Self watering pots/containers

http://youngurbanfarmers.com/blog/why-we-love-self-watering-containers/

I saw one of these self watering pots yesterday, it has a aeration screen near the bottom of the pot, a pip to fill water and see the water level range. I like the idea but wanted to ask people who tried this before buying these pots.

1. How well do these pot perform in growing cannabis?

If good

2. When it comes to what and how much nutrients I should give the plant, should I treat it as if i'm using the traditional way of planting, as a hydroponic plant or special case?

3. Is pumping air to the water bottom required or improves things or is it just a waste of money?

4. Any other pointers I should be aware about?

thank you

Mohashesh said:

http://youngurbanfarmers.com/blog/why-we-love-self-watering-containers/

I saw one of these self watering pots yesterday, it has a aeration screen near the bottom of the pot, a pip to fill water and see the water level range. I like the idea but wanted to ask people who tried this before buying these pots.

1. How well do these pot perform in growing cannabis?

If good

2. When it comes to what and how much nutrients I should give the plant, should I treat it as if i'm using the traditional way of planting, as a hydroponic plant or special case?

3. Is pumping air to the water bottom required or improves things or is it just a waste of money?

4. Any other pointers I should be aware about?

thank you

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i have not tried them but they do look sweet. i would convert it into a bubbler, sweet idea though!

A tomato growing friend swears by these pots so I'm experimenting this year with a little larger variation in my dirt bays. Buried tubing 18" below surface with holes drilled for wicks. I haven't collected enough rain water to test it out yet. I would approach it experimentally and give it a shot with a few extra seeds. Let us know how it goes!

I am super interested in these as well. More so the home build ones using 5G buckets since I don't like the idea of multiple plants in a single container.

My biggest thing is I do top feeding and teas so I am not sure how well a top feeding works with a SIP setup.

Bugeye said:

A tomato growing friend swears by these pots so I'm experimenting this year with a little larger variation in my dirt bays. Buried tubing 18" below surface with holes drilled for wicks. I haven't collected enough rain water to test it out yet. I would approach it experimentally and give it a shot with a few extra seeds. Let us know how it goes!

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Thank you that sounds very promising!

Since they are expensive, I'm thinking of building my own if these turn out to be good , the idea of how to make it seems pretty simple as long as I can get some sort of aeration screen that fits my bucket/pot.

Bugeye said:

A tomato growing friend swears by these pots

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Hey Bugeye, would it be too much to ask for you to ask your friend on; how he do the nutrients as well what type and how he flush the pot when needed or how to remove excess water if accident happens? every info on this is high value to us.

Thank you

They don't do a whole lot of fertilzing, just start with decent soil and I think they do one or two applications of a triple phospate something or other to trigger flowering (tomato sites). It's a powdered nutrient that is mixed into water and top fed. They maybe add a little Miracle Grow Granular fert as well.

You can't overfill those commercial pots because they have a bottom reservoir that has holes a couple inches up from the bottom (overflow holes). I'm sure you could set up a two bucket nested wick system and just drill holes in your bottom pot a few inches from bottom so it would only hold a set amount. Take the buckets apart to clean.

These are extremely easy to make, and invaluable to have in hot climates.

I made a few of these out of 55gal drums for my grandmothers backyard in Puerto Rico.



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I use sip pots. I get a 1" piece of cotton rope and separate the strands. I place 3-4 strands in the empty pot going from bottom to top. I leave a 6" strand hanging out the bottom and in the pot holder. put some soil and cris cross the strands thru the soil and add more soil. repeat. I top feed (im organic) and add water only to pot holder. works well

tomascat said:

I use sip pots. I get a 1" piece of cotton rope and separate the strands. I place 3-4 strands in the empty pot going from bottom to top. I leave a 6" strand hanging out the bottom and in the pot holder. put some soil and cris cross the strands thru the soil and add more soil. repeat. I top feed (im organic) and add water only to pot holder. works well

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Cool, that answers my biggest question which was can you still top feed if you water from the bottom