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SUCCESS! got this put together and all working...now just need to get it on the frame and hung and all set for flowering! Out of curiosity gas anyone used the rapid led frame and know how to stop the cobs from moving all over on the rails lol. It's a cool feature to be able to move and focus.each cob... but makes moving them around kind of a pain. I guess once it's in the flower room it should not be going anywhere else.20200113_162927.jpg
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
SUCCESS! got this put together and all working...now just need to get it on the frame and hung and all set for flowering! Out of curiosity gas anyone used the rapid led frame and know how to stop the cobs from moving all over on the rails lol. It's a cool feature to be able to move and focus.each cob... but makes moving them around kind of a pain. I guess once it's in the flower room it should not be going anywhere else.View attachment 4455821
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if your refering to how the heat sinks only have 2 holes to attach to the frame rail, and then the heat sinks can rotate on those screws like a pivot point, then yes, i know exactly what your talking about, also it looks like the rapid led frame is flat stock?,, i see 2 options, if your going to use what you have, you could drill a hole in the frame to the left or right of the heat sink set screw and put in another screw that wedeges against the heat sink forcing it to stop by wedge or friction, or option 2 like me use aluminum angle from home depot and set the angle so the heat sink sits on one side and cant pivot, , but hey go with easy, and get some jam screws going,,, i hope i am not talking out of my &@)@&# hahaha, pretty stoned
 
meangreengrowinmachine

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Tim Fox said:
if your refering to how the heat sinks only have 2 holes to attach to the frame rail, and then the heat sinks can rotate on those screws like a pivot point, then yes, i know exactly what your talking about, also it looks like the rapid led frame is flat stock?,, i see 2 options, if your going to use what you have, you could drill a hole in the frame to the left or right of the heat sink set screw and put in another screw that wedeges against the heat sink forcing it to stop by wedge or friction, or option 2 like me use aluminum angle from home depot and set the angle so the heat sink sits on one side and cant pivot, , but hey go with easy, and get some jam screws going,,, i hope i am not talking out of my &@)@&# hahaha, pretty stoned
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No I get what you mean and yeah I think jam screws would work best. Just hate to drill into this gorgeously tooled framing lol maybe I will just leave it as is and just have it be clunky going up but more versatile in use. Thanks for the fast reply man!
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
No I get what you mean and yeah I think jam screws would work best. Just hate to drill into this gorgeously tooled framing lol maybe I will just leave it as is and just have it be clunky going up but more versatile in use. Thanks for the fast reply man!
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believe it or not ,, i had to tilt my heat sinks on my current grow to help aim the cob beam, i had my cobs too centered, and it helped me to spread the hot spot out,, not that on your frame there is any chance of that with your cobs space nicely apart, i was able to tighten my set screws enough to make them not move unless i put a hand on them
 
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