Indoor RocBudInc genetics Perpetual SIP earthbox grow

[slowandeasy]

Personally, I don't understand the 1/2 full reservoir bit. As long as the wick is wet, water will wick up as needed-weather full res or 1/4 rez. The wick is like a reverse siphon. If you are siphoning gas from your tank, the flow won't slow down as you get to a 1/2 full tank.

Wrong. Soil has a field capacity. 1/2 Full will not wick up as much as full Rez. I have been doing this for a VERY ling time. Moisture is the key to optimal.growth. if you dont believe in my way, dont use it. Or buy a meter and realize that younare wrong. Good luck, slow

 

[Mizzo81]

How’s she doing today?

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

What if the roots grew down the wick tube and are sitting in the water?

I’m like 99.9% positive it’s from using that fish shit microbes and because res is so big and I never let it go totally empty it left that stuff just continually sitting in res (at least part of it for sure) and pretty positive it turned anaerobic and poisoned my roots!

How’s she doing today?

And she’s definitely toast bud! I’m getting out the urb natural and a shot glass and soaking a new seed! I think since ph is totally fine that only reason it coulda gone so fast is from root rot! I was lazy about throwing away the rest of the water I had mixed up with the fish shit and let it sit beside tent overnight and glad I did cuz pretty sure it told me what I did wrong cuz the walls were puffed out like the jug was gonna explode! And pretty sure it was from those microbes sitting and going bad that quickly! It does say can use in hydro but it’s lower doses and that water is oxygenated too!
Here she is today so starting anew is only way

Def no saving as fast as she went downhill!

 

[Mizzo81]

RIP. Strt another for roc it fuel is pure fire. Very enjoyable high

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

I actually already started soaking a diesel cookies from rocbudinc and was having tough time deciding! I think I’ve seen enough people mention springtails as non harmful that not gonna super stress it but still gonna do a light top watering on box box to at least kill some of the eggs on top of soil from last oly compost I added on there! Also gonna dig up other lady so I can verify my suspicions about root rot!
ALSO SORRY TO SOUND LIKE A BEOKEN RECORD BUT CAN EITHER @MrOldBoy or @slowandeasy plz tell me how much water the big box holds even approximately??? I wanna know so I can just keep 1/2 full! Think it’s right around 3 gallons from being totally empty but not sure and don’t wanna fillit and drain just to see what she holds!

 

[Mizzo81]

Diesel cookies is another good one. Both green and purple pheno are frost covered fire. Purple pheno I’ve nicknamed mocha biscotti it smells and taste like chocolate coffee. Green pheno is light lemon with cookie dough. My green pheno was a good size with more elongated buds purple buds were rounded both super dense. Potency high on both.

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Sounds like a winner to me!

 

[slowandeasy]

Roots do go into the water but just like hydro so long as air is present no problem .... Earthbox is designed so there is an air chamber between the reservoir and soil .....

In a future grow I intend to experiment with an air stone inside the reservoir and see if we can get even more growth .....

Take a look at nature you’ll see lush growth in trees that are alongside the river - half of those tree roots are under the river bed ..... a second example is when we put cuttings into water, they grow roots .....

Just like the river bank trees and cuttings there is some air present in the Earthbox.

I personally dont agree with the Airstone in the Rez, unless using the Automated version. You do not want to run the air too much and dry the roots out. It also theoretically could change how the plant eats. Meaning the roots bathing in the water could potentially turn the plant into a hydroponic state vs organic. Possibly creating deficiencies. If you run air, I would use it lightly at first. Only runningbit when you fill the Rez. If the rez gets too low, roots can be effected by the extra air.
Do I think the extra air can help? Yes, possibly at low levels. But from experience with Airdomes, the Air should not be on 24/7 and the difference I saw was rapid veg growth on some plants. But the Air did not help with Flowering speed or yields. Actually, some plants went a little longer. My theory is all ROOT based. I personally see a correlation between Root size/health and Flowering speed on Autos. Meaning Autos tend to go LONGER when they have larger pots vs smaller pots. For example, a plant in a 4 gal Autopot are able to get bigger than plants in the 2 gal. This extra sized pot can potentially extend the Veg period due to Root growth. When Autos sense Rootbounding, they will start to change to flower sooner than if in a larger pot. Larger pots also tend to stay more moist, which can slow plant and root growth down. I personally would like to see if there is a difference with Air and Without. I do think it can help. But I also think it can be potentially harmful if used too much. It makes me wonder if the plant will want more than water only can provide in the Rez area. Wanting to eat rapidly, but having slow release nutes? Really only 1 way to find out. I could try it out easily, and maybe I will? But I would want to be very specific on air injection times to avoid excessive air exposure. Like run the air for 2 hours after feeding each time. Increasing in hour increments. But to be fair and scientific, Photos would be more ideal to replicate with clones for consistency. Worth exploring, yes. Tread lightly and keep things hydrated enough for the extra oxygen. Peace, slow

 

[MrOldBoy]

Totally agree @slowandeasy - Try with limited run time - just a even small bubble - experiment see what happens - try vegetables first even!

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Ya if anything I’ll ask full duplex what schedule benefited him using the air domes! For now tho just not getting fancy and I’ll use recharge on juniors til I have some mammothP! Not gonna get all fancy with the nutrients or the supplements or the inoculants! Just water and recharge is it and urb naturals cuz it’s microbes in a humic acid base! Won’t fill res all the way tho! How much does big hold or what fills it 1/2 way for ya! I went ahead for my oly compost top off and did it with build a flower instead! Figured def wouldn’t hurt anything! Worms are still super happy in the juniors! I didn’t do any dry supplements for worms just made 2” mound with BAF! Them opened lol more with the Velcro and trimmed some stuff wasting space and energy! Thanks for the pointers!! Rocit fuel dying was shocker!