This will put excess water into the plants' bucket, BUT with the drainage holes, it will run out. You should pour the water in only until it reaches the top of the bucket, then stop until the level goes down enough to add some more water.
Rinse and repeat.
Just kidding. Keep topping off the plants until you have run about 8.5 gallons through each bucket. The last 1/2 gallon should be nutrient feeding at the level you are currently using. You should then allow them to drain until water stops dripping out the drain holes in the bottom.
This action will make the plants temporarily look "wilty", but they will recover very rapidly. The drain holes prevents water from standing in the bucket.
This approximates a heavy rain storm as far as the plants are concerned. In the great outdoors, rain will wash accumulated salts from the root system and wash them down into the soil, away from the plants. Rain water also contains dissolved oxygen and nitrogen which the plants greedily suck-up.
They will only drown if the water has nowhere to go.
Hope this helps.
GROW GOOD!!
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