All my plants are flowering now and getting pretty top-heavy. I’ve been pulling the plants out of the tent and putting them on a 5gal bucket, watering to runoff, and letting them drain. Not sure that’s going to be possible much longer.
Looking for some ideas I guess. I never put the trellis netting up because I was taking them out.
This was from last week. I’ve had to put stakes in one of the plants now but when I turn them to drain it’s looking like they’re ready to pull out of the roots.
I go with the oven/fridge shelves. Get some good wire cutters or something else to break them off and you can just melt them onto a big plastic tuberware container or bowl. Or you could just sit them on top of your container, no need to break them up etc.
Or a pot thats slightly smaller with no drainage holes
Have drip trays under my pots and use my shop vac with the small tip to suck out the run off. If I am measuring pH, I use a large syringe like others and pull it out and put it in a small cup to do the pH test.
I was going to reply with pretty much some of the same ideas already posted Looks like everyone’s got you covered Great grow you have going there! Your girls look very healthy! Happy growing!
There are lots of ways to skin this cat. I have a 4 x 4 tent so I use a 3.5 x 3.5 water table. I still use saucers under smaller pots (4x4, 1 gal, 3-gal) but once I put them in grow bags I just put them on a riser and suck the runoff out with a small shop vac…the water table funnels all the water to a couple spots. Works for me…but you cannot step into tent.
I stuck a few bulkhead fittings with hoses on my saucers. They drain into a plastic tote. This allows you to go a few waterings without messing with it. I’m extra lazy so I put a condensate pump in the tote to automatically pump water outside. Boom hands free runoff management. The pump and tote will eat up a little of your vertical space though.
