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Furniture & Decor: FNY - The HomeGrow Simulator - Interactive Cannabis Grow Game (The Growbox is more than decor – it’s a full-featured grow simulator with menu-controlled tools, status displays, and dynamic plant stages.)
[NikotiN] - Ashtray - City & Magnetic plant
early girls- sensi seeds.
I try to do these pretties indoor- 17 days old. the little ones are the big buds!
This dahlia is in a Growbox self-watering planter next to the top terrace in my garden, with torch flower growing in the background.
I bought two of these large dahlia plants on sale last weekend, and hoped to plant one at the farm. The bunnies ravaged it however, so now it's been reunited with the other plant in my GrowBox self-watering planter at home.
11 months old, 0,5-1,2 cm.
I sowed them in natural light for the first 4 months, then they went trought the winter rest with no watering at all, and finally on January they have been moved into a growbox with artificial lighting.
The soil consists of: pumice and zeolite, both in form of sand and 2-5mm grains, and fine crushed marl.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU). Mother nature supplies the light for photosynthesis and technology supplies the water and oxygen.
I did not make this planter and there was a mis-communication. The sheet plastic lining should have been installed all the way to the top to make the planter watertight. It does not diminish the functionality of the planter but the wood will not last as long.
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
I'm glad this new plant is a bee magnet. It's in a Growbox self-watering planter, and is doing very well.
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height (top) of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
Note: The piece of duct tape (upper right) covers a cutting error.
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - A length of perforated, corrugated drain pipe cut in half horizontally forms the water and air reservoir. This method converts "death trap" window boxes (they dry out too quickly) into functional and productive sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Even rather mundane wooden window boxes can become highly productive and efficient portable micro gardens (PMGs) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Simply line the box with sheet plastic to make it watertight, install some inverted nursery flats to create a water and air reservoir. Add a recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and one or more overflow drain holes and you're good to grow.
Center for Urban Greenscaping (CuGreen) lab - For those who are skeptical about the inverted nursery flat or perforated corrugated drain pipe or recycled plastic food container (milk, juice bottles, etc) sub-irrigated planters, check out the root growth of this coffee tree.
Since these trees are growing indoors with a combination of window and overhead fluorescent light, there is no over flow drain hole. I would not use this type of clear plastic outdoors either. The plastic is not UV resistant become brittle, cracks and breaks in just one growing season.
My standard practice is to weigh all of the plant in the CuGreen lab weekly. This way I know the exact water consumption. The scale does not lie. There is no guessing about how much water to add. I know exactly how much water the plants consumed over the past week.
If you choose not to use the weight method, the next most accurate way to measure soil moister is with a soil probe.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Mortar box. Perforated, corrugated drain pipes sliced in half horizontally form the water and air reservoir. Recycled soda bottles (PET) create the fill pipe. There are overflow drain holes at the height (top) of the drain pipe reservoir.
This is an ideal type of portable micro garden (PMG) for growing salad greens and herbs.
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigation planter. The same method was used here and here.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the height difference between the two planters. They can be essentially any size to suit your particular design requirements.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the height difference between the two planters. They can be essentially any size to suit your particular design requirements.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Witness the growth of these plants in the 12 days since the installation photos. The plants love living in these sub-irrigated planter (SIP) beds.
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigation planter. The same method was used here and here.
Note the barely visible overflow drain hole in the middle of the planter sidewall.
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and overflow drain hole (lower right corner of planter).
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
Brooklyn Garden Center - Note the height difference between the two planters. They can be essentially any size to suit your particular design requirements.
Sub-irrigated raised bed planters like these will typically produce in the range of 50% more produce than top watered traditional raised beds while saving in the range of 90% of the water. It is a closed system and there is no runoff.
Lengths of perforated, corrugated drain pipe create the water and air reservoir. The plants receive an optimized supply of both water and oxygen via the reservoir system. This is a major benefit for the plants. You might think of this type of planter as an "intensive care unit" (ICU).
Perforated. corrugated drain pipe with a fill tube is a universal way to make any watertight container into a sub-irrigated planter (SIP). Read more about corrugated drain pipe sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigated planter (SIP). The same method was used here and here.
It did not take long for these plants to grow and spill over the sides of the planter. They love growing in an intensive care unit like this. They get all the sun they need from the sky and all the water and oxygen the roots need from the SIP. They have the best of both the natural and technology worlds.
Yes, there's a dinky commercial window box under there. Go ahead and tell me you can grow plants like these by top watering from above with your sprinkling can. Yeh, right!
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigated planter (SIP). The same method was used here and here.
It did not take long for these plants to grow and spill over the sides of the planter. They love growing in an intensive care unit like this. They get all the sun they need from the sky and all the water and oxygen the roots need from the SIP. They have the best of both the natural and technology worlds.
The wooden window boxes at this pie shop in Brooklyn are about to become portable micro gardens (PMG) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Even a bright young lady like Oona can do the job.
Even rather mundane wooden window boxes can become highly productive and efficient portable micro gardens (PMGs) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Simply line the box with sheet plastic to make it watertight, install some inverted nursery flats to create a water and air reservoir. Add a recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and one or more overflow drain holes and you're good to grow.
Plants have been added and the SIP is now ready for water. Simply pour it into the recycled ((PET) water bottle fill tube. As soon as you see some water dribbling out of the overflow drain hole tube(s) you're done!
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigated planter (SIP). The same method was used here and here.
It did not take long for these plants to grow and spill over the sides of the planter. They love growing in an intensive care unit like this. They get all the sun they need from the sky and all the water and oxygen the roots need from the SIP. They have the best of both the natural and technology worlds.
Even rather mundane wooden window boxes can become highly productive and efficient portable micro gardens (PMGs) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Simply line the box with sheet plastic to make it watertight, install some inverted nursery flats to create a water and air reservoir. Add a recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and one or more overflow drain holes and you're good to grow.
Lightweight planter mix has been added and the SIPs are ready for planting.
This widely available window box was easily converted to a highly productive and efficient sub-irrigated planter (SIP). The same method was used here and here.
It did not take long for these plants to grow and spill over the sides of the planter. They love growing in an intensive care unit like this. They get all the sun they need from the sky and all the water and oxygen the roots need from the SIP. They have the best of both the natural and technology worlds.
Go ahead and tell me you can grow plants like these by top watering with your sprinkling can. Yeh, right!
Brooklyn Garden Center - It does not really matter whether you use widely popular EarthBoxes or correctly made D.I.Y. sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Portable Micro Gardens (PMGs) like these are veritable tomato factories...and peppers, cukes, squash, spinach, lettuce or even corn factories. Whatever you want to grow will grow better in a SIP.
Brooklyn Garden Center - It does not really matter whether you use widely popular EarthBoxes or correctly made D.I.Y. sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Portable Micro Gardens (PMGs) like these are veritable tomato factories...and peppers, cukes, squash, spinach, lettuce or even corn factories. Whatever you want to grow will grow better in a SIP.
Brooklyn Garden Center - It does not really matter whether you use widely popular EarthBoxes or correctly made DIY sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Portable Micro Gardens (PMGs) like these are veritable tomato factories...and peppers, cukes, squash, spinach, lettuce or even corn factories. Whatever you want to grow will grow better in a SIP.
These plants are growing in DIY tote box SIPs concealed inside a not so elegant wood planter box. The plants in the foreground are direct planted and not sub-irrigated.
Even rather mundane wooden window boxes can become highly productive and efficient portable micro gardens (PMGs) using the sub-irrigated planter (SIP) method. Simply line the box with sheet plastic to make it watertight, install some inverted nursery flats to create a water and air reservoir. Add a recycled water bottle (PET) fill tube and one or more overflow drain holes and you're good to grow.
The job is done! These are freshly planted starter plants. It doesn't take long for them to grow in these highly productive and efficient SIPs. Later photos follow.
Brooklyn Garden Center - It does not really matter whether you use widely popular EarthBoxes or correctly made D.I.Y. sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Portable Micro Gardens (PMGs) like these are veritable tomato factories...and peppers, cukes, squash, spinach, lettuce or even corn factories. Whatever you want to grow will grow better in a SIP.
Brooklyn Garden Center - It does not really matter whether you use widely popular EarthBoxes or correctly made DIY sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Portable Micro Gardens (PMGs) like these are veritable tomato factories...and peppers, cukes, squash, spinach, lettuce or even corn factories. Whatever you want to grow will grow better in a SIP.
These plants are growing in DIY tote box SIPs concealed inside a wood planter box.
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - A length of perforated, corrugated drain pipe cut in half horizontally forms the water and air reservoir. This method converts "death trap" window boxes (they dry out too quickly) into functional and productive sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
The pie is hearty and healthy at this Brooklyn pie shop and so are the plants in the boxes under the windows. The plants are growing in sub-irrigated "intensive care units" that provide an optimized amount of water and oxygen on a consistent basis. It is nearly impossible to do this using traditional top watering.
See the photos that show how easy it is to make these sub-irrigated planters (SIPs).
This micro-farm is on the roof of a brewery in Brooklyn. The planters are repurposed beer kegs. The planters have drain holes and are watered from the top with a hose.
The grower learned about portable micro gardens (PMGs) using sub-irrigated planter systems (SIPs) and decided to test it before the 2011 growing season.
We converted 10 of the planters to SIPs at the end of the 2010 growing season. As you can see in the photo set, the biggest part of the job was to plug all of the drain holes with corks and caulking compound. Installing the water and oxygen reservoirs was the easiest part of the job.
The plan is to convert the remainder of the keg planters to SIPs in the Spring of 2011. They will also add an auto-irrigation (refill) system next growing season.
Slippery Slope Rooftop Micro Farm, Brooklyn - Back in 2009, I helped sow the seeds in these planters on a Brooklyn rooftop. This is not a typical built-in planter box. These flowers are growing in portable sub-irrigated planters (SIPs) of the do-it-yourself tote box type.
I was absolutely amazed with the results back in 2009 when this garden was installed. The owner developed a truly outstanding planting plan for this spectacular garden. It was as creative as anything I have seen on the web. There are over 70 SIPs in this rooftop garden growing perennials, flowers and fresh vegetables.
The garden deserves an award of some kind, it is that good. Stay tuned. It will bloom again in the summer of 2011.