Green Roof Growers Sip

Watermelon sips on the chicago rooftop of the green roof growers we ve featured self irrigating pots sips in our first book and have done a lot of experiments with them over the years.

Green roof growers sip.

In each sip mine hold 2 cubic feet of growing media i mix 1 cup of espoma 5 3 3 plant tone and 1 cup of earthworm castings into all the media in the sip. We have tested our mgo high impact panels to wind speeds over 200 mph. There is a new underlayment for metal clad roofs that i found at a trade show recently that looks like a great solution to haveing a cold roof over your sips roof. We re glad you stopped by.

Green roof growers a splendid blog. So much so that my. We also manufacture plywood mgo and osb mgo floor and roof panels. We also keep bees on our roofs hens under the deck and fermenting vegetables in our kitchens.

Trip to wisconsin farm pics. Sips and commercially available earthboxes. Then in all the tomato planters i mix 2 cups of espoma garden lime derived from. Matt melton lives in central washington state in a 3 year old house with a roof made of structural insulated panels sips that are 12 1 4 inches thick.

Our sip panels are noa approved for all building zones in florida. How and why to make a sip sip sub irrigated planter. One of the problems with growing tomatoes in sips is that the roots can get into the water chamber and cause problems and diseases. It is a breather membrane that has what amounts to plastic piles on it that the manufacturer says gives you the airspace and the breathable membrane in one material.

We owe you some tomatoes. Green roof growers friday october 10 2014. With 50 years of horticulture growing experience eco roofs is uniquely positioned to be your source for green roof knowledge and experience as well as growing and providing the green. The complete source for building designing and remodeling green homes.

Plants in plastic green roof growers. Eco roofs is a grower and supplier of pre grown green roof trays pre vegetated sedum mats plants plugs cuttings and all of your other green roof supplies. The pitch of the roof is very low only 1 2 inch in 12 and the metal roofing has been applied directly over the sips with no air channel beneath the roofing for ventilation. Many of the photos here are from this second sip run on the roof and the pretty yellow pickle buckets are courtesy of bruce s neighbor who drives for chicago s own vienna beef thanks rey.

Structural insulated panel sip roof decay. Green roof growers we re growing organic heirloom vegetables on our rooftops and in our backyards in chicago using homemade sub irrigated planters sips more on them below.