SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

greg nr

greg nr

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Victor6634 said:
Does anyone use supersoil in their sips?
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I am. I made it with the build-a-soil kit. Roughly 3 parts peat to 4 parts each of compost and aerators, plus the minerals and additives in the kit.

Working great so far. I'm in week 7 and have only added some worm tea and a few amendments like sweet and mammoth p.

Plants look great.
 
Victor6634

Victor6634

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greg nr said:
I am. I made it with the build-a-soil kit. Roughly 3 parts peat to 4 parts each of compost and aerators, plus the minerals and additives in the kit.

Working great so far. I'm in week 7 and have only added some worm tea and a few amendments like sweet and mammoth p.

Plants look great.
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Thank you Greg . I just got my build a soil nutrient and mineral kit and I'm waiting on aerators,peat and Malibu compost as well as 8 earth boxes to start my first dip grow. Did you let it cook or planted right in? Thanks again for the response
 
greg nr

greg nr

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Victor6634 said:
Thank you Greg . I just got my build a soil nutrient and mineral kit and I'm waiting on aerators,peat and Malibu compost as well as 8 earth boxes to start my first dip grow. Did you let it cook or planted right in? Thanks again for the response
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I made it a little early, so it ended up resting for a few weeks before I used it. It never got hot though; at least not that I noticed.

Oh, and I'm loving the laid back nature of the sips containers. I just add water every 4 to 5 days and topdress every 10 or so. I don't have a shower cap on mine, but I could go several days longer with one I'd bet.
 
Victor6634

Victor6634

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greg nr said:
I made it a little early, so it ended up resting for a few weeks before I used it. It never got hot though; at least not that I noticed.

Oh, and I'm loving the laid back nature of the sips containers. I just add water every 4 to 5 days and topdress every 10 or so. I don't have a shower cap on mine, but I could go several days longer with one I'd bet.
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I can't wait for the rest of my stuff to arrive been dying to try this out
What are you using to top dress I'm thinking of ordering build a soils craft blend for top dressing
 
greg nr

greg nr

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Victor6634 said:
I can't wait for the rest of my stuff to arrive been dying to try this out
What are you using to top dress I'm thinking of ordering build a soils craft blend for top dressing
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Ahh, sorry, I should have said top feed, not dress. I have a worm inn that has some very high quality ewc that I'll use if the plants need a kick towards the end. Otherwise I'll use it as a top layer on my next run.

Top feeding isn't really accurate since I'm not adding npk. I just add the worm tea and some recharge/mammoth-p and some minor minerals like mag, sulpher, calcium, etc.

So far so good. I'm in week 7 of 10 so I don't expect to have to add the worm castings for some N. I'll just let it fade at this point.
 
Victor6634

Victor6634

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greg nr said:
Ahh, sorry, I should have said top feed, not dress. I have a worm inn that has some very high quality ewc that I'll use if the plants need a kick towards the end. Otherwise I'll use it as a top layer on my next run.

Top feeding isn't really accurate since I'm not adding npk. I just add the worm tea and some recharge/mammoth-p and some minor minerals like mag, sulpher, calcium, etc.

So far so good. I'm in week 7 of 10 so I don't expect to have to add the worm castings for some N. I'll just let it fade at this point.
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Thank you
 
Tim Fox

Tim Fox

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Victor6634 said:
Just got my tracking number they will be here Wednesday rest my stuff will be here end of week can't wait to try them if they half as good for me as they do for you I would be happy. Thanks Tim
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They work fantastic , if you use it indoors space it up and slide a pan under to catch therun off
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

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Humanrob said:
I definitely won't be using SIPs and a scrog in my 3x3 again. My arms are not long enough to reach the back of the tent. At this point in the grow (6 weeks into flower, 3-4 weeks remaining) the girls are stinky and sticky in that great way -- but they are flopping over leaving big holes in the canopy, while other parts are leaning heavily on each other. I had to tie a string across the front so that when I open the tent the ones up front don't fall out. This grow really needs a second screen, but since I can't reach the back there is no way I can weave one in mid-run. I'll probably end out doing a staggered harvest, where I take the main (top of the pile) buds first and then give the lower/crushed ones another week or two (or three?) to fatten up.

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Try building a 3x3 frame stretch your trellis and suspend it from rope rachets. Lower it down half way through flower to abought a foot over the scrog trellis this will add all the support you need.
 
Dynamo626

Dynamo626

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Wow long thred lol ill be honest only read the first 5 and last 2 pages. Anoune using this method under 1000w lights in ffof?
 
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