Milk crate aeration/drip tray

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Dr.B

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Super simple, sturdy, self spacing if using more than 1...

You basically cut the bottom two inches and most of one side wall off of a milk crate however you please. I use a hacksaw and side cutters. A bit of a sand on the rough edges and drill a bunch of holes for airflow... Done

Easy, cheap, fast and effective. Great for leech testing, flushing and providing airflow to all sides of the pot. I made it to work within my current tent height restrictions but I think I'll keep them on permanently, even after I upgrade the flower tent.
 
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Aqua Man

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Super simple, sturdy, self spacing if using more than 1...

You basically cut the bottom two inches and most of one side wall off of a milk crate however you please. I use a hacksaw and side cutters. A bit of a sand on the rough edges and drill a bunch of holes for airflow... Done

Easy, cheap, fast and effective. Great for leech testing, flushing and providing airflow to all sides of the pot. I made it to work within my current tent height restrictions but I think I'll keep them on permanently, even after I upgrade the flower tent.
Thank you for this.
 
Fishermannb94

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Saw them yesterday at walmart! Great idea like it better than this! Going to steal it from ya! Lol!
 
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Tornadohunting420

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Super simple, sturdy, self spacing if using more than 1...

You basically cut the bottom two inches and most of one side wall off of a milk crate however you please. I use a hacksaw and side cutters. A bit of a sand on the rough edges and drill a bunch of holes for airflow... Done

Easy, cheap, fast and effective. Great for leech testing, flushing and providing airflow to all sides of the pot. I made it to work within my current tent height restrictions but I think I'll keep them on permanently, even after I upgrade the flower tent.
Great idea sounds like work though lol. I have mine on oven trays the tray sits on 4 soup cans. I have a rubbermaid bin lid below them.
 
Tornadohunting420

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Super simple, sturdy, self spacing if using more than 1...

You basically cut the bottom two inches and most of one side wall off of a milk crate however you please. I use a hacksaw and side cutters. A bit of a sand on the rough edges and drill a bunch of holes for airflow... Done

Easy, cheap, fast and effective. Great for leech testing, flushing and providing airflow to all sides of the pot. I made it to work within my current tent height restrictions but I think I'll keep them on permanently, even after I upgrade the flower tent.
Ya but what size gallon tray fits under there ? If I use 10g pots would it fit ?
 
Cannibaldee

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Super simple, sturdy, self spacing if using more than 1...

You basically cut the bottom two inches and most of one side wall off of a milk crate however you please. I use a hacksaw and side cutters. A bit of a sand on the rough edges and drill a bunch of holes for airflow... Done

Easy, cheap, fast and effective. Great for leech testing, flushing and providing airflow to all sides of the pot. I made it to work within my current tent height restrictions but I think I'll keep them on permanently, even after I upgrade the flower tent.
You Sir are my HERO!
I've been looking for something like this... cheap and repurposed just my style,
This will be PERFECT for me .

Thanks for the Post
 
Deepstuff

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No, you would need to figure out something else for that size of pot. Tray size doesn't matter with suction lines in play. 😉
For bigger Pots I use the milk crate bottoms inside plastic totes. Every 2 or 3 watering's I vacuum overflow out of totes with a shop vac.
 

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