Tray with drain?

10 years ago

Hey All,

Anyone have a drip tray with a spigot or snap drain of any sort? I have some pebble trays that often get a bit too full of water and sometimes some mold starts to grow in them. To avoid this, I bring my smaller plants to the sink for watering, so the water can run through. For my larger plants, I can't carry them to the sink every time, so I was searching for some drip trays with a drain of some sort. I was hoping to find something that would allow me to water and catch the run-off in the bucket below the drain.

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theterrestrialman

10 years ago

Check out oil drain pans as they have a spigot.

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Jon
Original Author
10 years ago
Thats a good idea - I looked at some, but struggled to find one my wife wouldn't mind in our home. They really oughta make regular pebble trays with a snap drain or something!
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theterrestrialman
10 years ago
From what I have seen your only other option is to make one yourself using pvc glue and a plastic faucet from a drain hole that you would have to cut.

Check with your local Lowes or Home Depot or OSH.
Jon
Original Author
10 years ago
Yep - I was thinking I might have to get creative. My guess it my creative solution wouldn't be pretty enough, in my wife's eyes, for our apartment. I found Easy Drain Humidity Trays online, but they are too big for my display tables or window sills. I found some other threads in which people used a pump siphon (they are a few bucks at Home Depot, with a red pump on the top). I went to home depot and its just way too big to use on small / medium sized pebble/humidity tray. I might switch back to terra cotta saucers for all my plants rather than using pebble trays for some.
hemlock140 Zone 8B
10 years ago
A humidity tray needs to have water in it, and mold/algae is going to be a problem, it just has to be cleaned regularly. If it's just a drip tray, look for a shutoff made for drip irrigation tubing, drill a hole and use silicone to attach to the tray. They are only a couple of dollars.
Jon
Original Author
10 years ago
Good idea. My brother in law is pretty handy and was asking me a similar question about his indoor planter: it has no drainage. I think he and I could attache one of those spigots to the bottom of his planter and just let it drain into a bucket after watering.

Those spigots would be too big for my humidity trays. They just collect too much water and get a bit funky. I clean them regularly with soap water as well as hydrogen peroxide. I'm in the process of switching over to terra cotta saucers, which hold some water and slowly allow it to evaporate (so maybe it will increase humidity?), but don't have the same issue with mold/algae.
hemlock140 Zone 8B
10 years ago
They are also made for the 1/4" drip tubing, the only problem is that they can clog easily. It might be easier to just use a simple mist/spray bottle to mist them twice a day.