This will be a diary of testing my DIY micro octopot setup.
My tiny grow tents just don’t have enough height to use full size octopots, but I came across this cheap auto watering basin that looked like it could be used exactly to make a mini system just like the original.
Unsure if it will work, but let’s find out!
The details:
- 2x2 tent
- Spider Farmer SF-1000 LED light
- lights set to 18/6
- 1/2 gallon fabric pot, modified to hold a 3” net pot in the bottom.
- potting-soil/coco/perlite mix.
- mephisto mango smile autoflower
- auto watering base, holds just over 1 gallon of water https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8YFW48/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_RB93CK163MAN022JQ2YS
Step 1:
Cut round hole in center of fabric pot, so that the 3” net pot fits snugly and the flange prevents it from falling through.
Step 2:
Fill net pot only with hydroton/clay pellets
Step 3:
Fill fabric pot with soil/coco mix and soak thoroughly with pH 6.5 water
Step 4:
Place seedling in pot
Step 5:
Profit!