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| So back to the design. I drilled a small hole in the side of the tub, and inserted a small tap with a threaded end which I closed off with washers and bolts to make it water tight. The tap can be closed off however it's best to leave it on, letting worm tea drain into a bucket below. It's good to use the tea when it's fresh, so seeing it in the bucket reminds you to put it on the plants. Just a useful tool for not forgetting! | So back to the design. I drilled a small hole in the side of the tub, and inserted a small tap with a threaded end which I closed off with washers and bolts to make it water tight. The tap can be closed off however it's best to leave it on, letting worm tea drain into a bucket below. It's good to use the tea when it's fresh, so seeing it in the bucket reminds you to put it on the plants. Just a useful tool for not forgetting! | ||
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| A slight design flaw is that the bolts I used were very wide. I would have liked to drill the hole at the base of the tub, allowing the liquid to drain out the bottom, however the wide bolts created too much height, which would have meant liquid would be sitting in the bottom of the tub. So I went with a side drainage option, which will still mean that some liquid will get stuck in the bottom but it just takes a small tilt of the tub to drain it out. | A slight design flaw is that the bolts I used were very wide. I would have liked to drill the hole at the base of the tub, allowing the liquid to drain out the bottom, however the wide bolts created too much height, which would have meant liquid would be sitting in the bottom of the tub. So I went with a side drainage option, which will still mean that some liquid will get stuck in the bottom but it just takes a small tilt of the tub to drain it out. | ||
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