SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)

Lightgreen2k

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Sips are great especially after a few cycles.

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This is a mixed bed from various breeders,, similar starains (Og and Cookies going on). Most will finish around the same time (67-74)...
Things in there Gelato 33 x Zawtz (Zkittles × Gellati × King Louis ) (cannarado)
White Grape GusherS, (cannarado)
Alien Napalm, (Alien)
Orange Bubble gum Tahoe (Obsoul33t)

As you go along to the new people, less is more. This will be my 16th cycle in this same sip bed.
 
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ilovereggae

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Sips are great especially after a few cycles.

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This is a mixed bed from various breeders,, similar starains (Og and Cookies going on). Most will finish around the same time (67-74)...
Things in there Gelato 33 x Zawtz (Zkittles × Gellati × King Louis ) (cannarado)
White Grape GusherS, (cannarado)
Alien Napalm, (Alien)
Orange Bubble gum Tahoe (Obsoul33t)

As you go along to the new people, less is more. This will be my 16th cycle in this same sip bed.
are you doing it no til and leaving the soil intact? or los and recycling the soil?
 

Tim Fox

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Training continues on my plants, Sunset sherbet on the left is really adusting well to the soil mix, I can see my first water roots on the sherbet, Trainwreck has been doing great the whole ride so far, now that water roots have reached the resevoir they should really take off, keeping the canopy level the plants are growing outward not upward , topped off the water resevoir, and I turned up the light power some this morning now that they have more leaves, going very well, IMG_7686.JPGIMG_7687.JPGIMG_7688.JPGIMG_7689.JPG
 

GrownAtHighAltitude

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Day 9 flower. 8/16 light schedule. I added SolarCure bulbs a week or so ago also. Stretch is pretty decent with 1" internode spacing pretty much across the board. I've had to adjust the lights up a bit as some leaves have been deforming, probably from excess UV. I'm running the SolarCures for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. The Bogglegum in the middle back is the stretchiest of all, followed by the Shoreline OG in front of it, and then Shoreline OG's Sour Diesel in front of that. I just trained them with bonsai wire until everything took off and now everything is unsupported. We'll see if I can get away with it. ;-)

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GrownAtHighAltitude

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Irrigation setup is working killer now. I had to elevate my rez and put the pump underneath. It likes to be gravity fed a lot better than it likes to lift water, even with a 6ft lift rating. Water alarm sensor is raised until I nail down every last little leak down there. ;-)

It's on a timer also, and usually only takes an hour or two to fill every Earthbox tank. I'm going to setup a PVC rail with valves and the HydroLock system to water the other half of the room, using smart pots. This way I can still use the room to sort unsexed plants if I need to. These EBs work great though.

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meangreengrowinmachine

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Irrigation setup is working killer now. I had to elevate my rez and put the pump underneath. It likes to be gravity fed a lot better than it likes to lift water, even with a 6ft lift rating. Water alarm sensor is raised until I nail down every last little leak down there. ;-)

It's on a timer also, and usually only takes an hour or two to fill every Earthbox tank. I'm going to setup a PVC rail with valves and the HydroLock system to water the other half of the room, using smart pots. This way I can still use the room to sort unsexed plants if I need to. These EBs work great though.

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Very intrigued by your rez set up here! Does it auot fill the SIP rez's when they get low? Or is it a system you use as needed just go in flip a switch until they are full and done? If I incorporated something like this... I might only have to go into my room once every 2 or 3 weeks! Lol
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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Day 9 flower. 8/16 light schedule. I added SolarCure bulbs a week or so ago also. Stretch is pretty decent with 1" internode spacing pretty much across the board. I've had to adjust the lights up a bit as some leaves have been deforming, probably from excess UV. I'm running the SolarCures for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. The Bogglegum in the middle back is the stretchiest of all, followed by the Shoreline OG in front of it, and then Shoreline OG's Sour Diesel in front of that. I just trained them with bonsai wire until everything took off and now everything is unsupported. We'll see if I can get away with it. ;-)

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Those solarcares are uv lights correct? Have you used them before and seen any added difference? Was thinking about getting a uv fixture from rapid led to throw in with my cobs.
 

natureboygrower

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Day 9 flower. 8/16 light schedule. I added SolarCure bulbs a week or so ago also. Stretch is pretty decent with 1" internode spacing pretty much across the board. I've had to adjust the lights up a bit as some leaves have been deforming, probably from excess UV. I'm running the SolarCures for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon. The Bogglegum in the middle back is the stretchiest of all, followed by the Shoreline OG in front of it, and then Shoreline OG's Sour Diesel in front of that. I just trained them with bonsai wire until everything took off and now everything is unsupported. We'll see if I can get away with it. ;-)

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Holy snikes dude, those look great! You talked me into and I planted 3 plants per EBs yesterday. :-P are you running 8 hours of light? How about defo? You planning on doing any? I ask cuz its going to get wild in my grow I know it! I gotta run sone shoreline sometime, he's got some nice crosses.
 

GrownAtHighAltitude

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Very intrigued by your rez set up here! Does it auot fill the SIP rez's when they get low? Or is it a system you use as needed just go in flip a switch until they are full and done? If I incorporated something like this... I might only have to go into my room once every 2 or 3 weeks! Lol
I'm using the standard Earthbox Auto-Watering system ($45 per box). It uses a pneumatic valve that senses pressure differences in the reservoir of each unit. I set the water timer to come on during the lights-on cycle and each of the valves flow 2 or 3 gallons per hour. The pump is an on-demand unit (like an RV, but with 120V power input) and I have a pressure tank attached. The system is pretty quiet and automated.

I'll put another outlet for the pvc rail and a water timer to turn on the Hydrolock unit sprayers for a couple of minutes maybe a few times a day. Then the non-SIP pots can have irrigation also. :-)
 
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