I believe SIP is short for self-irrigating planter. I ran across noobwannab's thread http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1151159-Noobwannb%27s-Self-Wicking-Smartpot-ghetto-setup he has a nice setup, and his thread explains it pretty well. Basically the smart pot wicks the water up through a porous medium like pearlite or hydroton which is resting in a reservoir, and the plant will take in as much water as it needs. I still top feed with nutes though, from what I've come to gather by putting nutes meant for soil in a reservoir might promote unwanted bacteria? Not sure, but it seems to be working well so far. Dropped the legs on the screen 1.5" and gave white dragon a little pedestal since she has a little less soil and also the shortest. Now just waiting for it to fill up. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum
I like the addition MJ. Im interested to see how it works out because i was thinking about doing something like that for myself maybe the next go. bgsn, the noobwannab thread is an awesomee read and full of info on sips and different people trying different methods. That's also where i started learning about SIPs and man am i glad. They are really convenient (especially when using organic soil ). When i started out and had my plants in hard pots i just set them on top of my reservoir and shimmied them in about a half inch down into the perlite and kept the water level about a half inch from the bottom of the pots. I cam honestly say im so happy i came across some posts talking about SIPs and looked further into the whole thing.
Hi MJ Looking good Sips are definatly the way to go If you want to not worry about watering. I went away for 8 days and came back to pale and dry girls but alive and well . A Neem/ kelp tea fixed them up ASAP. I grew the Purple bud on my first grow she made some awesome buds that were kinda airy, Good flavor but the High is short lived , I crossed a male with my pineapple chunk ...
Appreciate the link guys. Mj like the screen, it's gonna take awhile to fill that baby though...I'm just guessing, never scrogged b4!
Thanks for stopping by lamaries, I'm curious to see how the purple turns out. I'm going through your journal to see if there's anything I can learn! How did the cross turn out, and do you top feed your tea? My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Yea, now it's the waiting game... but it will be worth it in the end. I'm thinking another two weeks at least until I flip to 12/12. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Some pictures from this evening and tonight, a couple hours apart. I like having the screen there to judge their growth, and the training is new and exciting. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
I havn't planted the seeds yet I still have new seeds to try, Im growing Beyond the brain right now ... I only have room for 4 plants . Yes I top feed the tea , Im afraid of what may grow in the pearlite if I feed thru the sip . The purple bud was a very easy plant to grow even though I tried to Fff it up, it was my first grow.... Looks like you spent a bit of time on your scrogg screen good luck
Good to know on the top feeding, I had the same suspicions. I'm curious to see how your purple bud cross turns out, also just ready for mine to finish up. I can tell its a hardy strain after mine sat in its seed casing for almost 2 weeks but has recovered slowly but surely. I had a bit of a scare yesterday as the coils on my ac froze over being cool outside but still running to keep attic temp down. Girlfriend had no idea but I heard it as soon as I walked outside and heard the compressor runnin it's hard out and fans vibrating due to no open air path causing a lot of static pressure. Everything seems fine now and temperatures are back down in the low to mid 70's. Will post some photos later My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Pictures from this morning before training and after training. Also while checking water levels in the reservoir for sleestack skunk I noticed some roots down in there. There anything to be worried with about that? Before training After training Under screen Explorative roots My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
I thought about trying that but figured I would be cooling the whole house to keep it cool ... One of the reasons I choose Mandela seeds they claim the can stand the heat I grew hashberry during the middle of the summer temp up to 104f in my room and she grew like a weed , the only problem was I got some mold in my biggest bud, it was a monster but it appears people have this problem no matter what the temp is. Purple bud very fluffy buds Hashberry
Those look like some monster plants, I hope I see some colas that size! Is that four hash berry plants? My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Screen is filling up, slowly but surely. White dragon has finally reached it. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Lookin good Mj! R u training the two in the back. They look like their just growing regular. I would trim that undergrowth, but I'm sure u know that. Keep up good work!
Thanks bgsixx, the back left (white dragon) is 2 weeks behind bottom left and 1 week behind bottom right, back right has just been stunted from the get go. They are just now up to the screen, probably another week to let them fill up their portion of the screen before I flip to 12/12. I'm gonna trim away some fan leaves this evening I think. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
A little late to the party here but I like what you got going on. Everything looks great, keep up the good work!
Thanks for stopping by Cheesed, no worries you're just in time for things to get interesting. Crystal queen and sleestack skunk are taking up more than their fair share of space and are starting to take over more space. Just hoping the sleestack is a girl since it's really starting to take off, but the only regular seed in the bunch. Pretty sure I've spotted female pre-flowers on crystal queen and purple bud, I will try and get a good picture of them up later. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent
Some pictures from last night, things are looking good. Screen is about 70% full, I'm thinking about flipping soon. My grow journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1334153-First-Grow-4X4-Diy-Attic-Tent