SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

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Xsan

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
Cool I have topped plants multiple times. Its just the extreme defoliation that always gets me lol. But I think I have my soil and environment dialed in enough now to try this out.
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nugbuckets did his topping and defoliation. being a first timer I was a bit nervous as well so I typically topped then defoliated a few day later to make sure they had some recovery time between stress sessions. Seemed to work well for me
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
I'm just paranoid about and hate cutting up my plants especially as much as it takes for mainlining, but I feel like I am at a place where I have a handle on my vegging. Think I am going to transplant and top to the 3rd node this weekend.
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Oh yeah get into tying her down, just have to wait between each hacking, and get the manifold all set up, you will build more leaves later
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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Xsan said:
nugbuckets did his topping and defoliation. being a first timer I was a bit nervous as well so I typically topped then defoliated a few day later to make sure they had some recovery time between stress sessions. Seemed to work well for me
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Yeah I think I will be doing the same as you did not nugs at first
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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power is out at my house,, having to run the generator,, huge ice storm,, my trees outside are breaking, ice damming up on the roof,,, it was 54 in my grow box this morning,, power isnt supposed to be back on until monday,, ugh
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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Tim Fox said:
power is out at my house,, having to run the generator,, huge ice storm,, my trees outside are breaking, ice damming up on the roof,,, it was 54 in my grow box this morning,, power isnt supposed to be back on until monday,, ugh
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Oh no man! I hope things settle down there soon! I thought it being -26 with a feel of -35 here this morning was bad but dang ill take it I guess! Keeping you in my thoughts today man!
 
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Xsan

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Tim Fox said:
power is out at my house,, having to run the generator,, huge ice storm,, my trees outside are breaking, ice damming up on the roof,,, it was 54 in my grow box this morning,, power isnt supposed to be back on until monday,, ugh
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Ouch, that sucks man! Our winter hasnt been too terrible yet here. Good luck and stay safe!
 
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Hash Hound

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I'm getting a bit tired of scrounging for this and that for projects of mine so $13+9 shipping for 2 wasn't going to break the bank.
it comes with 2ft of 1/2 inch wick and says to cut into 4 8 inch pieces. The plate risers are just under 3 1/4 inch so that leaves 4 3/4 inches up into the soil or laying on the plate under a bag. You could also just fill the risers with soil, they are pretty versatile,
I haven't tried fitting one in a 5g bucket yet. I want to use a hole saw and drill a bunch of holes in a bucket so I can put the riser in the bottom and a bag on top. Its a little wobbly with just the riser in the dish pan. I'll probably add a support of two for now.
In a 5g bucket it will have a 1g reservoir, but in the dish pan I put just under 2g in to fill.

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raggyb

raggyb

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Hash Hound said:
I'm getting a bit tired of scrounging for this and that for projects of mine so $13+9 shipping for 2 wasn't going to break the bank.
it comes with 2ft of 1/2 inch wick and says to cut into 4 8 inch pieces. The plate risers are just under 3 1/4 inch so that leaves 4 3/4 inches up into the soil or laying on the plate under a bag. You could also just fill the risers with soil, they are pretty versatile,
I haven't tried fitting one in a 5g bucket yet. I want to use a hole saw and drill a bunch of holes in a bucket so I can put the riser in the bottom and a bag on top. Its a little wobbly with just the riser in the dish pan. I'll probably add a support of two for now.
In a 5g bucket it will have a 1g reservoir, but in the dish pan I put just under 2g in to fill.

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it's neat but looks to me like the wicks dont extend down into the water so that you can have an air gap below the platform and the water level can go down and it still wicks?
 
raggyb

raggyb

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Xsan said:
if you have topped before you can mainline bud, no need to be paranoid. If I can do it anyone can. follow nugbuckets guide and youll be good. Just remember to not top right at the node so you dont get a split but even if you do, it will bounce back. if your veg is on point, these plants will take a TON of abuse. it amazes me sometimes
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do you guys think it's ok to do the mainline training part under a 50W (actual) LED? or does it not work well without a little more umpf in the light.
 
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Hash Hound

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raggyb said:
it's neat but looks to me like the wicks dont extend down into the water so that you can have an air gap below the platform and the water level can go down and it still wicks?
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you can see in the second pic on the right side riser the wick is at the bottom and there are little cuts outs for the wick to be exposed to the water.
I checked today and she's drinking ok. I may drill more holes in the platform, I want to test it out as is for a bit.
 
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Xsan

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raggyb said:
do you guys think it's ok to do the mainline training part under a 50W (actual) LED? or does it not work well without a little more umpf in the light.
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I'll let @Tim Fox give his thoughts on that but I would think 50 watts of true high end led could cover 2 sq feet so you could probably do one small plant to 8 colas or 3 toppings
 
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