How do you get water to your tent?

Im getting ready for my 2nd grow and I have been trying to figure out the best way to water everything. At the moment I have a 1 gallon jug I fill as needed, but this is for only 3 plants and walking back and forth to the kitchen 3 times isnt so bad, I am on the 3rd floor apartment and dont have access to an outside hose.

However for my next grow I may have up to 8 plant going and want to make it a little more convenient.
The only idea I am toying with at the moment is just filling a 5 gallon bucket in the bathtub and letting it sit overnight, maybe rig up a pump and hose coming from it. I dont really have the room for it nor do i want to have a bucket of water sitting around but gotta do what you gotta do I guess.

I am mostly just curious to see what everyone else does.

I have 6 10l jugs beside my room that I use as needed and when one is empty I refill it I usually dump two into a 5 gallon pail to mix in nutes then use it all on 7 plants that are in 5 gallon pails as well. But I hate doing it this way it takes forever lol. I would like to rig up a hose to each plant and then be able to water them all like your thinking lol. My other problem is I over filled my space and can barely get to the back plants now that I have a scrog screen. I have to crawl under.

Boomy said:

I have 6 10l jugs beside my room that I use as needed and when one is empty I refill it I usually dump two into a 5 gallon pail to mix in nutes then use it all on 7 plants that are in 5 gallon pails as well. But I hate doing it this way it takes forever lol. I would like to rig up a hose to each plant and then be able to water them all like your thinking lol. My other problem is I over filled my space and can barely get to the back plants now that I have a scrog screen. I have to crawl under.

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That was kinda of the main reason I dont want to try SCROG yet, Im so used to being able to move them around. I guess the main thing was I read everywhere to let it sit out overnight so the chlorine can evaporate, but I dont think I care about that anymore at this point, to many little details. I have a cat and dont want her getting in to it. I guess I do have a spot in the closet to keep a few extra jugs.

Yeah my next grow is going to be in a tent with doors on every side lol. I built a 5x5 room but it only has one door. And it's crowded with 7 plants now. I leave the jugs with lids on loose enough to allow evaporation but I just read somewhere that it's a myth that chlorine evaporates anymore. I read it was true back in the old days when they used a different chemical type but now what they use doesn't evaporate. Can't remember the details but it was RM3 who was saying it I believe. Anyways I don't think it's gonna kill ya to use tap water anyways lol

Boomy said:

Yeah my next grow is going to be in a tent with doors on every side lol. I built a 5x5 room but it only has one door. And it's crowded with 7 plants now. I leave the jugs with lids on loose enough to allow evaporation but I just read somewhere that it's a myth that chlorine evaporates anymore. I read it was true back in the old days when they used a different chemical type but now what they use doesn't evaporate. Can't remember the details but it was RM3 who was saying it I believe. Anyways I don't think it's gonna kill ya to use tap water anyways lol

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Chloramine

I use a 32 gallon brute trash can with a garden hose attached to it. The only annoying thing is I have to check pH every day because it drifts up significantly in one day. If you have occasional inspections that might be hard to make an excuse for lol.

Boomy said:

Yeah my next grow is going to be in a tent with doors on every side lol. I built a 5x5 room but it only has one door. And it's crowded with 7 plants now. I leave the jugs with lids on loose enough to allow evaporation but I just read somewhere that it's a myth that chlorine evaporates anymore. I read it was true back in the old days when they used a different chemical type but now what they use doesn't evaporate. Can't remember the details but it was RM3 who was saying it I believe. Anyways I don't think it's gonna kill ya to use tap water anyways lol

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Chlorine is a micro nutrient plants use believe it or not.

The old fashioned way...5 gal buckets.

When i have to water i have to mix up 12 or 13 gals...which i do in 3 x 5 gal buckets...

But ive gone hi-tech now. I pour those buckets into water tower i made. Its just a 5 gal bucket built into a rolling cage thing and it sits about 3 feet up. Got a hose built in so i can reach way back...

bdunzer said:

I am mostly just curious to see what everyone else does.

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As someone already mentioned, I also use brute trash bins from home depot. One for the veg room (35gal)and one for the flower (45gal).