SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

Southernontariogrower

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needs more CowMag lol. noticed this on one of the Tangieland Sour78 when I woke up this am.

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didn't have time to address it so tonight at lights on I did a little top water in of some ewc/kelp/coconut. got some nice roots going up top. notice on the sides especially where the dry nutes are.

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will see how this tea does, I may need to top dress some more dry nutes I guess. these SIPs don't play.
Love that root grass
 

DankTankerous

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Weekly Flowering Update

F14 of first round.

plus some new friends under another 150W fixture

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Long Valley Royal Kush x Diesel
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Tangieland x Sour 78

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Did some light defoliation of lowers this week and took fans that were overlapping/ not getting good light. Did some more bending / bonsai of the tallest tops and manage to snap one off. RIP.

The new ones are Glue Suede Shoes BX ((Elvis x GG4) X Elvis). These were a little small to start in flower but going to roll the dice a little. The Elvis can get tall and am working in a short vertical height atm. Once they get bigger I will take some clones before week 3.
where did you get your Long Valley Royal Kush
x Diesel?
 

ilovereggae

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where did you get your Long Valley Royal Kush
x Diesel?
one of my best friends has been hoarding beans and elite cuts for 30 yrs. he is an og and friends w a lot of the ppl in industry. since I'm growing for my son and some other ppl w medical issues, he keeps me laced with oldies but goodies as well as some S1s and crosses he makes.

These were my 4/20 suprise. Just popped some of the 2 packs up top ;)

got some more cool stuff on the way too.

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ilovereggae

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Harvested my first sip today. Roots were all from the wick aka net pot. No real smell from them. Barely any dirt in the bottom tote. Not sure what I’ll do with the dirt. I’ll most likely shred it apart remove as much of the roots and amend let cook again. View attachment 4897303View attachment 4897304View attachment 4897305
SIP Bricks. Just save up a bunch more and build a house with it. Good grief that thing looks solid. I wonder if there's any nutes or minerals even left in there lol
 

Hollatchaboy

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I guess. First for me. Looks like a hydro plant as I’ve grown plenty of those. So most all of those roots would spend most of the day in the water. I assume most would float.
I've done hydro too and your right, it looks very similar. I have an earthbox im about to start but I'm gonna try no till in it, so I won't get to see the roots. Interesting to get to see how that works though. Thanks for posting those pics! :bigjoint:
 

myke

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I've done hydro too and your right, it looks very similar. I have an earthbox im about to start but I'm gonna try no till in it, so I won't get to see the roots. Interesting to get to see how that works though. Thanks for posting those pics! :bigjoint:
Youll have to clean out the water roots after ea grow for no till.Youll also need one great big sip lol.Easier to just re amend.Still get the benefits of re using.Ill be reusing this dirt after this next grow so over time Ill have 40 gallon in use and 40 cooking.Should get better and better.
 

ilovereggae

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I've done hydro too and your right, it looks very similar. I have an earthbox im about to start but I'm gonna try no till in it, so I won't get to see the roots. Interesting to get to see how that works though. Thanks for posting those pics! :bigjoint:

Youll have to clean out the water roots after ea grow for no till.Youll also need one great big sip lol.Easier to just re amend.Still get the benefits of re using.Ill be reusing this dirt after this next grow so over time Ill have 40 gallon in use and 40 cooking.Should get better and better.
I would think the Growbox would work better for notill since you could lift the 2 half apart and clean the res and chop away any feeder roots. that way the soil could remain undisturbed. Earthbox seems better for LOS.
 

Hollatchaboy

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I would think the Growbox would work better for notill since you could lift the 2 half apart and clean the res and chop away any feeder roots. that way the soil could remain undisturbed. Earthbox seems better for LOS.
Dude at bas has a video series where he's doing no till in an earth box. That's where I got the idea. Seems to work pretty good. He just leaves the old roots in there I guess.
 
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