SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

unomas

unomas

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GrassBurner said:
Loving these little sips!! Been so busy lately, had plants in 1 gallon pots waiting forever, they were small and sad. Finally got the sips built and fresh soil in them last Sunday.
7 days later they're much happier and growing like weeds

Got some nice root action in a week, guessing the air stones are helping with that
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Looking good! Where did you get those containers?
 
GrassBurner

GrassBurner

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CrunchBerries said:
Hey Grassburner,
Love the setup! Thanks for the link to the food grade containers. Have you been running airstones in your reservoir for long?
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This will be my second run with airstones. Since the reservoir is big compared to the soil container size I wanted to make sure the water stayed fresh. And I figured it would help the soil at the bottom of the container stay aerated. The roots love it!!

At the end of the last rub the entire reservoir was jammed packed with roots. Here is a pic from some point in the last run
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CrunchBerries

CrunchBerries

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GrassBurner said:
This will be my second run with airstones. Since the reservoir is big compared to the soil container size I wanted to make sure the water stayed fresh. And I figured it would help the soil at the bottom of the container stay aerated. The roots love it!!

At the end of the last rub the entire reservoir was jammed packed with roots. Here is a pic from some point in the last run
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Beautiful! Keep us updated on their progress!
 
Jcue81

Jcue81

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Everyone’s plants are looking fantastic! I snagged a City Pickers for the this summers deck grow.

How long do you guys feel comfortable leaving town running SIPs? I have one earthbox with a single plant and one earthbox with 2. They’ll be starting week 4 of flower when I leave next weekend. I’ll be gone 5 days. Giving me a bit of anxiety being away for so long. 5831117C-9323-46B4-A6BC-A80B66CF445B.jpeg
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Jcue81 said:
Everyone’s plants are looking fantastic! I snagged a City Pickers for the this summers deck grow.

How long do you guys feel comfortable leaving town running SIPs? I have one earthbox with a single plant and one earthbox with 2. They’ll be starting week 4 of flower when I leave next weekend. I’ll be gone 5 days. Giving me a bit of anxiety being away for so long. View attachment 5114194
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Depends on plant size and light cycle. I let mine get big, and once I flip to flower, I go thru 2 gallons every day and a half. In veg, with light low, maybe every 4 days I have to refill.

You can auto water the eb while you're out of town.
 
GrassBurner

GrassBurner

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Jcue81 said:
Everyone’s plants are looking fantastic! I snagged a City Pickers for the this summers deck grow.

How long do you guys feel comfortable leaving town running SIPs? I have one earthbox with a single plant and one earthbox with 2. They’ll be starting week 4 of flower when I leave next weekend. I’ll be gone 5 days. Giving me a bit of anxiety being away for so long. View attachment 5114194
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With the city pickers, in veg I could stretch it to 3 or 4 days at most between watering, but the soil was starting to get dry by then. But in mid flower, they would drink the res in a day or two. I would try to find someone to come water then about day 3. Great thing about sips, they can't fuck up the watering :lol:
 
Jcue81

Jcue81

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GrassBurner said:
With the city pickers, in veg I could stretch it to 3 or 4 days at most between watering, but the soil was starting to get dry by then. But in mid flower, they would drink the res in a day or two. I would try to find someone to come water then about day 3. Great thing about sips, they can't fuck up the watering :lol:
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Ok, that’s what I was thinking. TY
 
myke

myke

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If theirs roots in the res I dont let them go dry,if its still in veg then I can go 3 days but week 4 of flower its top up daily. As said above get someone to fill them,they cant mess it up.
 
CrunchBerries

CrunchBerries

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GrassBurner said:
With the city pickers, in veg I could stretch it to 3 or 4 days at most between watering, but the soil was starting to get dry by then. But in mid flower, they would drink the res in a day or two. I would try to find someone to come water then about day 3. Great thing about sips, they can't fuck up the watering :lol:
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I concur. Especially the EB with the two is going to drink that res pretty quickly at that stage.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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I have gone full on to the dark side my sip friends... I have empty all 12 of my sips soils into here re amended and added a bunch of build a soil stuff and keep buying... I guess I'm a fan boi now oh well.. hope it turns out and is at least comparable to the ease of sips. Please my don't dis own me or boot me from the thread ;-)
 

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myke

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
I have gone full on to the dark side my sip friends... I have empty all 12 of my sips soils into here re amended and added a bunch of build a soil stuff and keep buying... I guess I'm a fan boi now oh well.. hope it turns out and is at least comparable to the ease of sips. Please my don't dis own me or boot me from the thread ;-)
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Wheres the fill tube?bongsmilie
 
GrassBurner

GrassBurner

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myke said:
I always cringe when I see these float valves,when they work its awesome but..... if they fail it could do a lot of damage indoors.
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Yeah you would definitely want some kind of tray with a drain, going to a drain in the house somewhere.
Got enough room in the bathtub for your sips? Could get an adapter that screws on where your shower head does for a garden hose. Run splitters on the hose, with a piece of hose into the fill tube of each res. Then just turn the water on a slow trickle.
But then you would have to set up your lights in there. Probably more of a pain than it's worth.
 
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