Magic Watering can....ideas?

First indoor grow.

I’ll be starting a grow tent 4x4 under led in a spare bedroom and I can foresee watering could be a pain in the arse.

I’m want to keep it basic and low tech so I will be hand watering. I’m not sure of container sizes and numbers/spacing. Haven’t decided that but we will be doing auto flower.

Since I’m in the house proper I’ve got to keep it clean. Carrying jugs of rainwater in and out of the house.

My question to similar growers is how do you accomplish this? What type of watering container do you use? What frequency did your grow require? I’ll have good access with two doors.

Suggestions for pot sizes and compatibile saucers would be greatly appreciated especially if I can source at the local hardware chain.


Thanks for any suggestions/comments offered.

I made a modular funnel.


Pros:
No more stooping to water pots.
No glue required.
Easy to accessorize to any size of pot or position.
All accessories are quick changeable.

Cons:
Manual use only

Handy item for moving liquids/watering.
Hose easy to extend with a piece if pvc tube.

The image below is a fancier model with handle. Cost more than the basic unit.

Where I get my water from in above where my water goes, so I use a hose and syphon it to where I want it.

In other situations I've also unscrewed the bit on the end of my fauset and used some adaptors to directly connect a hose to it and watered like that.

And I've also used water pumps in large buckets connected to a hose.

I never water "by hand" out of buckets except in my veg area, an even then it's generally with the method mentioned above. Its only by hand when they need so little it's easier to carry down a gallon an give it to the one plant that needs it

The real problem is getting rid of run off. Many try to avoid run off and end up with sick plants due to salt buildups. So make a good system to collect and drain runoff or just use a shop vac.

Renfro said:

The real problem is getting rid of run off. Many try to avoid run off and end up with sick plants due to salt buildups. So make a good system to collect and drain runoff or just use a shop vac.

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A shopvac is standard room equipment imo. Helps in many ways

growingforfun said:

A shopvac is standard room equipment imo. Helps in many ways

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Yeah I even use mine a couple times a year. lol

@Whistlepig , If you want clean, easy and low maintenance you should consider Hydroponics like deep water culture. There's no run-off, no soil or mess, just a bucket of water you keep level and maintain the PH / nutrients.

Renfro said:

Yeah I even use mine a couple times a year. lol

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Ya I mostly use mine for cleanup. In the past i would always use it to remove runoff but i believe that getting rid of runoff is more important with some nutrients than others.

When i used organics it was very important. And when i used imbalanced nutrients it was fairly important.
Now that i use a balanced 20-20-20 it doesnt seem to matter at all.

I like the bucket in a bucket setup for dealing with runoff. No open water to breed fungus gnats in, everything plumbed to a floor drain. Water em heavy and walk away.