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.

Green roof growers sip.

Structural insulated panel sip roof decay. Green roof growers a splendid blog. We re glad you stopped by. Sips and commercially available earthboxes.

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. Innova eco building systems located in miami florida manufactures mgo sip wall floor and roof panels up to 4 x 20 long. 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. Then in all the tomato planters i mix 2 cups of espoma garden lime derived from.

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. We owe you some tomatoes. 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. 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 friday october 10 2014. We also keep bees on our roofs hens under the deck and fermenting vegetables in our kitchens. 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. 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 also manufacture plywood mgo and osb mgo floor and roof panels. Plants in plastic green roof growers. We have tested our mgo high impact panels to wind speeds over 200 mph. The complete source for building designing and remodeling green homes.

One of the problems with growing tomatoes in sips is that the roots can get into the water chamber and cause problems and diseases. Gregory raith posted in general questions on october 3 2011 12 32pm i have a bensonwood timber frame in vt that is only 8 years old with significant panel roof decay. So much so that my. Trip to wisconsin farm pics.

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. Our sip panels are noa approved for all building zones in florida.