Cheap net pot cover

So after about 10 years of growing in soil I recently decided to try my first hydro grow with a DWC bucket. The first plant I setup I used a lid that had the net pot built into it. I decided that for my growing style it actually made more sense to just cut a hole in the bucket and drop the net pot it. This would let me easily let me move the net pot without having to move the entire lid.

After I got things setup it looked like this.

I really want to eliminate any place where light can leak into the bucket and was thinking of how to cover the clay pebbles. Then I realized I still had the disc from when I cut the hole in the lid.

Quick run with the holesaw gave me this

Then used a knife to cut a slit in one side

Back to the plant and I found the disc to be a perfect fit.

An even more simple way is to not use any media, like hydroton, and use just a collar.

superstoner1 said:

An even more simple way is to not use any media, like hydroton, and use just a collar.

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I wanted a little more support for the plant.

I use only 2" net pots with collars and pending which strain each will be 3-5' tall and yield between 2-4oz each and never worry about support.

superstoner1 said:

I use only 2" net pots with collars and pending which strain each will be 3-5' tall and yield between 2-4oz each and never worry about support.

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I may try that later. This is my first hydro gro and I've already reworked things completely once.