Ever Make Your Own DIY Flood and Drain Table?

[xtsho]

I made a couple of these years ago and ran them alongside a couple tables. Filled the bottles with hydroton and set the pump on a timer that pumped from a 18 gallon reservoir. Worked great. You could change the dimensions or amount of sites to fit your space just fine. It works as good as those fancy systems that cost hundreds of dollars. It just doesn't look as pretty but does the same thing.

If you're growing in coco you can also look in to blumats and not worry about draining.

As far as building a flood table you're best off just buying a plastic 3 x 3 tray for $40 and building something to set it on.

 

[BobBitchen]

Typo, my bad. I meant, does your tray sit 1 foot above the floor? I'm tired of always throwing my back out when I'm in the garden, so having the plants elevated is going to help a lot. Although, I only have about 6 feet of height to work with in my tent, so I can't set them up too high.

My tray height is about 14" from the floor.
You can build it to your desired height with the PVC, also if you don't glue the connectors, you can switch out different size legs until you dial the height works best for you.

 

[Nizza]

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30 x 30 pan would be nice to give yourself 6 inches on two of the sides, so air can come from underneath the table and up.
So with that being said, I have a 4x4 table set up in my 5x5, to allow 12 " on two sides. I used two 2 by 4 foot fold up tables and slid totes underneath, and spaced the tables apart a few inches. Under the table i have my air intake, two different reservoirs, and a drain bucket. The two reservoirs go to drip feeders.

the tables i got ended up with adjustable legs so that is pretty cool, I really dig how clean it is, and the tables can break down easily if I wanted to put them away

 

[xtsho]

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30 x 30 pan would be nice to give yourself 6 inches on two of the sides, so air can come from underneath the table and up.
So with that being said, I have a 4x4 table set up in my 5x5, to allow 12 " on two sides. I used 22 by 4 foot fold up tables and slid totes underneath, and spaced the tables apart a few inches. Under the table i have my air intake, two different reservoirs, and a drain bucket. The two reservoirs go to drip feeders.

the tables i got ended up with adjustable legs so that is pretty cool, I really dig how clean it is, and the tables can break down easily if I wanted to put them away

I've been looking around for an adjustable table to put in my tent so I can aise that instead moving my light down when I put new plants in and raising it as they grow. But I need something that can collapse to a really low profile. I haven't been able to find anything off shelf but I found this while looking around that uses a scissors jack. I just happen to have a couple in the garage. I also have everything else I need. I just have to get off my ass and build it. Raise it up when I start new plants and lower it as they grow. That way I wouldn't have to move my light and I could get straighter runs for my ducting as I wouldn't need the extra I have to accommodate different light heights. I wouldn't make like this one but the concept of the scissors jack is what I'll use.

 

[Nizza]

that is a badass idea!!

 

[xtsho]

that is a badass idea!!

I know. I was looking at images of adjustable tables and ran across it. The problem is my scissors jacks only go 15" so I'd have to buy a 30" RV scissors jack. I like the concept it's the implementation that might pose some challenges.

 

[Metasynth]

It's easy to make your own flood and drain tables. I did it myself. I make them out of Concrete Mixing Tubs from Lowes. Some Lowes concrete mixing tubs have flat bottoms and straight sides, where as the ones at home depot have rounded edges which reduces the usable footprint.

Then I use a 27 gallon Tuff tote as the reservoir. I use a 1/2", with a 3/4" drain. I used standard flood and drain bulkheads from a Hydro store, but they were cheap and you can order them online too.

Built the table out of 1" PVC. Then just add a pump and some tubing. You'll need a hole saw attachment for your drill.

 

[Metasynth]

I've been looking around for an adjustable table to put in my tent so I can aise that instead moving my light down when I put new plants in and raising it as they grow. But I need something that can collapse to a really low profile. I haven't been able to find anything off shelf but I found this while looking around that uses a scissors jack. I just happen to have a couple in the garage. I also have everything else I need. I just have to get off my ass and build it. Raise it up when I start new plants and lower it as they grow. That way I wouldn't have to move my light and I could get straighter runs for my ducting as I wouldn't need the extra I have to accommodate different light heights. I wouldn't make like this one but the concept of the scissors jack is what I'll use.

That's my drill...lol

 

[BobBitchen]

Fairly inexpensive trays here
the sizing works well for tents.

 

[BobBitchen]

@FarmlingtonFooj Here is a better pic of my PVC table.

1" PVC


washer tray


6 x 2gal

 

[FarmlingtonFooj]

@FarmlingtonFooj Here is a better pic of my PVC table.
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1" PVC

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washer tray

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6 x 2gal

Looks solid. What do you do for air intake?

 

[BobBitchen]

Looks solid. What do you do for air intake?

Passive air intake

 

[FarmlingtonFooj]

Passive air intake

Do you ever have problems with light leaks? I used passive intake in the past and it worked great, but I was always worried about herming out my plants during flower.

 

[BobBitchen]

Do you ever have problems with light leaks? I used passive intake in the past and it worked great, but I was always worried about herming out my plants during flower.

The tent vents are below the table/tray levels, in fairly dark rooms. I have this same set up in 3 of my tents, all with trays & I've never had a problem.

 

[Apalchen]

Like others have already mentioned a washer tray. 4 plants in 3 gallons is not too many as long as the veg time is right, I ran 4-5 plants in 3x3 for years. I also used to do 9 when pheno hunting in 1 gallon pots.
If height is an issue u can always just do a shop vac which is what I always did in the 3x3. I put saucers under the plants and had a small shop vac, doesn't take long at all and you get to use the full height of your tent.

 

[Rico2016]

One plant LED max light spread is 3 x 3

clean single plant set up

 

[Prince Vegeta]

on the cheap, you can do a DIY PVC table & buy a Washer tray from home depot that will fit in a 3x3

@BobBitchen ive seen similar posts and replies to this topic. im also curious so follow along. ive also seen others recomend that washing machine tray as a flood tabe. will this work with 4 in square plastivc pots? i was under the impression i had to flood to about halfway up my pot. how do i do that with such a shallow basin like this ? im about to try my hand at flood and drain but im broke and those trays be expensive AF but their also much deeper than the washing tray. whats wrong with my thinkng as im clearly wrong.

 

[BobBitchen]

@BobBitchen ive seen similar posts and replies to this topic. im also curious so follow along. ive also seen others recomend that washing machine tray as a flood tabe. will this work with 4 in square plastivc pots? i was under the impression i had to flood to about halfway up my pot. how do i do that with such a shallow basin like this ? im about to try my hand at flood and drain but im broke and those trays be expensive AF but their also much deeper than the washing tray. whats wrong with my thinkng as im clearly wrong.

Sorry, I run drain to waste, top feed, and
I no longer use the washing machine trays, needed replacing too often, i don’t think I would trust the them in a flood system either. I invested in proper trans.

 

[curious2garden]

Sorry, I run drain to waste, top feed, and
I no longer use the washing machine trays, needed replacing too often, i don’t think I would trust the them in a flood system either. I invested in proper trans.

Same here, I just bought another Botanicare 4'x4' ID tray in white:

https://hydrobuilder.com/botanicare-grow-trays.html?opts=eyJhdHRyaWJ1dGUxNDUiOiIxNDYyNCJ9

I can't risk my second floor falling on my head and there's just too many 'accidents' with stoned gardening (for me anyway )

 

[shnkrmn]

I've used concrete mixing tubs. Cheap and sturdy.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Creative-Plastic-Concepts-Large-Mixing-Tub-Black-Repair/1000642569