I usually flip to flower real quick after I see the plant settle into the SIP. I don’t know the exact time it starts flowering outdoors so I don’t want this thing raging in the SIP for another month and getting way bigger than I like.
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@iamyou_youareme and @Stankonia Finally was able to add y’all’s tutorials to the Link Farm section up top. Thanks again for sharing!!
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Awesome! Thanks for creating the best repository for SIPs on the internet! Hopefully when you Google SIPs, this page will show up as the top result at some point 
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Dude! The pleasures all mine! Honestly, I just got tired of always going over to RIU for my SIP fix. It is nice having a repository of all of the links and information i find in one place. I go to the Link Farm often to find recipes and links to shit I learned then forgot. Shout out to @Maddawg for the inspiration to expand on the Farm and include everyone’s tutorials.
It’s really the community as a whole that’s made this thread what it is! Shout out to all of you! I don’t always have the time or energy to answer questions or expand on topics and y’all have all graciously stepped up. We don’t learn in a vacuum and I’ve learnt so much from others, taking the time to share. Thank you!
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Thank you @CrunchBerries !!! Pretty sure I’m SIPs for life because of this thread. Still need to build a worm bin though
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Yup this and the Build a Soil sip videos are what sealed the deal for me. I just picked up 3 more earthboxes for my outdoor plants. Still sweating from setting them up and planting my ladies in them.
If I ever decide to get rid of my 3x3 bed, I’ll prob replace it with more SIPs. It’s just too easy
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Hells yeah!!
Do it! Or get like a can-o-worms. There is a link in the Farm to my 27gal tutorial, but there are tutorials everywhere. Homemade EWC is magic!
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Thanks for sharing your detailed process!!
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You are very welcome @PakaBoi! Glad you can join us!! If you have questions please feel free to ask away!
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Do you think I could spray the top with LAB or would I have to make it into Bokashi?
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Also what is OSF? I can’t find it on the google?
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I got 15 containers recently, along with a tray, that apparently was a little too snug as I found out when it got here. Not the biggest issue, I can makeshift a rack underneath the plants inside the tray so they’re lifted a bit causing them to fit better (tray is wider at top).
But looking at this thread, I might as well tinker with it a bit more to make it a SIP system.
Would it suffice to just sort of give every container a nutsack filled with perlite?
Thinking nylon socks for the sack.
Just took a look at the bottom of my containers and while thinking of ways to attach the nutsack I just realized something. I just gotta make the container the hole and turn the nutsack into a limp perlite dick. Just shove it in there, fill the container back up, and boom! A SIP container collection in my tray!
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We put the LAB in the reservoir in SIPs. I’m sure @CrunchBerries can expand on why, I just do what I’m told around here 
OSF is oyster shell flower
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Kashi is fungal dominant, whereas LABS is more bacterially dominant. Fungal top, bacterial bottom and the party is in the middle. I use both to create the perfect little environment for life to grow.
Oyster Shell Flour. Sorry for being acronym guy, outside of work. MTSBWY
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Hey bud, it looks like you edited your question into any answer. Ha! Keep us updated!
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Yeah looks like I did 
I’m still working out some kinks in the idea though. Like, the things I found to support the containers are good for regular containers, but for SIP I’d have to make holes for the nylon socks, but putting nylon socks through holes in a metal wire rack is gonna rake up the nylon socks sooner rather than later I’m afraid, leaving my project in shambles sooner than I’d like.
So now the question is what waterproof material can I use to support 15 containers that is also capable of being worked smooth enough to not rake the 15 dicks in the water.
I think I’m gonna use some sewer pipe or ventilation pipe for that. both are available in big enough dimensions, waterproof, cheap enough, and I think the ventilation one will win in that regard so that’s gonna be the winner I think. Either I buy 15 connection pieces or 1 big piece and start sawing. I think I’m gonna choose the lazy way out today.
Actually looking at the total price I’m thinking no way I’m paying that much, I’m sawing some pipe up 
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By having a fungal dominant (alkaline) top, a neutral middle from the OSF and a bacterially dominate bottom (acidic) the plant can uptake nutrients as it sees fit. Certain nutrients are better used by the plant at a certain ph, so you are providing them the perfect environment. They eat/drink what they want, when they want and I stay out of the way.
LABS allows the soil to stay moist 24/7 and without it this method is not possible. A lot of people use these things like a traditional pot, but they are not designed like that. They are designed to keep the soil moist from start to finish, with no dry backs. LABS helps keeps the reservoir clean, so things don’t go funky and the soil can stay moist.
Hope that helps a little or at least gets you going. There are tons of articles and links in the Link Farm section up top for deeper dives down the rabbit hole. Here is a link to the Grokashi website that has some great explanations of probiotic farming. ANCESTRAL SCIENCE – GRO-KASHI
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SCIENCE!!!
I love how we can just add certain inputs, and then sit back and let them do their things
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Already have the soil in the containers mixed to 30% perlite. It’s mostly potting soil mix with a few amendments in there, but they are recently planted and not yet rooted through and a sort of layered soil so I’m either waiting the transition to SIPs out until the roots can hold the mass together, or I’m going to have to make 15 holes with the plants still in the container. Gravitating towards the first option.
Who here uses straight perlite as a wick? How do you contain it? Is it a very good wicking material? I’m thinking it will be and the sock holding it together tightly should make it a rather clean option as well I think…
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Q: I’ve seen some of you use lids on top of pots. Some others have types of mulch on top. Is this part of a strategy aimed at providing a better microclimate for fungi by limiting light and optimizing top soil moisture level?
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