SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

[Tim Fox]

Looking great as always man! You really know how to maximize that little space!

Thank you,, and yeah buddy i am very much looking forward to seeing your mods to the earthbox,, i feel the earthbox is stronger, i had to make a wood box to carry my "growbox" brand sip around, because its two pieces and you cant pic it up very well once its loaded with dirt and water,, but the earthbox is sturdy enough you can grab onto it and carry it around loaded up, so if you can make the res have a window or something that would be sweet,

oh i forgot to tell you that i found the floor off the soil layer with all the holes in it to start bowing down over time and cutting into the air gap, so i cut some pvc spaces to slip under the black seperator , and now its level and strong, i like to pile the dirt much higher than the edge of the sip, mound it up like a dome, you can get an extra few gallons of soil, i learned it on a grow box refill video,

 

[Tim Fox]

Overflow hole is what I should have said. Looking at the PDF it just shows “air gap” so providing no waves. 3/4” should be fine.

the commercial sips like the earthbox and my growbox have a one inch gap

 

[Tim Fox]

I think you could grow a literal tree in that thing hahahhaa

i think @Humanrob has some really big sips ,, and yeah i believe he had some pretty big plants, i kept a few pictures of his big sip grows,

 

[Tim Fox]

Ill do one cycle then it wiil go outside for tomatoes.

thats so cool,, i rotate my sips between cannabis grows and tomato and hot pepper grows outside during summer

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Thank you,, and yeah buddy i am very much looking forward to seeing your mods to the earthbox,, i feel the earthbox is stronger, i had to make a wood box to carry my "growbox" brand sip around, because its two pieces and you cant pic it up very well once its loaded with dirt and water,, but the earthbox is sturdy enough you can grab onto it and carry it around loaded up, so if you can make the res have a window or something that would be sweet,

oh i forgot to tell you that i found the floor off the soil layer with all the holes in it to start bowing down over time and cutting into the air gap, so i cut some pvc spaces to slip under the black seperator , and now its level and strong, i like to pile the dirt much higher than the edge of the sip, mound it up like a dome, you can get an extra few gallons of soil, i learned it on a grow box refill video,

Thanks for the tips man! I can't wait to get them in from build a soil!

 

[Tim Fox]

Thanks for the tips man! I can't wait to get them in from build a soil!

interesting, you didnt buy them from earthbox webpage, ?? does build a soil still do videos of thier grows in earthboxes?

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

interesting, you didnt buy them from earthbox webpage, ?? does build a soil still do videos of thier grows in earthboxes?

Yes they just started a new series actually!

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

interesting, you didnt buy them from earthbox webpage, ?? does build a soil still do videos of thier grows in earthboxes?

Shit... I'm going to need to cook more soil...or buy something for part of this run any suggestions? I plan on flipping in maybe 3 or so weeks. Enough time to cook?

 

[myke]

Rigged up a cork and some straws for a float/gauge.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

Rigged up a cork and some straws for a float/gauge.

Nice! I have been meaning to do this when I use my inntainers again. Great job man!

 

[myke]

Nice! I have been meaning to do this when I use my inntainers again. Great job man!

I asked earlier perhaps it was missed. Any thoughts on how much dirt I should add? Wondering about wicking action and if it makes any difference if I put 2” of soil in or 5”. Before the plant goes in. Thanks.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

I asked earlier perhaps it was missed. Any thoughts on how much dirt I should add? Wondering about wicking action and if it makes any difference if I put 2” of soil in or 5”. Before the plant goes in. Thanks.

Hmm from the pic it looks like you could do either. I think it will just make be a little longer getting your water roots if you do 5 inches but I dont think it will be a big difference.

 

[myke]

I think you guys are right. This 27g is huge lol. Two plants fit but no room to trellis. I think I’ll save it for outdoors.
Now there’s two other sizes 64l and 45l ish. I’m thinking the 45 it’s 11.5 gallons. One plant in ea.
off to the store I go.

 

[meangreengrowinmachine]

I think you guys are right. This 27g is huge lol. Two plants fit but no room to trellis. I think I’ll save it for outdoors.
Now there’s two other sizes 64l and 45l ish. I’m thinking the 45 it’s 11.5 gallons. One plant in ea.
off to the store I go.

Yeah the 27 gallon sounded great to me too but once I made it, I was like wow this is HUGE! lol

 

[Xsan]

Any issues with the big ones other than not being able to move them? Thinking about one large one with one plant per 5x5 tent.

 

[Tim Fox]

Any issues with the big ones other than not being able to move them? Thinking about one large one with one plant per 5x5 tent.

no issues , big ones work great, you could have a long veg time with your set up and grow a real big tree in there,, rock n roll

 

[Xsan]

Thank you @Tim Fox your input is always appreciated! I had a thought about using 2 kiddie pools as a intainer similar to @myke design as they would dimensionally amazing, 45 inches across and 8 inches deep holding roughly 50 gallons but I am concerned about the cheap flimsy plastic

 

[Tim Fox]

Thank you @Tim Fox your input is always appreciated! I had a thought about using 2 kiddie pools as a intainer similar to @myke design as they would dimensionally amazing, 45 inches across and 8 inches deep holding roughly 50 gallons but I am concerned about the cheap flimsy plastic

that would be something to see for sure, would require all sorts of bracing underneath to support the massive weight of all that soil, hahah, i have seen many things before

 

[Xsan]

that would be something to see for sure, would require all sorts of bracing underneath to support the massive weight of all that soil, hahah, i have seen many things before

Wasnt sure how seriously I wanted to consider it but since you didnt say absolutely no way I'm going to try and do some research, I'm wondering if adding a layer of plexiglas or something similar to the bottom with the supports like myke did would do the trick. Obviously I would need more than 5 supports but I'm thinking this might be possible lol. Logical or worth the effort, definitely a whole other discussion but I have a lot of time to try and plan my next setup so I'm all over the place lol

 

[myke]

Brings up another question. Can you do no till with a sip?
I think you’d have to rig up a way to flush out the res.