Drainage Solutions for Coco DTW Setups?

ec121 · 2025-07-10T11:25:47-0600

GrindMind said:
The only thing that held me back was the amount of surface contact between the fabric pots and the tray.

I use standard 1g nursery pots that cost like a buck each. The bottom is elevated so that the drainage holes drip freely without pooling up. How many plants are you wanting your table to hold?

Laughing Grass · 2025-07-10T11:54:46-0600

elevated tray with a condensate pump.

GrindMind · 2025-07-10T12:11:56-0600

medidedicated said:
Most drains in homes dont go to land but back to municipal city water. The bonds from these salt ferts are too strong to break once in the water. I go through the pain of dumping outside. My veg rez is 25 gal with a 1150gph vivosun pump that pumps up to the ground floor outside.

Most importantly dont be stupid clown like me and dump water next to home foundation. Move it six feet away with extra tubing. Must say it to help prevent catastrophic home damage to people out there that may not realize it.

My fam saw me and corrected me but already did it for a while.

Anyway people recommend getting flood trays from the store anyway because they can break in shipping. Theyre frail. Id make sure that tray you posted isnt brittle. These flood trays are made for what we are doing.

The pattern in bottom can be a pain to set plants on with ridid plastic bottoms. The hvac tray, is that the bottom? It looks awfly thin and might have petterns that obstruct plant placement.

Idk If Il be honest the way youre heading seems make shift vs what people commonly do. To make the same thing but with more work. I started out doing that but then just started making more normal setups very simplistic.

I guess theres nothing wrong with that but sometimes there are times to be innovative. When other times just buying things already made for your purpose might suit better idk.

Ive never seen anyway have issues with drainage from contact surface. Maybe youre frequency needs dialing in and more runoff per feed?

My drain runs to a sump in the basement and gets pumped out to the backyard. The problem with getting flood trays is that my closest hydro store is about an hour away and on top of that, they're currently out of stock. Bummer. No matter what tray I get, the pots would go on risers anyway. The only reason I'd be going makeshift is because what I'm looking for in't available for me to purchase right now. Trust me, I'd much rather just buy everything prefabbed.

GrindMind · 2025-07-10T12:15:24-0600

ec121 said:
I use standard 1g nursery pots that cost like a buck each. The bottom is elevated so that the drainage holes drip freely without pooling up. How many plants are you wanting your table to hold?

I'm kind of on the fence right now. I'm currently growing 4 per 4x4 grow tent, but I've recently been contemplating 1 monster plant per 4x4.

GrindMind · 2025-07-10T12:17:43-0600

Laughing Grass said:
elevated tray with a condensate pump.

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THIS!! This is the exact setup I'm looking for. This would be my ideal setup. Thank you for posting pics

FmSwayze · 2025-07-10T14:03:12-0600

Laughing Grass said:
elevated tray with a condensate pump.

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The paperclip for the hose! Genius!

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