Large Garland Trays - Tough Plastic Trays for Flood Tables and Spill Control
Best for: growers who need a large, durable base tray to sit pots on, catch spills, or build a simple flood and drain table.
Our thoughts
Not a glamorous product, but a genuinely useful one. A big flat tray under your pots saves your tent floor from water damage and gives you somewhere to stand plants that you can drill and plumb if you want to go the flood table route. Tough enough to take the knocks a grow room throws at it.
Garland Trays are large, tough plastic trays with plenty of uses around a grow room: standing pots on to catch drips and run-off, building a basic flood and drain table, or just protecting the floor underneath your setup. They're available in two sizes, a 1 metre square tray and a larger 1.2 metre square tray, both made from durable plastic that can be drilled if you want to fit bulkhead fittings or drainage for a flood table build.
Because they're a simple, solid tray rather than a moulded system with built-in plumbing, you get flexibility to use them however suits your setup, whether that's a straightforward drip tray under multiple pots or the base of a DIY flood table.
How it compares
There's a range of ways to catch water and stage pots in a grow room, from simple trays to integrated systems.
- Integrated systems like Autopot trays come with lids and irrigation fittings built in, which is more convenient but locks you into that system's layout.
- Standard flood tables from other suppliers cover similar ground but are often sold specifically for ebb-and-flow hydroponics rather than general-purpose use.
- A cut-to-size DIY liner or tarpaulin is cheaper but won't hold its shape or take drilled fittings the way a moulded plastic tray will.
For a flexible, drillable tray that can be a spill catcher today and a flood table base tomorrow, this is a straightforward option.
Usage guidance
These trays are simple to use but a little planning helps if you're building a flood table.
As a drip tray
Stand pots directly on the tray to catch run-off and protect the floor underneath, no assembly required.
Building a flood table
Drill the tray for a bulkhead fitting and drain, then plumb in a pump and timer to run a basic flood and drain cycle.
Sizing your space
Choose the 1 metre tray for smaller tents or the 1.2 metre tray for larger footprints or more pots side by side.
Technical specifications
- Size options: 1 metre square, 1.2 metre square
- Material: Tough, durable plastic
- Drillable: Yes, for bulkhead/drainage fittings
- Use cases: Drip tray, flood table base, floor protection
Who this is for
- Growers wanting to protect their tent or room floor from spills and run-off
- DIY-minded growers building their own flood and drain table
- Anyone standing multiple pots together who needs one large catch tray rather than several small ones
- Growers scaling up to a 1m or 1.2m footprint
Our take
Simple kit that solves a real problem: keeping water off your floor and giving you a solid base to build on if you want to go further with a flood table. The two sizes cover most tent footprints without overcomplicating things.
Does exactly what it should, day in, day out, a sensible pickup for anyone setting up pots on a grow room floor.
