Milk crate aeration/drip tray

[Dr.B]

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.

 

[Aqua Man]

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.

 

[Dr.B]

Thank you for this.

My pleasure! Just made 3 more today lol. I'm all out of milk crates...

 

[Dr.B]

Forgot to mention. Stackable too!

 

[Dr.B]

I do have this in my Super Critical CBD grow diary... I felt it was too awesome to maybe get lost or overlooked in there...

 

[Aqua Man]

I do have this in my Super Critical CBD grow diary... I felt it was too awesome to maybe get lost or overlooked in there...

Yeah that's handy and bro... Great idea.

 

[One drop]

Brill .. glad you thought of it . Od .😜

 

[Dr.B]

Brill .. glad you thought of it . Od .😜

You know you get some credit here OD... Lol

 

[One drop]

Yes thanks mate I love how you took the idea and ran with it most simple grow hack yet I bet there will be a world shortage on milk greats now ... you rock DrB

 

[Dr.B]

Yes thanks mate I love how you took the idea and ran with it most simple grow hack yet I bet there will be a world shortage on milk greats now ... you rock DrB

I've got 5 of the 8 I need. Should be enough of a head start... 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Dr.B]

Heres a bit of a different spin on the same basic idea. For my nursery.

 

[expert_cbd]

very cool! thank

 

[Kampbe1l]

it's an offence - misdemeanour, me thinks - but where's a milk crate I can commandeer?

 

[MIMedGrower]

it's an offence - misdemeanour, me thinks - but where's a milk crate I can commandeer?

If petty theft is out of the question crates are sold at walmart and office max.

 

[Fishermannb94]

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

 

[Tornadohunting420]

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]

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 ?

 

[Dr.B]

Ya but what size gallon tray fits under there ? If I use 10g pots would it fit ?

No, you would need to figure out something else for that size of pot. Tray size doesn't matter with suction lines in play. 😉

 

[Cannibaldee]

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]

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.