Sub-irrigated planter
Sub-irrigated planter (SIP) is a generic name for a special type of planting box used in container gardening and commercial landscaping. A SIP is any method of watering plants where the water is introduced from the bottom, allowing the water to soak upwards to the plant through capillary action.[1] It is possible to automate the watering and thus SIPs are popular with professional landscapers in buildings or urban settings. SIPs are available as products, under brand names such as Planter Technology[2] (commercial) and EarthBox[3] (consumer), Ollie Plant Sipper[4] (consumer), The Refuge Garden (www.urbanrefugegardening.com) (consumer/commercial) or as do-it-yourself projects made from plastic buckets and boxes.[5]
One of the disadvantages of closed systems like Earth Boxes and SIPs is that soluble salts cannot be flushed into the lower soil profile and build up over time.[6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Sub-irrigated planter FAQ, from Planter Technology
- ↑ Planter Technology
- ↑ EarthBox
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- ↑ How To Make a Two Bucket Sub-Irrigated Planter
- ↑ Csizinszky, A.A. (1998). "The Potential For The Sequential Production Of Vegetables In The Field With The 'Earth Box' System". Acta Hortic. 513: 137–144. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.513.16. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
External links
- industrial grade self watering containers for consumer market
- AlboPepper: SIPs (Sub-Irrigated Planters)
- Global Buckets: A nonprofit organization using sub-irrigated planters to reduce global hunger.
- Improved Alaska Grow Bucket DIY single bucket Sub-Irrigated Planter.
- Advantages of Sub-Irrigated Planters
- Earthtainer Open-SourceSub-Irrigated Planter Design
- How to make a self-watering planter for under $10
- High Altitude Gardening – SIPping
- Blake Whisenant, Inventor of the Earthbox, demonstrates how it works
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