Nwtexan
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Thanks! that soil looks good. Like the trenches too. Do you feel that the trenches are important, even with all the stuff in the soil? What are you mixing in to the trenches?
SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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myke
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No need to glue the risers,I would look at the stiffness of the tote bottom.Your drilling a lot of holes.So wider and more supports I think is better.An up side down grocery basket cut to the right height would work,lots of holes and strong.
I used same dirt for the wick.Yes cover the gap between so air can get in but not light.Use the lid , works well to keep the surface damp.
I used same dirt for the wick.Yes cover the gap between so air can get in but not light.Use the lid , works well to keep the surface damp.
Tim Fox
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Yes this has been my best grow ever , water only the whole ride , we thought the soil might be too hot , but once the roots hit the reservoir it was off to the races , yes I like to do both nutes in the soil and the trenches were straight tomato fertilizer high in calcium
raggyb
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sorry I've just done what i've done with what I could find and don't know if it could be better. on one i have with pvc support I drilled small holes in the PVC so water gets inside and the basin can hold more water. but i hope doing that doesnt make some chemicals leach out of the pvc? I haven't been able to find info on that being a problem. but pvc won't move with weight of the dirt on it. hose overflow would be nice instead of just a hole. I just do water but i like the sound of the stuff these guys are puting in, Labs or whatever it was, if you're into that. Someone suggested 20% perlite and 80% pete in the wick so I went with that. You can stuff some rolled up old landscape fabric in the gap to block the light gap. I still need to try making a cap. I mulched instead. You may have to top water to get the wicking action started.
ilovereggae
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I'm getting ready to transplant into my Earthbox Jrs as soon as I get my dna results back! Within the next few days I should be up and running.
Tim Fox
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looking forward to seeing it
Tim Fox
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i would think so? but my res water never gets funky,, i guess i am lucky/?? i just ad tap water ( well) the whole way
myke
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I’ve done years of hydro so I know all about “funky water” lol.
raggyb
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nice strawberries plums and chocolates emanating from down there left center
Tim Fox
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thank you, i just love watching the fall colors come out
Hash Hound
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surprised me to see such a lack of roots at the bottom of this 5g sip planter. It's like there's a inch plus layer right above the wick plate without any roots, and none at all peeking though the plate into the reservoir. The plant wasn't that big, but why not make it to the plate?
raggyb
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is that black part the wick? is it the whole diameter of the pot? Just trying to understand. was it homemade?
Hash Hound
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Its hard to see in this pic, but the plate is about two inches shorter and sits on the rim of the rez, and the over hang is where the overflow aeration holes are, and the platform has two curved cups that get filled with soil to act as the wick
they are called eco grow pots
this is the same type plate only from a 7g pot. I'm using it as a swick riser eliminating the tub of perlite.
it's working fine as you can see. Bubba Kush chopped her today, loads of seeds either from the 4 nanners I found, or from when I brush pollinated a Widow cola I flicked the brush over a cola of the BK. Not a seed seen on the Widow...yet
Nwtexan
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Ok, almost finished the planter using 31 gallon totes.... And have almost made it through the thread--Whew, that's a lot of posts!Will post a couple of pics tomorrow. I have a couple of questions.
-For those of you using living/no till soil, anything special you need to do/or do regularly?
-should I use a cover crop(clover) or use a cover/plastic over the top?
-I notice that some people put the lids(with the middle cut out) over the top. Wouldn't this stop air from getting down into the reservoir? I have the overflow connected to a tube going to a bucket, do there aren't currently any air holes on the sides.
-I know @Tim Fox doesn't like to use cloth at the bottom of the grow medium. I'm leaning that way. Any strong opinions for?
-I have very low mineral well water(around 75PPM) and about 40 of that is Calcium. I see that a lot of folks were using Calmag in some form or another, especially if using RO water. mine is pretty close to that. should I be using Calmag?
I've got 4 clones that will be going in the 2 30 gallons. They are currently in 3G fabric pots. I'll transplant as soon as I feel solid on my soil.
-For those of you using living/no till soil, anything special you need to do/or do regularly?
-should I use a cover crop(clover) or use a cover/plastic over the top?
-I notice that some people put the lids(with the middle cut out) over the top. Wouldn't this stop air from getting down into the reservoir? I have the overflow connected to a tube going to a bucket, do there aren't currently any air holes on the sides.
-I know @Tim Fox doesn't like to use cloth at the bottom of the grow medium. I'm leaning that way. Any strong opinions for?
-I have very low mineral well water(around 75PPM) and about 40 of that is Calcium. I see that a lot of folks were using Calmag in some form or another, especially if using RO water. mine is pretty close to that. should I be using Calmag?
I've got 4 clones that will be going in the 2 30 gallons. They are currently in 3G fabric pots. I'll transplant as soon as I feel solid on my soil.
raggyb
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whoa, nice photo. that's very weird about the seeds. Well you grew it great, but maybe the drainage aeration hole is too high on that. It shrinks the air gap. But I can see you can't go too low with it either or it won't hold any water. maybe that's the roots issue reason