SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

[myke]

I just use the net pot and pack it very right with pete moss only. I know a lot of folks just use soil also.

So no need for a screen.My net pots have small holes.cheers.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

So no need for a screen.My net pots have small holes.cheers.

Yeah I have never used any kind of screen.

 

[myke]

More questions.27 gallon tote,use 2 5" net pots?Plan on 2 plants,so one under ea plant.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

More questions.27 gallon tote,use 2 5" net pots?Plan on 2 plants,so one under ea plant.

Personally I found the 27 gallon to be incredibly unwieldy. It gets so insanely heavy, I hope you don't plan on moving the thing for its entire life cycle lol.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

I know a lot of folks have been asking about diy sips. So I went back to the first page and grabbed the "inntainer" build pdf that helped me a ton! I hope this helps all of you!

 

[myke]

Personally I found the 27 gallon to be incredibly unwieldy. It gets so insanely heavy, I hope you don't plan on moving the thing for its entire life cycle lol.

2 big girls that have out grown a 5g is whats going in.I dont plan on moving it till there done.

 

[Tim Fox]

Hey all. Gonna build one of these sip things. A question about the net pot as the wick. Can it be used by itself or does it need a screen or filter for lack of better term. Also it just gets packed with plain peat or the same dirt as the plant will be in.
Also is the idea to keep the dirt out of the res?? So net pot and water tube need to be sealed??
thanks.

I just use the soil, no screen

 

[El Verdugo]

Thanks for a great thread and read! Thanks to all the contributers inputs! Everything you need for SIP growing and more! Good growing!

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

I did a thing and joined the earthbox crew today! I didn't feel making 6 more inntainers.... man I have a lot of planters now hahhaa I think I just always want to use a larger soil volume then I am getting out of my 5 gallon sips atm. And they have such a height footprint I think I might retire them. Any learning curves I need to know that are different then a normal SIP like I have been using? @Tim Fox

 

[GrownAtHighAltitude]

Pack soil down into the wicking part well, and let em rip.

I highly suggest the auto-watering system if you can manage it. I recently saw they have discounts for buying multiple units now. That wasn't there last year..

Plan to have your plants still somewhat small before you go to transplant in after your first run. I suppose one could always just take a knife and trim off sections of roots and then xplant, but it would need recovery time.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Pack soil down into the wicking part well, and let em rip.

I highly suggest the auto-watering system if you can manage it. I recently saw they have discounts for buying multiple units now. That wasn't there last year..

Plan to have your plants still somewhat small before you go to transplant in after your first run. I suppose one could always just take a knife and trim off sections of roots and then xplant, but it would need recovery time.

Thanks! I grow in inntainers now and five gallon sips so I am familiar with them. I just have never used the earthbox specifically. Sounds like they are a no brainer!

 

[myke]

Thanks! I grow in inntainers now and five gallon sips so I am familiar with them. I just have never used the earthbox specifically. Sounds like they are a no brainer!

What’s the diff between sips and earthbox?

 

[GrownAtHighAltitude]

What’s the diff between sips and earthbox?

Earthbox is just the name of a commercial product using the same idea.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

What’s the diff between sips and earthbox?

The other sips I use that are very very similar are the inntainers using 18 gallon totes in the pdf I posted a page or so ago.

 

[Tim Fox]

I did a thing and joined the earthbox crew today! I didn't feel making 6 more inntainers.... man I have a lot of planters now hahhaa I think I just always want to use a larger soil volume then I am getting out of my 5 gallon sips atm. And they have such a height footprint I think I might retire them. Any learning curves I need to know that are different then a normal SIP like I have been using? @Tim Fox

Hey congrats , the earth box is a nice unit, what I want to convey to you is be aware of how the over flow hole works , you can't tell how full the reservoir is until it over flows, I used to slide a tray under mine to catch the water , if you used the nauto fill system It fills without over flowing, but if you don't want the work or cost, I think a float with a stick that slides down the fill tube with marks on the stick to show full , half full and empty would be very helpful

 

[Tim Fox]

When I grows veggies outdoors in my driveway using the earth box I just stick the hose in the fill tube and wait until it over flows , but that would make a huge mess indoors

 

[Tim Fox]

@meangreengrowinmachine I once thought about blocking the over flow and cutting a window on the front of the eathbox kinda like my grow box, so you can see the res level and know atba glance where your water level is , but after I found the growbox I couldn't bring myself to cut holes on my earthbox ,

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

@meangreengrowinmachine I once thought about blocking the over flow and cutting a window on the front of the eathbox kinda like my grow box, so you can see the res level and know atba glance where your water level is , but after I found the growbox I couldn't bring myself to cut holes on my earthbox ,

Dude ... why do we always have the saw ideas haha... I want to use my dremel to make a channel and add clear plexi glued there lol. I will probably do it at least on one of the earthboxes but will for sure be doing something like this on my inntainers in the next few weeks. I will for sure post pics!

 

[myke]

So whats the deal with the water rez going funky?Ill be adding tap to mine it has just chlorine in it.Do you flush it out once in a while to keep it from going bad?
Havent built one yet.Will soon for indoor.
Thanks.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

So whats the deal with the water rez going funky?Ill be adding tap to mine it has just chlorine in it.Do you flush it out once in a while to keep it from going bad?
Havent built one yet.Will soon for indoor.
Thanks.

Never have had any issues with rez going funky myself.