Drainage and Runoff, what’s the best way to get rid of it?

DoubleAtotheRON

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Everything else has doubled in price why not a shop vac too
Yeah, I looked on AMZ, and that $370 one is the only one I could find too. Damn!.. I got a bargain! This one is 12 gallons, and it never has more than about an inch of water in the bottom no matter how much water you suck up. It pumps it out as fast as it comes in.
 

Orangejoos

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I used a shop vac for a long time, and having one is pretty much a must when running hydro. I just use a cheap bucket lid one:

I really got tired of having to vac runoff all the time though, so found these drain-away trays that work great:

I connect 4 of these together in a 4'x4' tent, and have them all drain into a condensate pump, which pumps the runoff out of the tent.

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That little bucket wet dry vac is dope. This is what I need. Thanks!
 

VaSmile

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Guide your run off into a contain and dump it where you please. Only did this because I had the table to spare just get yourself a Tupperware bin to sit your plants in put a towel under one side dril a drain hole on the other and raise it up enough to drain into your dump bucket
 

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Budzbuddha

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I let my runoff get absorbed back into the pot..... Have I been messing up? Fabric pots with soil
Yeah - Runoff equals waste. It has the leached salts from your soil in it. I usually take out to the outside plants.

Regardless if in soil with your bags, you don’t want the bottoms constantly sitting in soggy water.

Fabric bags are designed to breathe all the way around. Perhaps look into plant risers or a simple plastic crate to elevate the bottom of plant.
 

CadillacJack

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Yeah - Runoff equals waste. It has the leached salts from your soil in it. I usually take out to the outside plants.

Regardless if in soil with your bags, you don’t want the bottoms constantly sitting in soggy water.

Fabric bags are designed to breathe all the way around. Perhaps look into plant risers or a simple plastic crate to elevate the bottom of plant.
Went to my local grow shop today. They were out of the size I want. Gonna hit up Amazon
 

CadillacJack

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Forget Amazon… Walmart has these simple plastic crates for like 1.50.

That’s all you need.
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I forgot Walmart left Portland. Just wasted over an hour trying to find a store with something useful. Decided to flip the trays my pots are sitting on, and poke holes in them. I know it's not gonna be enough airflow, but it's better than nothing for now. I'll go looking again tomorrow. There's a Walmart about 30 minutes from me, I went the opposite direction earlier though
 

DoubleAtotheRON

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I forgot Walmart left Portland. Just wasted over an hour trying to find a store with something useful. Decided to flip the trays my pots are sitting on, and poke holes in them. I know it's not gonna be enough airflow, but it's better than nothing for now. I'll go looking again tomorrow. There's a Walmart about 30 minutes from me, I went the opposite direction earlier though
JAYSUS really? I thought there was a Walmart 5 min. from everybody!:D
 
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