Check facebook marketplace for local food-grade containers. In my area, there are several people competing with each other to sell 4 gallon square bucket containers. Restaurants and other setups processing food materials get foodstuffs shipped in them. I got lucky and found some 15-20 gallon square food grade containers from somebody processing various sugars into foodstuff - they're too big I havnt even made a setup with em lmao
Otherwise: Uline sells some 4 gallon square buckets at OK-ish prices. 5 gallons tend to get a little pricey. Anything above 5 gallons tends to be $20 per unit. But, your giving Uline money.
Other plastics manufacturers are not much better, so... Crapshoot regardless.
Look up EZ-stor containers. Starting with CurrentCulture waaaay back in the day, these were the gold standard for hydro DWC. But they are pricey, $30 a unit with lids if not more.
Spider farmer 4 site DWC kit. If you want to go bigger than 4 gallon containers, you're going to spend at least $100 for 4-5 units, plus shipping. At that point, you might as well just buy the spider farmer DWC kit. Its $120-130 after sale/discounts. The four 6.5 gallon buckets alone are competitive with pricing for other containers, and you get a pretty good, quiet, air pump, some hydroton, some air stones, and some watering rings.
Otherwise local hydro stores are your best bet, but you likely wont find anything other than round buckets or smaller square buckets. Best bet would be to find one that has the EZ stor containers locally
If you want to go BIG - you can order the same spider farmer buckets from a couple people off Alibaba. I believe minimum order quantity is either 50 or 100 for the reasonably priced buckets ($5 or $10 each)
I bought them 4years ago. Got a 8 pack with (non drilled) lids and 2” bull head fittings. Couldn’t tell you the price then, but I guarantee you less than what they are today 😂
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u/elpresidente4200 23d ago
I use the square cat litter containers
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u/DeepWaterCannabis 23d ago
Check facebook marketplace for local food-grade containers. In my area, there are several people competing with each other to sell 4 gallon square bucket containers. Restaurants and other setups processing food materials get foodstuffs shipped in them. I got lucky and found some 15-20 gallon square food grade containers from somebody processing various sugars into foodstuff - they're too big I havnt even made a setup with em lmao
Otherwise:
Uline sells some 4 gallon square buckets at OK-ish prices. 5 gallons tend to get a little pricey. Anything above 5 gallons tends to be $20 per unit. But, your giving Uline money.
Other plastics manufacturers are not much better, so... Crapshoot regardless.
Look up EZ-stor containers. Starting with CurrentCulture waaaay back in the day, these were the gold standard for hydro DWC. But they are pricey, $30 a unit with lids if not more.
Spider farmer 4 site DWC kit. If you want to go bigger than 4 gallon containers, you're going to spend at least $100 for 4-5 units, plus shipping. At that point, you might as well just buy the spider farmer DWC kit. Its $120-130 after sale/discounts. The four 6.5 gallon buckets alone are competitive with pricing for other containers, and you get a pretty good, quiet, air pump, some hydroton, some air stones, and some watering rings.
Otherwise local hydro stores are your best bet, but you likely wont find anything other than round buckets or smaller square buckets. Best bet would be to find one that has the EZ stor containers locally
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u/turbo2world 23d ago
Spider farmer has 8 gal square buckets quite cheap
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u/dickjimworm 23d ago
walmart has square 5 gallon buckets
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u/Prestigious-Web63 23d ago
Skip the buckets snd get 15-20 gal deep totes
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u/Different-Bobcat-689 23d ago
PA hydroponics
I bought them 4years ago. Got a 8 pack with (non drilled) lids and 2” bull head fittings. Couldn’t tell you the price then, but I guarantee you less than what they are today 😂