5 gallon pails?

[therealstuff]

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[ocitown]

I just use black plastic 5 gal pales and drill four 1" holes at the bottom and then square the lower two angles for better draining,there VERY strong and will last a lifetime too.

[Ill420]

look for a hydro shop thats close to you it'll help you with a lot of other stuff to help your grow too. pots should cost like $1 a piece. if you cant do that follow the bag advice

[doob3r]

Originally Posted by ocitown

I just use black plastic 5 gal pales and drill four 1" holes at the bottom and then square the lower two angles for better draining,there VERY strong and will last a lifetime too.

man i cant find black buckets anywhere, where do you get them?

[Underpantsman]

Go to a donut shop and ask them to save you a couple. They usually get all their fillings in 5 gallon buckets.

Cost : Free

Not black though, I was answering the OP. You could spray paint them?

[Weedman90.OG 01]

For 5gal buckets get the paint buckets you see at home depot and drill holes around the bottom. For a cheaper solution go get some 1$ black 5gal growbags.

[doob3r]

yeah i could sray pant them, but blak buckets are usualy used for road tar and are MUCH tougher than the regular white ones, i have a few blackones somewhere but ther full of rusty nails, i love my grow bags too but they often feel like their gonna rip

[Weedman90.OG 01]

bury them a bit in the ground.

[doob3r]

i bury the grow bags in the ground and plant wth a bottom-les pot on top so ts really 8 gallons of space

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by doob3r

man i cant find black buckets anywhere, where do you get them?

US Plastics has them for a pretty penny or www.discount-hydro.com has them for even cheaper too.

[doob3r]

Originally Posted by ocitown

US Plastics has them for a pretty penny or www.discount-hydro.com has them for even cheaper too.

right on ocitown thanks man, will probably do another dwc run with them

[nugglord_420]

Speaking of 5 gallon pails, does anybody have advice on transplanting from a 5 gallon pail? I'm assuming the root ball would be massive - but I might need to later on in the season.

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by nugglord_420

Speaking of 5 gallon pails, does anybody have advice on transplanting from a 5 gallon pail? I'm assuming the root ball would be massive - but I might need to later on in the season.

I have heard other methods but 5 gal of root ball with a big plant and wet soil can be a handful,if the roots are semi full(at least to the bottom holding the soil together)i do it when its dry and TX an intact 5 gal. looking root ball into pre soaked soil in the new bigger place then water well with PHed water.

If you dont want as much hight you can cut off the bottom 1/3rd of the root ball and replace that with fresh soil for the new roots which will slow the plants growth.