How To Make A Wicking Bed

[forgetiwashere]

Simple method for an indoor garden is just 2 x 50litre tubs. Fill the bottom tub with clay balls and stand in your fill pipe. Cut the bottom off the other tub and sit over the first tub. Line with geofabric or mesh. Fill with a good organic soil mix. If you get a ping pong ball and a metal coat hanger you can straighten the coat hanger out and stab it into the ping pong ball. Drop the ball into your fill pipe and mark the coat hanger with a high water level. Edited February 7, 2016 by forgetiwashere

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Simple method for an indoor garden is just 2 x 50litre tubs. Fill the bottom tub with clay balls and stand in your fill pipe. Cut the bottom off the other tub and sit over the first tub. Line with geofabric or mesh. Fill with a good organic soil mix. If you get a ping pong ball and a metal coat hanger you can straighten the coat hanger out and stab it into the ping pong ball. Drop the ball into your fill pipe and mark the coat hanger with a high water level.

 

Yeah I believe they sell pot systems like that for those who can't be arsed building their own. From what I've heard, they're supposedly pretty good. Bet they don't have the ping pong ball water level though Love it!

[Gumby1]

interesting.

 

hope you guys dont mind if i share this with another forum im on.

 

the guys over there might like it too.

 

cheers.

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interesting.

 

hope you guys dont mind if i share this with another forum im on.

 

the guys over there might like it too.

 

cheers.

 

Don't you be stealin' my intellectual property ya prick  

 

I kid, I kid Share away!

 

 

 

...Might kill ya in your sleep though

[Gumby1]

Don't you be stealin' my intellectual property ya prick

 

I kid, I kid Share away!

 

 

 

...Might kill ya in your sleep though

bahahaha sweeeet... coz i already done did it.. was just bein polite.. hehehe.

 

and

 

while ya come to kill me in my sleep... ya wanna feed all my aminals for me?.. its dang exhausting work.. haha.

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bahahaha sweeeet... coz i already done did it.. was just bein polite.. hehehe.

 

and

 

while ya come to kill me in my sleep... ya wanna feed all my aminals for me?.. its dang exhausting work.. haha.

 

Bastard

 

and

 

No   ...but i'll steal their poop to feed my plants

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So... I've been researching (googling when I can be arsed) wicking beds for indoor use and came across a few things. I also went through Rattrap's old post and noticed a few people had mentioned other systems that were similar.

 

It appears 'SIP' (Sub-Irrigated Planter) buckets are quite popular. They essentially work the same way as a wicking bed, just on a smaller scale. Here are a couple of images explaining how they work and how to make them:

 

DIY Instructions:

 

 

Basic Diagram:

 

http://tacticalintelligence.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SIP6.jpg

 

420 Grow System's Eco Buckets Design:

 

http://420growingsystems.com/images/Water-Pot.jpg

 

That is all for now.

 

Brownies

[itchybromusic]

get in to using labs / EM-1 with sips , https://youtu.be/GZB0g2VtL3A this guy is using Earthbox's 

EM-1 is perfect for use with still water & great at bioremediating anything that gets in the reservoir & dies in a outdoor sip  

 

sorry if already mentioned

Edited February 13, 2016 by itchybromusic

[growbabygrow]

Hey guys sorry to drag up an old thread but can a wicking bed be done with coco?

[Sir PsychoHashy]

See no reason why not, coco has great wicking properties.  Would have to put some thought into avoiding build up of nutrients in the coco by either running low strength, and/or doing the odd water only cycle, or something?  Only other issue I can think of would be if you had extended rain periods (assuming outdoor) flushing the coco right out so the plants end up starving, but there's ways around everything