Sub-irrigated planter

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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.[http://www.plantertechnology.com/train/faq_cont.html Sub-irrigated planter FAQ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913214632/http://www.plantertechnology.com/train/faq_cont.html |date=2008-09-13 }}, from Planter Technology It is possible to automate the watering and thus SIPs are popular with professional landscapers in buildings or urban settings. Commercialized versions of a Sub-irrigated planter condenses humidity from the environment and feed it directly into the plants' roots. SIPs are available as commercial products or as do-it-yourself projects made from plastic buckets,[http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-make-two-bucket-sub-irrigated.html How To Make a Two Bucket Sub-Irrigated Planter] boxes or storage totes.[https://albopepper.com/30-gallon-tote.php Creating a Sub-irrigated

Tote Garden Planter] One of the disadvantages of such closed systems is that soluble salts cannot be flushed into the lower soil profile and build up over time. {{cite journal |title=The Potential For The Sequential Production Of Vegetables In The Field With The 'Earth Box' System |journal=Acta Hortic |year=1998 |last=Csizinszky |first=A.A. |volume=513 |pages=137–144 |doi=10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.513.16 |url=http://www.actahort.org/books/513/513_16.htm |accessdate=2016-12-01 |url-access=subscription }}