SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

meangreengrowinmachine

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Here we are at day 69 Since move to flower day 59 since pre flowers.... got some fox tailing on the one and nanners on the other... lots of fall colors... watching trichs daily for that nice cloudy/amber. Any day now!
 

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Greenthumbs256

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Hey I'm starting a new sip no till pot! It's kinda an experiment to see if I can make my life easier with waterings! If anyone has some pointers I'd be happy to listen I'm slowly making my way through this thread!

I'm going buy some black trash bags to cover the top and start growing in my mycelium? I could use some pointers in that I can't find a ton of info on this way of doing a no till! I've always used cover crop and regular fabric pots!

Here's my build!
 

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neroceasar

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A 5 gallon bucket is not going to support living organic soil from all I have read I think what I was seeing is you want at LEAST 10 gallons preferably more.... I would go through this thread and then also the ROSL thread... I changed pretty much my whole set up over time to get to the ROSL (recycled old living soil) and I still do not think I am there... I am thinking I need a 27 gallon SIP but for my space that means maybe 2 plants.
I dont think that's entirely true. thenaturefarm has 2 gallon pots with LOS. I will agree/say that the larger you make your pot, the easier it'll be. larger pot, larger ecosystem, easier to buffer itself and will take hits(as in your learning) better. full disclosure: i'm running 40ish gallon sips. lol
 

neroceasar

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Hey I'm starting a new sip no till pot! It's kinda an experiment to see if I can make my life easier with waterings! If anyone has some pointers I'd be happy to listen I'm slowly making my way through this thread!

I'm going buy some black trash bags to cover the top and start growing in my mycelium? I could use some pointers in that I can't find a ton of info on this way of doing a no till! I've always used cover crop and regular fabric pots!

Here's my build!
if ya doing no till, ya need a cover crop or mulch, preferably both. The trash bag is more of the straight alan Adkisson way, i dont think he was reusing soil and he was using a cup(1/2?) of dolomite a cubic foot! I got crazy fungus, no bag. dont forget your lacto! its become apparent to me that lacto is the best single input. I went to a sandor kats workshop a couple months back. of all the things we grow to consume, whether its organic or synthetically grown, lacto bacteria account for 90% of the surface bacteria... thats gotta count for something.. well except that cucumber passing thru the cow shit stream... lol.
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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well thread has been dead for a while but lets see if we can get some life! In the flower room now are 2 Iced Grapefruit and one Pakistan Valley (freebie). They are getting close but tbh I lost track of when I moved these to flower so I really dont know what day they are on lol. Will keep looking through the loop and microscope for trich clouding and slight amber and then will take them down.. hoping no later then next week but will do what I have to. Next to be flowered are Bing by Bodhi! they are in the flower room now just waiting for these to finish up and will transplant them from their small fabric pots to some SIP's. Well hope all are doing well! Enjoy and let me know what you think and how much time you think is left on these ladies!
 

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Roger A. Shrubber

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well thread has been dead for a while but lets see if we can get some life! In the flower room now are 2 Iced Grapefruit and one Pakistan Valley (freebie). They are getting close but tbh I lost track of when I moved these to flower so I really dont know what day they are on lol. Will keep looking through the loop and microscope for trich clouding and slight amber and then will take them down.. hoping no later then next week but will do what I have to. Next to be flowered are Bing by Bodhi! they are in the flower room now just waiting for these to finish up and will transplant them from their small fabric pots to some SIP's. Well hope all are doing well! Enjoy and let me know what you think and how much time you think is left on these ladies!
lookin good
 

Humanrob

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oh i was going to post some scope pics too... you think they be done by next week? (sorry they are not better pics, I need to get a better way to stabilize this scope)
Someday I'll get one of those microscopes... I'm not good at guessing when things are going to be done, even when they are sitting in front of me. Looks like it'll be a nice harvest when you decide it's the right time.
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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Someday I'll get one of those microscopes... I'm not good at guessing when things are going to be done, even when they are sitting in front of me. Looks like it'll be a nice harvest when you decide it's the right time.
thanks man! It will be ok... I am really hoping soon to get some more cobs, and install my door and dark room vents and really maximize my space soon. I am trying to go with 5 x 5 cree cxb3590 cobs 250 watts 3500K so it will be approx. i cob per square foot lol maybe overkill but then I can also dial them down and run them at a lower wattage and get ubber efficient. Hoping to make an order from King bright soon. Then my harvests HOPEFULLY will be much larger. this strain i really wanted to see the differences between topping and not and see if the weight was that different. My next strain is Bing by Bodhi and growing NON feminized for the first time in a while... popping 6 beans and only getting 2 females suuucks... hopefully my clones work out but I seem to be very bad at cloning... not sure what it is... I am going to not top them this first grow and then top them to maybe 8 main kolas per plant the next run.. IF I can get the damn clones too root. lol
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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Someday I'll get one of those microscopes... I'm not good at guessing when things are going to be done, even when they are sitting in front of me. Looks like it'll be a nice harvest when you decide it's the right time.
Also the microscope is ok ... very hard to keep stable though which I posted another thread to see if anyone has a solution they are willing to share
 

Tim Fox

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well thread has been dead for a while but lets see if we can get some life! In the flower room now are 2 Iced Grapefruit and one Pakistan Valley (freebie). They are getting close but tbh I lost track of when I moved these to flower so I really dont know what day they are on lol. Will keep looking through the loop and microscope for trich clouding and slight amber and then will take them down.. hoping no later then next week but will do what I have to. Next to be flowered are Bing by Bodhi! they are in the flower room now just waiting for these to finish up and will transplant them from their small fabric pots to some SIP's. Well hope all are doing well! Enjoy and let me know what you think and how much time you think is left on these ladies!
Dude your Alive!,,, i am getting ready for my winter grow,, well thinking about getting ready,, also debating ifi want to sip grow or not, i probably will just because its so freakin easy
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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Dude your Alive!,,, i am getting ready for my winter grow,, well thinking about getting ready,, also debating ifi want to sip grow or not, i probably will just because its so freakin easy
hell yeah man! been keeping it mean and green (-: Just slow and trying to keep upping my game but is slow with the wifes legal wants ...BAH! I say ...but hey I am not the boss (-;
 
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