@Fenderbender , if you prefer coco, is it possible to put coco in a SIP?
hmm I don't know, I've never grown in coco.. the best result I've had in a tent was with a GHE Aquafarm that's big box full of hydro pebbles and a big reservoir below....the top box had a pump which sputters water droplets all the time but the roots grew on mass into the reservoir as well so that had a second pump and airstone.. and that created two root systems as the box was full of roots between the pebbles and like a jellyfish another massive rootmass grew in the nutrients, well over 6,5' of roots for a 2,5foot ish scrogged plant.. and just incredible big buds.. now the top of my buds end like the eraser on the back of the pencil.. same strain in that setup the tops of the buds were like a coin big flat wide and only grew wider just very round and fat, and I remember even the trichomes being very clear to see as they were big droplets on top of the stalks..
And I always look at the hydro gear as I still have the GHE and I often think, yeah damn.. is should use that.. as those results were phenomenal.. and it's pretty clean without the soil.. but oh all the hassle, and measuring, and checking as there's no ah we will see how it goes, maybe it's nothing or it will balance itself out, if it's off things can go bad fast.
Anyhow I went back to soil as it's the least hassle method.. as I have it down to well you have to water them.. in the beginning hardly at all.. then twice a week.. might get to three times a week if they are very thirsty.. but overal.. over the course of 14-15 weeks from seed to flower.. I haven't had to water them that much at all.. yeah couple of weeks when they are flowering but that's not a bother I'd say.
Again can't wait for trying my watering pot.. cause now the plant & system will literally tell me.. hey we want more! and it's a pretty big reservoir so I'll just have to fill it up a couple of times over the whole lifespan..
I went with Plagron soil & pebbles again as well that's the only soil around here I can get that's geared towards canna at a reasonable price.. regular gardencentre soil does work well as well, although I did use something a couple of grows ago that differed from regular potting soil and that the plant did not like at all.
But Plagron worked great with the current grow so..
The only thing I fear is a very mucked up reservoir after the grow.. but it looks like I can screw it open to clean it out inside phew. As those biocanna nutes I'm using I've seen it in the bucket they leave a thick residue.. also would these be ideal for the system.. wouldn't hydro nutes work? as the rootsystem that taps the water basically is in a hydro environment as it's the water channel and hydropebbles..
Hydro nutes leave more of a crystal salt residue but these biocanna nutes well they are thicc molasses and they leave this film.. which makes me wonder how much stays dissolved if you pour them in a reservoir??? as when I pour them in a bucket stir them up and leave them I can clearly see things settling again after already a short amount of time.. i dunno what they put in there.. bunch of algae or fishbone?.. so I don't know if that's ideal.
well I guess I'm all about to find out
Maybe there is something to these SIP pots after all.
And then there's all the other projects I have backed up... lots of carpentry work to do.
