SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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Hollatchaboy
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I would've thought so too.
GrassBurner
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GrassBurner
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Maybe you got one of those magic beans from Jack? 
myke
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Dirt still in tote ,outside frozen,will add amendments in March for next yrs crop.
Just goes to show 27g of soil can support some trees,was going to try indoor just havent had the time.
Kayaganja
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10day in flowering , this is the first grow in the Bin so , am growing some seeds I got from a hermie Gg from fastbuds and pineapple chunk from Barney, I spray teas once a week and once a week a gallon of rainwater sprayed just to keep biology in the top going, the whole mix is based on bokashi and Knf fermentations,
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myke
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Awesome ,the more I grow the more I Want a huge sip.
first round in a sip currently plugging along and certainly my best looking plant but in veg so that should tell you something. I am currently in a 40 gallon tote. roughly 21 gallon of soil, by the end, prob a few gal of compost, and 7 gal res. reading some of the post on this thread and others, wondering if I would be better off going with a 30 gallon or so. basic setup, 4 in pipe with vermeculite floor covered in soil then compost. my test run will be done after i have the room setup but oh well, grand spectrum bins are cheap especially if it means less soil
Kayaganja
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Tell me about , lol my first indoor grow with real grow lights and thing is about 18months ago , ( corona stay ) got me self an earth box after join RIU ,
Less watering no PH
Kayaganja
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Bad boy ORGANICS, my mix since it’s a bin that’ll will run for years , I start it off with peat,EWC , clay pebbles, and a whole heap of animal feeds , in the bottom I have drainpipes covered with peat a old logs I got for the woods then next layer is peat mixed with pebbles and like 15g of bokashi for the bokashbin with alfalfa , then I pour my soil mix on that cover with black plastic for 14days temperature went up to 57c could see steaming when I took the cover of , to plant cover crop. I add some fertilizer kit for normal gardening, putting up some links for Europe growers , https://homeandgarden.agriton.co.uk/products/mest-best/, https://homeandgarden.agriton.co.uk/products/bokashi-starter/, am not going to start a grow diary, cause this is just a test run , if anyone has questions just shot, so far it’s been rainwater and teas , only added water twice in the reservoir since September 12
myke
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21 Gallons of soil should rock,show us a pic.
Here she is today. She looks small but I am trying main lining this round and is a completely new setup for me. First sip, first run with new light, and will be first harvested mainline. She has been topped 4 times so far, last one was last Thursday. She will get topped once more on the 23rd, then flipped to flower on Jan 6th. Useful blueberries and oranges
myke
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Nice job,right where you did your first top where the Y is.It gets fragile there when bending the plant.Its half the plant so just a word of caution.I usually wrap wire around as a brace. Nothing worse than halfway through flower and it snaps from just bending the tops.
GrassBurner
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Spread that girl out!! Airflow is gonna be crucial for big colas.
Thank you! Like you said, this has been done by the sip. I was actually looking at the Y and reading about splits earlier today. I am going to wrap it either tonight or in the next few days. I tried to leave as much stem as I could when I topped but the spacing on this one was super short so there wasn't much of a stump left. She will also be getting a top dressing next week. kashi blend, craft blend, bus and cowoco. Hopefully that will get her through flower.
I'm trying lol but still learning my ways with these girls and get antsy about pushing them too far while I am tieing them down. I do need to figure out what my support/ trellis is going to look like or how I want to do it because I am hoping she is going to need some support
Wire a wide tomato cage ring to the top of your sip, cut off the legs to make it shorter. Or I like to wire the branches apart once the stretch sets in using the lip of the tote. If you give it a decent amount of veg time (40-50 days) it’s makes for stronger stems, when I’ve flipped too early or less than 40 days the branches become whip like and flop over.