Hollatchaboy
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Ok... so my res is empty. I looked down the filler tube, and I can see what looks like soil, and I believe I see at least 1 dead worm. Does anyone know if the em1 can help with that? Or do I need to empty the res?
SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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weedstoner420
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https://www.the-compost-gardener.com/em-1.html here's an interesting read on it. Not a definitive answer but sounds promising at least. Some amount of dirt and dead bugs in the res is unavoidable...
Hollatchaboy
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Cool man, thanks. I'm not worried about the soil and bugs in the res, but the worms are at least a concern right now. My plant still looks good though.
myke
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If you fill to overflow the dead worm should float out no?
Hollatchaboy
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Yea it might just do that. I was just hoping there was a way to nullify the decaying worm with just microbes. No matter the outcome, when this run is over, I'm putting in landscape fabric over the soil deck.
CrunchBerries
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I had 2 earthboxes that were locked and loaded, ready for planting. We then decided to move and they sat for months before I could plant. I had added fresh ewc and some Colorado worm casting. Both of which had worms and cocoons. Worm populations exploded in both sips. Fast forward to dump day and reset after a harvest. When I dumped the boxes there were tons of soil and worms just having a good old time in the reservoir. Some dead, but most thriving. I keep my reservoir topped at all times so they were definitely submerged. I wonder if they traveled up and down from soil to res and vice versa?Or just found a spot in the res with a decent amount of soil and did what worms do? Food for thought. I believe my res stays clean because I add a microbial inoculate at every watering.
Hollatchaboy
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Ok, that's along the lines of something that I wanted to hear. I'll be using em1 and labs from here on out. Thanks for the info.
CrunchBerries
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There were times when I would over fill the res and a couple healthy worms would come floating out.
meangreengrowinmachine
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With a lot of worms your sip will eventually just become pretty much all worm castings which can be very small and go through the screens in earthboxes I think.
GrassBurner
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Well I lied, it's EM5 from Build a soil that I have, smoke another one right 
I think I'm gonna convert my 4x4 tent to the food storage container sips. The plants in them now are doing much better than i had hoped for. My guess is the ful-power helping break down dry ammendments quicker, along with Neptune's Harvest and Liquid Dr Earth Fertilizer, the plants are getting the nutrition they need from 3 gallons of soil. The plants are really stacking buds nicely. I'll get some pictures shortly.
Will cost around $300 to have enough containers and lids to build 16 sips. Then I'll need a stick of white pvc for the wicks, and black pvc for the fill tube.
4x4 tent is fixing to come open, so I popped 15 seeds last night. I'm planning on making a seed run with a bunch of different genetics. I planted 3 regular seeds of each of the following strains: Pineapple Fields (Dynasty), PHK bx (AK Bean Brains) , Candyland (Friend) , and Rainbow Sherbert x Race Fuel (Friend) . Planted 1 fem seed of each of the following strains: GG4 (GG Genetics), AK47 (Serious Seeds), and Dracarys (Katsu).
With each seed in its own sip, moving males to their own tent will be a breeze. I have to be a little more active with such small sips, but its nothing crazy. I spend a little more on nutrients and supplements, but its still economical.
I think I'm gonna convert my 4x4 tent to the food storage container sips. The plants in them now are doing much better than i had hoped for. My guess is the ful-power helping break down dry ammendments quicker, along with Neptune's Harvest and Liquid Dr Earth Fertilizer, the plants are getting the nutrition they need from 3 gallons of soil. The plants are really stacking buds nicely. I'll get some pictures shortly.
Will cost around $300 to have enough containers and lids to build 16 sips. Then I'll need a stick of white pvc for the wicks, and black pvc for the fill tube.
4x4 tent is fixing to come open, so I popped 15 seeds last night. I'm planning on making a seed run with a bunch of different genetics. I planted 3 regular seeds of each of the following strains: Pineapple Fields (Dynasty), PHK bx (AK Bean Brains) , Candyland (Friend) , and Rainbow Sherbert x Race Fuel (Friend) . Planted 1 fem seed of each of the following strains: GG4 (GG Genetics), AK47 (Serious Seeds), and Dracarys (Katsu).
With each seed in its own sip, moving males to their own tent will be a breeze. I have to be a little more active with such small sips, but its nothing crazy. I spend a little more on nutrients and supplements, but its still economical.
Good call, does the shelf life get short once its opened or expanded? I thought I read something about it somewhere in greens thread?
Hollatchaboy
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Yea I've had that happen as well. I don't believe they drown, so I don't mind them in the res, as long as they don't die in there
Hollatchaboy
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So you use em5 in the res?Well I lied, it's EM5 from Build a soil that I have, smoke another one right
I think I'm gonna convert my 4x4 tent to the food storage container sips. The plants in them now are doing much better than i had hoped for. My guess is the ful-power helping break down dry ammendments quicker, along with Neptune's Harvest and Liquid Dr Earth Fertilizer, the plants are getting the nutrition they need from 3 gallons of soil. The plants are really stacking buds nicely. I'll get some pictures shortly.
Will cost around $300 to have enough containers and lids to build 16 sips. Then I'll need a stick of white pvc for the wicks, and black pvc for the fill tube.
4x4 tent is fixing to come open, so I popped 15 seeds last night. I'm planning on making a seed run with a bunch of different genetics. I planted 3 regular seeds of each of the following strains: Pineapple Fields (Dynasty), PHK bx (AK Bean Brains) , Candyland (Friend) , and Rainbow Sherbert x Race Fuel (Friend) . Planted 1 fem seed of each of the following strains: GG4 (GG Genetics), AK47 (Serious Seeds), and Dracarys (Katsu).
With each seed in its own sip, moving males to their own tent will be a breeze. I have to be a little more active with such small sips, but its nothing crazy. I spend a little more on nutrients and supplements, but its still economical.
Edit: nevermind. I see you said you didn't use it yet.
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Hollatchaboy
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Ok, so I looked down the fill tube early this morning. The res was completely empty,, all I could see, was a worm wiggling around. I filled the res and went to work. I get home tonight, there was 5 worms in the drain tray, in a lil pool of water. I put my nose to the res, no smell. Plant is looking ok I think.
myke
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So my answer was right then when I said quit looking in the rez lol,
Remember growing organic means being lazy.
Hollatchaboy
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Honestly I'm not really sweating it. Whatever happens, happens. I'm just more curious about doing this run no till. I just want to get that part right. I've been feeding 3/4 cup of craft blend,ewc, kashi weekly. I'm hoping that's been enough, cuz today is day 1 of flip. Lol
Hollatchaboy
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And yes, your answer was right. I'll stop looking in the res. Lol
Kayaganja
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Hey boss the fabric won’t help much, I got one in me earthbox and the guys just crawl out of the overflow hole , if I water til tops
Hollatchaboy
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So you get worms in your res? I believe they would just go thru the wicks anyways. I'm starting to think that it may not be so bad. I read lst night that worms can live for a couple weeks submerged, as long as the water has some oxygen. So, maybe another reason for the air gap?