EDIT If you follow the link on that page and do a search on Sub-Irrigation, he has lots of different designs.

Thanks! Cool site anyway :)

I just don't get it. I could be wrong !

I think drip and 5 gallon buckets is more proven and reliable at this point - and a hose-timer driven system isn't much more expensive.

The e-mail you received when joining that forum has info as to how to write to them after the first 12 hours may have passed with no administrator clicking you in.

I've been waiting since Friday evening, but have not bothered them since it's such a perfect gardening weekend, I'm guessing they took some time off. Fair enough in my view. I'm a long term mod elsewhere and sometimes over the years, the group is better off if I take a weekend, here and there, to myself. ;)

( Which is how I end up wasting time in garden forums)

http://imgur.com/a/Q7jBK

Thanks so much - I'm sure that's it cuz it matches the description so well!

I believe after you join the site you have to post in their town hall forum and then you can view pictures.

Rick

Seyson, the SIPs work great.
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Thanks for the feed back. If you have tried and it works great, then that is all it counts. I am trying to reconcile the two schools: One saying that tomato plants need to have their feet dry and the other says it is ok to be in water.

I think root rot problems come from way too much PWT, or from a pot that cycles to way too wet. There the plant is tryin'. It is sending roots into drained soil, only to have it flood again.

Still, I think average drip performance is better than average SWC. And the way costs work out, for a small number of containers SWC give a higher ROI, but at some point, say 10 pots, you are investing enough to move up. Unless you can scrounge a lot of parts, it gets expensive to build 10 SWCs, more than it would for a small drip system with timer.

(My RainDrip kit cost $33 at lowes.)

Update: A rain gutter SWC system might be competitive with a small drip system, and probably less "fiddly"

The SIP and similar set-ups are derived from old-school hydroponics where a soil-based medium was used suspended in nutrient fluid.

They are generally considered a combination approach of hydro and soil gardening and since tomato plants will grow either way - hydroponically or in soil - as long as both sets of needs are met it can work.

Earthbox and similar set-ups are probably the most common examples.

Dave

I am hopeful that the things will get back to normal sooner rather than later.

When I didn't get the acceptance email first thing Monday morning, I figured it was something like that, since I can see by viewing it's well run.

That's going to be a long hard task to catch up. Been there, done that...it's like keeping the dishes done or the weeds pulled. As long as you do a bit every day, it's not so bad, but can become a monumental problem if left too long.

I'm just grateful I can view the carefully gathered information. It's a treasure for sure.

So thank you to all of you more experienced tomato folks that take you time to guide the rest of us, not only here, but on other sites as well. I'm a very experienced gardener, but tomatoes are not my specialty at all, So I'm here and there lurking and admiring your plants. Inspiring !

I can only imagine that every thing is much more time consuming now that we are nearly 15,000 members. But, we are still getting new members approved so hang in.