they look all tucked in cozy and comfy like in their white linen beds. I see the manufactured caps are all plastic. I don't think my makeshift caps of landscape fabric are doing much because they could breath too much but that's ok. I got soil in fabric pots (breathable) with wicks sewn in so maybe that's not right either but whatever. Things grow pretty well anyhow.
I always tell people watering is the hardest thing.I thought I was bad at watering. After I got the sips, I learned I was actually terrible
Since sips keep the soil so wet I wonder if bottom watering a pot would be better.Should work,it wicks it up just the same.Just gotta know how much/often.
I thought I was bad at watering. After I got the sips, I learned I was actually terrible
I've switched to bottom watering my solo cups now too. I don't understand how I didn't kill everything before.
I think y’all are really onto something.
Yeah I might have murdered a couple seedlings due to bad conditions. Gonna see what kind of miracles these sips can work. They have brought back a plant that almost died in my dwc. I broke the tap root off and it never could get its footing, just weren't enough roots getting nutes from the water. Enough to barely stay alive. It's looking great after a few days in the sip
a few grows back before I started using the SIP's I was watering half gallon on top and half to the bottom, it would be sucked up within half hour if not sooner. I'm scratchin my head wondering why I stopped.
Makes a lot of sense as far as the success of a sip, it can have plain fresh water, or nutrient rich soil. And of course, that nice layer of oxygen
I had a couple Dough-Lato's that seemed to want all the cal mag I could.givr them in flower. This go around I added some gypsum and Epsom into the soil when I mixed it.
If you need it asap i dont see a problem with using calmag in a spray bottle and misting the surface.Myself I added dolomite lime when I built the soil.You can also spray leaves with epsom if your getting yellow between veins.Ive even seen dolo lime tea bubbled for a few hours.
I think I should be fine. Coot’s mix had lots of Cal and I’ll be top dressing with homemade EWC castings. I have some root’s organic Cal-Mag top dress powder, thing that sucks about it is it’s really hydrophobic. Another thing is, is I top dress with malted barley and kashi which can bring the pH down.
Compost tea! Lol
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