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Oh, so now you're saying I'm about to step in a pile of dog shit!I wasn't aware if you had read about or found the sweet spot for converting plants from top to bottom watering. In your New Tricks grow you went to SWICK on day 16 rather than day 61.
But I should really know better by now than to take your "please say something" line seriously.![]()
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I kinda' doubt it Shed, but if I ever decide to put them to use we shall see. I see some fundamental differences bwt a SIP and a SWICK. In my view (which I admit, is often clouded) a SWICK is nothing more than like periodically feeding a plant from the bottom. If the medium is allowed to dry out a bit before the reservoirs is replenished, then I don't think SIP-like water roots will develop. A SIP, on the other hand, has that chamber of oxygen in play and I think that's major! That said, I don't believe there's any restriction on when you can put a SWICK in play. Hell, if I had a plant that had only been top-watered during it's lifetime and I had to leave town for a few days, I'd put it on a SWICK.
Still, I'd be interested to see what some other SWICKERS have to say. Because, as usual, there's a chance that I'm completely wrong in my thinking!
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