SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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Bignutes said:
Here it is:

SIP Grow

To start I used 25 litre totes for the reservoir, yoghurt containers for wick, 5 gallon pails for soil, garbage bag to cover SIP. Cost $12 per SIP. In the past my reservoirs were too small so these will triple the capacity of an old style.
www.rollitup.org

I had a similar experience. If I’d do it again I’d veg for less time in 5 gal.
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Thanks man! I'll check it out
 
meangreengrowinmachine

meangreengrowinmachine

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Bignutes said:
Here it is:

SIP Grow

To start I used 25 litre totes for the reservoir, yoghurt containers for wick, 5 gallon pails for soil, garbage bag to cover SIP. Cost $12 per SIP. In the past my reservoirs were too small so these will triple the capacity of an old style.
www.rollitup.org

I had a similar experience. If I’d do it again I’d veg for less time in 5 gal.
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Looking good man! That looks like it's going to be some dank!
 
CrunchBerries

CrunchBerries

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Sup Sippers,
I’m about to start making some 30 gal sips and wanted to get y’all’s opinion. All this conversation about wicks has me thinking. I planned on building the SIPs similar to how Greenthumb had his set with the drainage pipes and vermiculite floor. See screenshots. Guess I would add a drainage/air gap/ overflow hole to save myself from myself. Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? To keep things interesting here is a pic of my last probiotic earthbox grow that is currently drying. Bodhi Sunshine Queen on left and Orange Wookie x 88G13 on right. Hope y’all are well~ CrunchE8D57FE8-D761-480D-AFC3-75A1ED5CDAD3.jpegDDA77752-066A-4EC1-9982-832E7C60965D.jpeg1AE0BBD3-E927-4235-95BC-343101AF5B7C.jpeg
 
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Xsan

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CrunchBerries said:
Sup Sippers,
I’m about to start making some 30 gal sips and wanted to get y’all’s opinion. All this conversation about wicks has me thinking. I planned on building the SIPs similar to how Greenthumb had his set with the drainage pipes and vermiculite floor. See screenshots. Guess I would add a drainage/air gap/ overflow hole to save myself from myself. Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? To keep things interesting here is a pic of my last probiotic earthbox grow that is currently drying. Bodhi Sunshine Queen on left and Orange Wookie x 88G13 on right. Hope y’all are well~ CrunchView attachment 5078137View attachment 5078138View attachment 5078144
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My fill tube is oversized, hoping it creates the air exchange
 
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GenericEnigma

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CrunchBerries said:
Sup Sippers,
I’m about to start making some 30 gal sips and wanted to get y’all’s opinion. All this conversation about wicks has me thinking. I planned on building the SIPs similar to how Greenthumb had his set with the drainage pipes and vermiculite floor. See screenshots. Guess I would add a drainage/air gap/ overflow hole to save myself from myself. Thoughts? Comments? Concerns? To keep things interesting here is a pic of my last probiotic earthbox grow that is currently drying. Bodhi Sunshine Queen on left and Orange Wookie x 88G13 on right. Hope y’all are well~ CrunchView attachment 5078137View attachment 5078138View attachment 5078144
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This looks more like a wicking bed design!

I don't have a lot of experience with those, but I will say this: in that design type, the "wick" is huge (the size of the tote!). I would be worried that would lead to oversaturation, root rot, drowning. I am not saying it will! But I would worry about that.

I have heard of pea gravel or perlite used to wick water in this style. I have NOT seen those wicks perform. I use 3/4" river gravel and it works great (as long as the soil is mulched/covered). I only used that because it's what I had on-hand. In all of these designs, there is a weed mat layer between the wicking material and the soil.

But with folks in this thread having reported problems with too big of wicks, I would use caution!
 
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Feo309

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GenericEnigma said:
This looks more like a wicking bed design!

I don't have a lot of experience with those, but I will say this: in that design type, the "wick" is huge (the size of the tote!). I would be worried that would lead to oversaturation, root rot, drowning. I am not saying it will! But I would worry about that.

I have heard of pea gravel or perlite used to wick water in this style. I have NOT seen those wicks perform. I use 3/4" river gravel and it works great (as long as the soil is mulched/covered). I only used that because it's what I had on-hand. In all of these designs, there is a weed mat layer between the wicking material and the soil.

But with folks in this thread having reported problems with too big of wicks, I would use caution!
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I’m going to try that design (what do we call it, a “total wick” design?) on my deck this summer with some cherry tomatoes and peppers. Mostly to block a neighbor’s view of our deck so they don’t see the cannabis I’ll be growing in other SIPs. My wife wants to plant trees along the fence line to block neighbor’s view, but that’s nothing to do with weed, she just doesn’t like her. :)

Edit: Seven inches of snow here and more falling. Today the CBD plant comes down and in a couple days I’ll start a post-mortem on my problem SIP.
 
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Feo309

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Well, remember my posts about a dry corner in the container?

Umm, disregard that. The situation seems to have rectified itself in the last 10 days.

(Insert embarrassed smilie here.)

So, plant into a paper bag for now, may get briefly hung later today. Humidity in the basement is 40 percent, so I don’t want them getting crispy. Worked last time (my mantra).
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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myke said:
Quit smelling it.lol.
Is there chlorine in your water?
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I wasn't trying to. Lol.... I was just trying to look at the soil up close.

No chlorine. I use ro water. I've been having worms falling out the overflow. Between them and their shit, I think it's funkin' up the res.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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myke said:
Add some,I can smell the chlorine from my tap when I fill mine.No problems and super cheap.
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Bro, I use clorox bleach in my dwc res, and I love the shit, but no way in hell am I adding it to my sip res. I'm not saying that it can't be done, I know plants use a certain amount of chlorine, I just feel if it kills off the bad shit, then it kills off the good shit as well. There's gotta be an organic solution.
 
myke

myke

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Hollatchaboy said:
Bro, I use clorox bleach in my dwc res, and I love the shit, but no way in hell am I adding it to my sip res. I'm not saying that it can't be done, I know plants use a certain amount of chlorine, I just feel if it kills off the bad shit, then it kills off the good shit as well. There's gotta be an organic solution.
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I still have all the organic mites in my soil,my worm bin gets tap water.
But I understand,should be an organic solution.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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GrassBurner said:
Hell if the plant looks good don't sweat it :bigjoint: I'm sure everyone's res smells a little funky. As long as it doesn't smell like a dead animal in the summer I wouldn't worry.
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Yea... it's kinda getting that smell. More sewer like actually. That's why I'm worried. Worm shit in the res.
 
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