Just to lob over a random thought too. When I used to be a keen trout fly fisherman, we were aware that if the water temperature got too warm then not enough oxygen would be carried in it and the fish would die, perhaps the same occurs for growing plants.
All the best for you to be feeling fully recovered very soon!
Hmmm......
Ahhh, recovered from Covid??
I don't grow indoors much but if you have a temp gun, aim it at the floor! If it's in the 70s you should be fine, 60s and your roots might be getting a bit chilly - especially during lights off.
I do something similar with my clone box. I use a couple of nested shoeboxes and put water in the bottom one and set them on a heat mat on a low setting. The water spreads the heat out a bit and provides a bit of a heat sink that smoothes out the on/off from the mat.
I hope you all recover and flower beautifully.
Oh yeah about that.. sure there is a gap in the reservoir.. but that channel in the middle of the reservoir.. do you think water just treacles in there? then those slits must be absolutely micron sized tiny.. I kinda fully expect that middle channel to get level with the rest of the reservoir.. and then you have a bunch of clay pebbles which provide an oxygen rich environment and then comes the soil.That little sticker on the side depicting watering seems to show an air gap between the water and the pebbles. If so, that would have the design element you want.
I got a couple of frowns from my comment earlier. I wondered if I said something wrong or offensive to someone. It was sympathy for us getting a little sick with covid. We're well on the road to recovery!
Hmmm, food for thought! My goal would be to stay in the zone where plants can be free to uptake what they need so not too warm.
Feel better Dog!
When you fill the reservoir through the fill tube, you bypass the soil. So water fills the reservoir but doesn't reach as high up as the soil except for that channel which will have your soil mix in it. That section will be saturated (be sure to pack that portion well to insure good wicking action). Or, alternatively, you can fill that channel with clay pebbles to keep the soil out of the water entirely. I've done it both ways and had good success with each.
I am glad to be here, but they don't seal their houses here, so I've got all sorts of unfriendlies inside the grow room (similar to a greenhouse.
Hey dog! I hope you and your garden green get well.
The setup should be one general level of water separated by the divisions that keep the soil out. The pebbles work fine but I found I got water roots growing in them instead of the feeder roots found in the surrounding soil. But either works great.
Some do, some don't. I use leaf mold as a mulch layer and get roots growing up into it since I keep it moist with regular spritzings. The manufacturer of the original commercial SIP, The Earthbox, recommends a covering of either white or black plastic (depending on your environment) and Emilya is using something similar in her grows.
Thanks, Krissi! Great photos. Nice to see you resurface, hope all is well.
Thank you Azi. You're kind to me, i appreciate that.Thanks, Krissi! Great photos. Nice to see you resurface, hope all is well.
) but your plants are reaching for the heavens! One week? Incroyable!
To the day this was how I left them the day I tested positive for the Vid last week, Friday. They are doing phenomenal. The new @Cultiuana CT-720, the pots, the @Prescription Blend the @DYNOMYCO the added bone meal to my normal transfer mix, idk it all adds up to this kind of rapid growth apparently
You may have been feeling low (I'm sorry to hear that
