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Hi there, I have had great results with SIPs, some have been in the room for just over 2 years now. Most of my grow has been converted.
My only concerned now is, are the SIPs making me sick? (mostly skin rash, my partner has asthma developing)
Every time I fill the reservoir, the air from deep down needs somewhere to go, often you see the plastic cover swells like a balloon as I fill the reservoir. Also, sometimes if I peek under the plastic mulch I can see funky looking mushroom growing and I can't help but to think I might be breathing in some toxic fungus and mold, but I can not say for sure.
I am tempted to send a sample for microbial testing, the cannabis always looks phenomenal coming from my SIPs.
I did finally take one apart that was over 2 years old. The reservoir still looked surprisingly clean, still just straight sand. I thought the corrugated drainage pipe would be full of black mold or funk but it was not.
What do you guys think, am I over thinking? anyone else running SIPs with living soil? I really want to keep growing this way, it is so easy, plus it would be a hell of a job to take them all out of the rooms. There is like 150 lbs of sand per reservoir ha!
My only concerned now is, are the SIPs making me sick? (mostly skin rash, my partner has asthma developing)
Every time I fill the reservoir, the air from deep down needs somewhere to go, often you see the plastic cover swells like a balloon as I fill the reservoir. Also, sometimes if I peek under the plastic mulch I can see funky looking mushroom growing and I can't help but to think I might be breathing in some toxic fungus and mold, but I can not say for sure.
I am tempted to send a sample for microbial testing, the cannabis always looks phenomenal coming from my SIPs.
I did finally take one apart that was over 2 years old. The reservoir still looked surprisingly clean, still just straight sand. I thought the corrugated drainage pipe would be full of black mold or funk but it was not.
What do you guys think, am I over thinking? anyone else running SIPs with living soil? I really want to keep growing this way, it is so easy, plus it would be a hell of a job to take them all out of the rooms. There is like 150 lbs of sand per reservoir ha!
