Solo cup drainage

[moruga welder]

I heat up an old small Phillips/Star screwdriver over the hotplate and use that to burn the holes in my solo cups. Four holes at the lowest point of the cup, and one on the side at the lowest point, just in case the ones at the base clog up. 
 
 
SR.

 
exactly what i do !    

 

[rkempston]

If you have a window near your kitchen sink i used to keep all my seedlings on a dish drainer tray and let the drain water go into my sink

 

[bpiela]

Should you put holes in trays too? or do you just drain the water in the bottom

 
No holes in the trays.  That way you can water from the bottom.  Pour your water + nutes in the tray and the plants will pull what they need up through the holes you drilled or melted or shot in the cups.

 

[FullersFire]

 
No holes in the trays.  That way you can water from the bottom.  Pour your water + nutes in the tray and the plants will pull what they need up through the holes you drilled or melted or shot in the cups.

so you don't use spray bottles to water your plants? just pour water into the tray?

 

[CAPCOM]

 
No holes in the trays.  That way you can water from the bottom.  Pour your water + nutes in the tray and the plants will pull what they need up through the holes you drilled or melted or shot in the cups.

Or shot?
If anyone thinks I was serious, Just make sure of what is behind your target!

 

[santis00]

so you don't use spray bottles to water your plants? just pour water into the tray?

 
Correct, let the medium soak up the water. Plus this makes it easier to water then constantly pouring water, waiting for it to soak in, and then pouring more in. 

BUT make sure you take out the excess water from the trays after the plants have soaked it up.

 

[blue6demon]

I personally double the cups, first one has a hole, the other not. So when i water them i pour water in the second one and the plant sucks it up so to speak. Works great, just don't put water everyday, let them dry!

 

[CAPCOM]

I personally double the cups, first one has a hole, the other not. So when i water them i pour water in the second one and the plant sucks it up so to speak. Works great, just don't put water everyday, let them dry!

And that works really good. But last year it would have gotten really old changing out 350 cups.

 

[blue6demon]

Yeah... we're not on the same level  I have like 72 plants !!!

 

[FullersFire]

Yeah... we're not on the same level  I have like 72 plants !!!

is that way easier when you have less plants?

 

[blue6demon]

I think it is, but then again this will be my fifth growing year, i don't have the experience a lot of these guys have!

 

[SvtCobra]

  I used a metal skewer and melted many holes for drainage and air to pass through. Any roots that come through will be air pruned.