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Milk crate aeration/drip tray

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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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Dr.B said:
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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Thank you for this.
 
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Thank you for this.
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My pleasure! Just made 3 more today lol. I'm all out of milk crates...
 
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Forgot to mention. Stackable too!
 
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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...
 
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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...
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Yeah that's handy and bro... Great idea.
 
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Brill .. glad you thought of it . Od .
 
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Brill .. glad you thought of it . Od .
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You know you get some credit here OD... Lol
 
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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
 
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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
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I've got 5 of the 8 I need. Should be enough of a head start...
 
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Heres a bit of a different spin on the same basic idea. For my nursery.
 

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very cool! thank
 
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it's an offence - misdemeanour, me thinks - but where's a milk crate I can commandeer?
 
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it's an offence - misdemeanour, me thinks - but where's a milk crate I can commandeer?
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If petty theft is out of the question crates are sold at walmart and office max.
 
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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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Dr.B said:
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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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.
 
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Dr.B said:
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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Ya but what size gallon tray fits under there ? If I use 10g pots would it fit ?
 
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Ya but what size gallon tray fits under there ? If I use 10g pots would it fit ?
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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.
 
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Dr.B said:
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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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
 
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Dr.B said:
No, you would need to figure out something else for that size of pot. Tray size doesn't matter with suction lines in play.
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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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