Pot drainage
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buggs bunny
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put a slanted piece of plywood under neath the pots main floor with a bunch of holes drilled in it
HippyLettuce420
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try puting rocks at the bottom of each pot before puting your soil mix in
buggs bunny
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i cant really understand what you need really
you want some holes in the bottom of the pot or do you want all the drained water to go into a bucket or somethig troff dealybob.
Well I would prefer to not let the run-off water sit on my garage floor. Wouldnt that attract mold and fungus and bugs?
Put a rock at the bottom of each pot and let the non-dirty runoff dry? Thats the best thing ive thought of.
Sorry If i wasnt clear or if im still not. lol tired
Put a rock at the bottom of each pot and let the non-dirty runoff dry? Thats the best thing ive thought of.
Sorry If i wasnt clear or if im still not. lol tired
panhead
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I do soil grows using an assload of little pots as well so i know exactly what your asking,what your thinking is that due to the size of the pots you need to flood the soil making a huge mess every time you water,am i correct ?
This is gonna sound ghetto but it worked for me until i could finish my 1st grow & rebuild the room,i took milk crates & placed them in rows,then laid lumber over the top of them & placed the pots on top of the lumber,this raised the pots about 14 inches from the floor & the spacing between the milk crates allowed for me to easily mop up the excess water.
Ive since rebuilt the room,i built a new floor from plywood making it slope all to one corner,i then covered the floor with linoleaum,in the corner i put a shower drain & connected the drain to a peice of black plastic hose much like used for a sump pump then put the hose directly through the wall leading out of the building,it looks like a sump pump hose from outside.
This is gonna sound ghetto but it worked for me until i could finish my 1st grow & rebuild the room,i took milk crates & placed them in rows,then laid lumber over the top of them & placed the pots on top of the lumber,this raised the pots about 14 inches from the floor & the spacing between the milk crates allowed for me to easily mop up the excess water.
Ive since rebuilt the room,i built a new floor from plywood making it slope all to one corner,i then covered the floor with linoleaum,in the corner i put a shower drain & connected the drain to a peice of black plastic hose much like used for a sump pump then put the hose directly through the wall leading out of the building,it looks like a sump pump hose from outside.