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Yeah I wouldnt just shove a tube in as SIP beds are designed with a water resovior. My suggestion would be building a container to hold them all and have one watering source. The baby pool was a good idea

This is another option http://albopepper.com/SIP-raised-bed.php   You can do it in a 30-gallon tote, he has lots of examples, and it works really well.

Thanks solid. I pruned all the leafs back so none are touching the potting mix. Weve definitely been getting a lot of rain, but Ive also filled my reservoir three times. So yes I can back off watering.

Thank you very much solid. Ill run with your suggestions and post back in a few weeks with the new growth.

Sorry Im home now with a tape measure and my memory was a bit off... 7x3x16.5 Also the worm castings were 10lbs, Id say I have about 3lbs left so about 7lbs in the bed

7 feet long, 3 feet wide, 3 feet deep = 63 feet3

Costco and small don't really go together but I don't remember it being heavy at all.  The only thing I found online was talking about a 10 lb bag, so maybe it was 10 pounds and I added 7ish pounds.

A complete guess, but I'd guess 3/4 of a pound in 63feet3.

Thank you very much for your questions.  I went out this morning and grabbed a few pictures, however, I wasn't sure how to add them to a reply so I just modified my original post to add them.    Let me do my best to describe the bed.     I built a 7x3x3 SIP bed as outlined in this article...

Hello, I've replicated a SIP bed following this; http://albopepper.com/SIP-raised-bed.php The reason I state this is because this is a container garden, just a big one. In my garden, I have mostly peppers (cayenne, ghost, habanero, scotch bonnet, and Thai), tomato, beans, and a few flowers.  ...

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