Hollatchaboy
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Hey man, I just wanna say thanks for the help and knowledge. And for putting up with my paranoid, constant question asking ass! Lol.... seriously I appreciate it!
SIP thread -- (Sub-Irrigated Planter)
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myke
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No problem at all,Im learning from you also.So thanks right back.Hey man, I just wanna say thanks for the help and knowledge. And for putting up with my paranoid, constant question asking ass! Lol.... seriously I appreciate it!
Hollatchaboy
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Day 35.....
Yellowing has slowed and buds are getting bigger!
Yellowing has slowed and buds are getting bigger!
myke
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Ill bet the smell is amazing?
meangreengrowinmachine
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Why? The reason organic farmers don't use these is mainly because of the horrible practices that are used to obtain them. They are amazingly useful products but yeah it's literal blood drained from an Animal and dried for your plants (FEED ME SYMORE!!!) and bat poop harvested by destroying their caves.
Hollatchaboy
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Not really. I have my exhaust on 24/7. It keeps the smell down considerably.
Hollatchaboy
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They're hot! Lol
Soul Dwella
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35 days from the day you switched to 12/12?
Hollatchaboy
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Yes... sorry.
meangreengrowinmachine
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Siiiigh when people talk about organic soil being hot they literally mean the heat. Those amendments are not anything like a salt based fertilizer is "hot".
Hollatchaboy
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Sorry. I know what you mean. I just meant you have to be careful how much you give as not to over nute. I haven't experimented with them yet but I'm sure I soon will.
myke
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My Dad used blood meal in the garden for the first time many years ago.Went to work and came back to our dog had dug most of it up!Wasnt a good day for the dog.We had fences around every year after that.
Soul Dwella
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Looking good!
Hollatchaboy
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Thanks man!
Shiggity
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Dynastygenetics Huckleberry dieselv2 went into a 27 gallon HD tote SIP this evening. I use drain tile wrapped in landscape fabric and a central wick of vertical drain tile with soil. I use Docbuds soil that has been cooked for a month.
Decided to try out some aeration channels. Just 4” perforated drain tile with tile wrap.
here is my bulkhead and water level indicator. The bulkhead is about halfway up the drain tile. I think it holds about 4-5 gallons of water. I can also turn the indicator downward to empty the SIP if needed. Need to change the tube it’s pretty dirty. Maybe just needs a tooth brushing. It’s a rubber grommet with a plastic 90 and some clear tubing. I will raise the SIP up so I can actually drain it. Docs method changes drenches so I will drain one out if it’s not empty and replace it with another.
Here is the girl. She’s about 36 days from seed.
Decided to try out some aeration channels. Just 4” perforated drain tile with tile wrap.
here is my bulkhead and water level indicator. The bulkhead is about halfway up the drain tile. I think it holds about 4-5 gallons of water. I can also turn the indicator downward to empty the SIP if needed. Need to change the tube it’s pretty dirty. Maybe just needs a tooth brushing. It’s a rubber grommet with a plastic 90 and some clear tubing. I will raise the SIP up so I can actually drain it. Docs method changes drenches so I will drain one out if it’s not empty and replace it with another.
Here is the girl. She’s about 36 days from seed.
Hollatchaboy
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It could be me, but it looks overwatered a lil. Cool idea though!
Shiggity
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She is actually drooping from being under watered. I let her go dry before transferring her over. Helps the pots come off!
The soil was watered from the top for the first time so I can get the wicking action to start. So that may be the overwatering you are seeing also.
The soil was watered from the top for the first time so I can get the wicking action to start. So that may be the overwatering you are seeing also.
Hollatchaboy
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For sure. Turgor looked good to me so I thought maybe a lil overwater.
myke
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If the soil is damp she won’t need water in the res for 3-4 days. Let her roots reach out then she’ll start wicking. Looks good.
Shiggity
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Thanks man. This is only my second time using SIPs. The first time I never made it to harvest. Got busted and hit jail for a year. Now my state is legal for 4 plants.