SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

[Xsan]

Heck your mini split will cost basically what these 3 rooms will...

Yeah I'm not looking forward to that one lol. Maybe I'll get lucky and get away with the window banger

 

[myke]

Ha, Im reading this as Im cleaning and refilling my sips.Looking at my bigger new one, may have to fill with a few trips to the bsmt.
Should just make a 1000g sip and be done with it.Ha, house for sale, comes with a bsmt garden lol.

 

[weedstoner420]

Ha, Im reading this as Im cleaning and refilling my sips.Looking at my bigger new one, may have to fill with a few trips to the bsmt.
Should just make a 1000g sip and be done with it.Ha, house for sale, comes with a bsmt garden lol.

That makes me think of a grow I saw on here a few years back...dude had an unfinished basement with dirt floor and literally dug holes in the floor and put his plants straight in the "ground". I forget if he was running organic or synthetic but it seemed to work pretty well...

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I've never seen these movers wedges. How do you use them?

Kinda like this.....



Only if there a step up going over the threshold. To go over the tent, just use 2.

 

[Tim Fox]

I'm in a cool basement in the north so I actually have to HEAT my grows a lot of the time lol I know that sounds ridiculous to most but here I am... it got all the way up to a balmy 10 degrees today! Probably will be 20 below tonight.

52 here in Oregon right now at pm,,, not bad

 

[Hollatchaboy]

52 here in Oregon right now at pm,,, not bad

We're at 10f here in Northern Illinois.

 

[Feo309]

A balmy 19f here, about 3 when I get up in the morning to get the trash cans to the curb.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

A balmy 19f here, about 3 when I get up in the morning to get the trash cans to the curb.

My weather app says it'll be -1f at 7 am here. Lol

 

[myke]

34f here,3 weeks ago it was -34f. Loving it now.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

34f here,3 weeks ago it was -34f. Loving it now.

Yea -34 is pretty rough. We had wind chills in the -20s two weeks ago. It sucked, but -34 would keep me from going to work. Lol

 

[myke]

Yea -34 is pretty rough. We had wind chills in the -20s two weeks ago. It sucked, but -34 would keep me from going to work. Lol

Yup,over Christmas it was close to -40,C or F its the same.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Yup,over Christmas it was close to -40,C or F its the same.

I'll stick with what we have here. Lol
It's actually been a mild winter. They seem to get shorter and milder every few years.

 

[Feo309]

Yup,over Christmas it was close to -40,C or F its the same.

I think that’s supposed to be written -40FC.

For F’n Cold.

 

[Bignutes]

Yeah I'm not looking forward to that one lol. Maybe I'll get lucky and get away with the window banger

It’s cool here, I’d go for the finger banger to warm things up

 

[cindysid]

Kinda like this.....

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Only if there a step up going over the threshold. To go over the tent, just use 2.

My husband made me some of these to roll my earthboxes in and out of the tents. They work great! Just one inside and one outside. Easy to remove when I'm not using them.

 

[cindysid]

I have some 100 gallon rubbermaid horse troughs that I'm considering making into sips. I've grown with earth boxes for several grows, and I think it would be fun to run some giant sips this Summer on my huge deck? Do you guys think it would be practical? If so what would you suggest for the tray and wicking? I like the foam board idea. Maybe with irrigation pipe below the foam to support it along with some pvc on the edges?

 

[Hollatchaboy]

My husband made me some of these to roll my earthboxes in and out of the tents. They work great! Just one inside and one outside. Easy to remove when I'm not using them.

Honestly, between those ramps, and the 4 wheel dolly, I could move just about anything. The come in handy more than most would think.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I have some 100 gallon rubbermaid horse troughs that I'm considering making into sips. I've grown with earth boxes for several grows, and I think it would be fun to run some giant sips this Summer on my huge deck? Do you guys think it would be practical? If so what would you suggest for the tray and wicking? I like the foam board idea. Maybe with irrigation pipe below the foam to support it along with some pvc on the edges?

Do you run no till?

 

[cindysid]

That's what I will be doing. I will be using the super soil I used last year with amendments. I plan on reusing it (no till) once it is set up. I'm looking for advice!

 

[Hollatchaboy]

That's what I will be doing. I will be using the super soil I used last year with amendments. I plan on reusing it (no till) once it is set up. I'm looking for advice!

In the trough sips, imo, no till would be great. Large volume of soil, you could grow a monster and not really worry about depleting.