Humanrob
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I am in the midst of a few experiments with those, with both 5 and 3 gallon buckets (the 3's fit better in my tent height-wise). As far as wicks go, I've played with several things, ranging from very small airpots that overlap to 2" pvc. I've used the latter a lot, and not for any good reason.... honestly, its because I have a 2" hole-saw that makes cutting holes for the wick through lids and trays very clean and easy. I'm not really sure if its wide enough, but sometimes I use several of them (like in my big bin in the indoor).Mine, once big they're drinking a gallon every 2 -3 days on veg and flower. I had one 5 gal.in flower get dried out. ..... I fucked up. I'm adding a gallon to each sip every 2-3 days now.
New transplants take a little over a week to drink a gallon of water. Once the roots are in the resi. They drink a whole lot more and faster. But they grow huge at a faster rate too.
I think I'd rather have larger resi's. I'm going to try 5 gal fabric pots on top of home depot buckets n lids. With a longer wicking pot.
Quick shots of a 10 gallon cloth pot over a 5 gallon bucket, and a 5 gallon cloth pot over a 3 gallon bucket. The 10/5 is too tall for my indoor, but will definitely be used outside this summer. I'll burry it up to the overflow hole to keep the water underground and extra cool in the summer heat, I bet the plants will love that.