Alter Jean
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Most Sips don't need a wick. Coco as a base works really well.
Good job, buddy
Good job, buddy
Maybe Im missing something,the net pot is the wick? It appears it will sit in the water?He filled it with coco.Most Sips don't need a wick. Coco as a base works really well.
Good job, buddy
IS the plan to feed in the rez?Or top feed with no runoff?This.
Octopot Hybrid Grow Systems: Hybrid Hydroponic Grow System
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No SIP experience. This is experimental for me. I can always revert to top feed if the S hits the fan with this micro Octo sippy sip setup. Lol
Yes. Will use the res.IS the plan to feed in the rez?Or top feed with no runoff?
Ok so one flaw,if the rez goes dry with synthetic nutes in it you end up with a salt bath.I may be wrong but SIPS are designed to have water roots (rez) feeder roots (soil).Yes. Will use the res.
Top feed is only my backup plan.
Check out the Octopot site.Ok so one flaw,if the rez goes dry with synthetic nutes in it you end up with a salt bath.I may be wrong but SIPS are designed to have water roots (rez) feeder roots (soil).
If you fed salts from the top lightly with no runoff and fed straight water to the rez it would work but really more work then needed.
From what I understand Sips are really designed for organic soil.
Just thinking out loud.
I tried the FAQ page, but the links dont open.Ill try another search.Check out the Octopot site.
That I understand. LolWont open on google chrome but works on firefox.
Experimental. That's why you won't see me on the SIP thread.How do I feed my plant in the Octopot Grow System?
1. Starting with a high quality growing media charged with fertilizer gives cuttings, seeds, and clones a great start in the Octopot Grow System. If no fertilizer is present in your growing media, simply add a small amount to the soil at time of planting.
2. After planting, simply add water soluble nutrients and fertilizers (conventional or organic) to the water in the Hydro Reservoir. Feeding roots directly inside the Hydro Reservoir is the most productive way to grow with Octopot Grow Systems.
3. Octopot Grow Systems are closed systems that waste nothing from washout, therefore require less fertilizer. You may be able to reduce fertilizer amounts by 50% of manufacturers’ recommendations. Octopot Grow Systems are hybrids so the pH ranges of hydroponic growing methods are typically more acidic than what is best for Octopot’s hybrid system. Nutrient levels should be less than levels normally used in standard hydroponic growing systems. To avoid root burn from over application test nutrient levels with a meter, a general range is 600-800 ppm
This goes against everything Ive read on sips,I see they talk about flushing the rez in another area when things go bad.
Very cool if this works.
I know somewhere on this site people have had success with feeding salts to a sip.I just cant find it.Experimental. That's why you won't see me on the SIP thread.
Working example....Not my grow
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Found this.I know somewhere on this site people have had success with feeding salts to a sip.I just cant find it.
Well their yea go,amazing.Here all along I thought it was forboden to use salts in a sip rez.May have to try it.Cheers.Found this.
Octopots
Does anyone else use the octopot? This is only my second grow, first with octopots so be easy on me lol. Veg/6 weeks from seed Flower/currently on week 7 Topped once Advanced nutrients Sensi coco grow A&B Sensi coco bloom A&B Voodoo juice B-52 Overdrive Big bud coco "2000 watt" full...www.rollitup.org
I know others using Octopots successfully.
Whoops you already have that,so many journals hard to keep track lol. Still, you seam to have it dialed in.Why change? Just curious.Curious to why the change? You obviously know coco,why not just an automated feed system and go fishing?
Just wanted to try something different, yet similar in many ways. Still coco and same nutes.Whoops you already have that,so many journals hard to keep track lol. Still, you seam to have it dialed in.Why change? Just curious.