MyGrowYo said:

Officially week 4 since these ladies broke the soil. Thursday night I removed the first node and branching coming off it, and this morning I topped them both at the 5th node. Hopefully they take it well and in couple weeks I can start filling up the scrog.
I can see it’s just slightly damp down in the res so I’m going to let it dry up over the next 24h and then throw another gallon of water down there tomorrow. Not worried about it going to dry because the top soil is still perfectly moist, these covers are holding moisture way better than I thought they would.View attachment 1204693View attachment 1204694

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ImpulsiveGrower said:

Is that the best way to go about it? Let them dry out for a day once the water is gone? Looking good…

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MyGrowYo said:

I honestly don’t know. My thought process right now is these plants aren’t filling up the pots with roots yet, and Any down in the res will air prune. Yesterday the shorter fatter plant was looking a little droopy, and this morning she looks happy, so I’m wondering if the water is sitting down there for too long before the plant can take it up.
what do you think? You have more experience with SIPs than me. I’m just following the build a soil advice, and I recall them saying they let the res go bone dry before topping up.

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PjMaC said:

I don't know how the wick system is set up in yours. Is it similar to the one in an octopot?

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ImpulsiveGrower said:

This is actually my first run with one. Watching Jeremy on buildasoil inspired me to try an earth box out. Ya that makes a lot of sense bc they do like a little bit of a dry down. I was hand watering the top for the first few days and then I filled the res for the first time.

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MyGrowYo said:

Never heard of an octopot, sounds fun. View attachment 1204699These have 4 wicking corners. It’s just a half price earthbox haha

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MyGrowYo said:

Oh, you made it look so good I thought you had been doing it for awhile haha I think as long as the soil in the wicking corner doesn’t go bone dry it should be fine? Either way I’ll watch the plants and if they want a drink before tomorrow they’ll get one.

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ImpulsiveGrower said:

Well thank you I’ve learned a lot over this past year and have been doing pretty dam good but I’m always experimenting to find the perfect plant size, pot size, and training methods to implement for my ideal setup. I’m really liking the simplicity of the system but also like my drip system which you have to dial in unlike the earth box. I’ll be flowering her out soon when I get back from Florida so I have my pops looking after the gardens while I’m gone and the earthbox is the easiest for him to manage haha!

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MyGrowYo said:

Question for you guys, should I just remove those giant fan leaves so everything growing underneath gets light? Some have grown past but others aren’t.

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MyGrowYo said:

Question for you guys, should I just remove those giant fan leaves so everything growing underneath gets light? Some have grown past but others

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stp said:

Trim the big leaves on the big plant and leave the small plant to see if that allows some catch up. I have one small and one big in the same box, bad move on my part. Next grow I will have all the same clones from one mom and that should help keep an even canopy.

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ImpulsiveGrower said:

Put one SIP on a plant elevator or something that will raise it a few inches. Looking good!

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stp said:

The reason that the earth boxes come with white or black mulch covers is to either absorb heat and Sun like in colder climates, or reflect it. That’s why I use mine white side up, to reflect as much light back up to the plant. Your black covers only absorb and if anything, heat up your boxes and dry out your soil faster. Maybe it’s not noticeable but if these were being used outdoors, that’s the reason for two different colors on the mulch covers.

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