Originally Posted by n8-r

How many gallons of water do your saucers hold for your 10-24 gal pots? I can't imaging them holding more than 2-3 gal or so, and it's pretty easy to make a self watering wicking tub from half a 55 gal plastic barrel cut in half with more than a 5 gal reservoir .Its just as easy to pour water down a tube as it is to pour it in a saucer, so there's really not much difference between a saucer or internal water reservoir besides water capacity, and a saucer will waste alot more water due to all the exposed surface area to air compared to a sealed water reservoir. Also, the water reservoir tube hole can be plugged with a piece of foam so Mosquitoes can't get in to lay eggs, and a saucer is a constant open water source for Mosquitoes unless you let it completely dry out every few days.