Did you get this under control or try maybe the plant problem area? What lighting are you using? Since I have switched to LEDs I cannot get my soil to ever contain enough useable calcium and magnesium and I always supplement the rez water.
No not yet I've tried adding calmag to rez with no noticeable change so I've cut all cover crop in hopes that it may be over wicking. I'm running a 315w cmh my other plant looks fine it is in about 20g of soil and it seems a bit dryer so I'm hoping it's just over watering issue I'll ride it out and see what happens. This is also my first grow in sip pots I'm still quite new to growing so maybe I just bit of a bit more than I can chew lol
Keep with it because these SIPs seem pretty easy. It does look like it could be overwatering to me but I havent myself experienced that becuase things are wet as shit in these but they don't seem to mind but I havent been doing this that long. How big is your wick? It looks store bought so again i don't think it would be the wrong size. also wondering are your additives organic?
Wet as shit?
Wet by my standards. Never dries out thats for sure. Mine uses a fabric pot on top and the fab pot does breath which may help with a bigger wick. The outside of the fab pot feels quite moist but not necc all the way to the top. been bubbling the water. The plant grows well.
I'm a little confused what's going on, like where is your res? But the cup with only one little hole is not right. I mean it seems like it could work but it's not according to the instructions. You should drill about 200 little holes like that all around the cup. Or better yet get net pots like this for whatever diameter - https://www.amazon.com/inch-Pots-Super-Heavy-Design/dp/B073WJ78MM?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B073WJ78MM
More air and more water. I very much second this. I think that might work for a while but I have doubts about long term wicking capabilities.
Yes I was spraying just once and a while
The wick has tons of holes it's a bin nested in another the 4 containers at corners are just to support the other bin and keep the wick off the floor of the rez a bit sorry for the confusion I fill the rez from the gap between the two bins. Are you guys saying I should drill bigger holes in my wick ? I think the soil was to moist even at the top it was some what moist without cover crop also should point out plant was quite small when I planted it into the bin about 3 sets of leaves
Ah ok from the pic it kinda looked like you had just the one little whole in each of the cups.
Yes I can see the confusion now lol I'm going to try and reset it up tonight with a bit more soil in it about 20g like the other bin that seems to be doing just fine how wet should the soil be at surface and let's say about 1-2" deep I feel like with the cover crop I probably could have squeezed out some droplets at about 1-2" deep which I feel is to much?
Yeah, I can, and do, leave mine all alone for a week at a time and they are fine without me. Probably happier without all the attention.
That does seem a little too wet to me... I only have 1 net pot as a wick in all my SIPs it is a 5 inch net pot. If you have FOUR large yogurt containers all mostly drilled out that seems like it might be much more of a wick then a 5 inch net pot. Keep in mind though that I used a five inch net pot on my 18 gallon and my 5 gallon sips and both seem fine so... maybe i am off base...sorry if I am not a lot of help i just followed the basic pdf posted on here long ago for mine.
Ok sounds good I'll set it up again make some tweaks and go from there and no apologies necessary after reading this hole thread I've learned a lot from you and manny others just wish I read the hole thing before building it lol the horse before the carriage I guess lol
That is awesome to know that I have helped someone in here! I have lurked and learned so much from the site and this thread in particular its great to know I can give something back to the community!
Yeah, that was a nice recovery lol! I was going to say that you might have too much sodium from the kelp(previous pic), but they look just fine now!!!
I ended up buying a 4-pack of Soil Savvy kits for $100 even. Not a huge savings but it also helps that I don't have to wait for shipping because they are on hand. Man, the turnaround time for the soil tests are getting longer. I used to be able to send in a test and have results 7 days after mailing it, but not anymore. I just had some HappyFrog tested straight from the bag, just to see what I'm dealing with but it's been over a week since I mailed it.
