New grower here. My husband is not. But I am. Am reaching out with some advice so far I have most everything we just have to set up indoor plants soil

pamlyn87

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New grower here. My husband is not. But I am. Am reaching out with some advice so far I have most everything we just have to set up indoor plants soil my question is what can I use to catch my water underneath my plants don't want my Floor to get wet any suggestions
 

PadawanWarrior

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Welcome. So are you trying to show him up, lol? Cause if so you came to the right place.

You just need some saucers for now.
 
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PadawanWarrior

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Also remember to get something to raise the pot(s) up out of the tray...can cause problems if plants can't get proper air flow.
These look kinda cool, but I haven't tried them.
 

ilovereggae

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Get a few of these. They are cheaper than saucers, and the built in grooves give runoff and airflow so u don't need to elevate the pots. Can find them pretty much anywhere but I like this brand a lot bc the grooves are irregular and the quality of the plastic is better. Most of the ones u find are just straight line grooves and cheaper plastic.

Lots of uses for them. I can fit like a dozen solo cups, or four 1gal, or two 2gal etc.

 
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PissingNutes

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Probably more than want to do but an Ice-Fishing that has a hard plastic clam-shell floor catches all the water.
I have mine up on sawhorse stands with custom humidifier floor intakes and filtered exhaust lined with mylar; better than grow tents.
The height is limited so I train/scrog my grows and get lots.
 

spek9

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Tupperware in a pinch....lol
Anything bigger than pot that will hold water, usually plastic.
I use what I have available. My wife saves me random lids and stuff (my apologies for picture quality):

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When I had to move because of forest fire, all of my cabins each had a dish drain board, so I've tossed them into rotation too (you can purchase these for a couple dollars at any dollar store):

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I clean whatever I'm using after each harvest. I only water until I get very slight runoff, so there's never any stagnant water laying in the bottom of the pot. What does run off, is slurped back into the medium within a few minutes.
 
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