Your 
% on the money bro they have no idea why they took off
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Wow. This thread has blown up this week!
@Jetdro yeah, there’s not much need to re-engineer the original Octopots. They’re pretty brilliant. But my small 2x2 tents are too short to work with the originals.
My reason for starting this experiment was only to find a way to use the same technology, but much lower height so they could fit.
Also, these tiny DIY versions are much cheaper, and probably work about 90% as well as the originals.
If I was growing in a bigger 4x4 tent with a 7 foot ceiling… I’d use the bigger original versions 
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I use 1 6 gal in a 2 x2 tent and it takes over the tent very quickly lol
I want to run 4 of the octo-pups in the small tent
Either for moms or just for more variety
Also I figured I also can fit 4 more in the big tent with the big boy Octopots
Win win
@Slick1 I’m ordering the white ones to match my decor
Edited damn autocorrect
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Well aren’t you fancy!
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White @Papalag might keep Rez slightly cooler ,
Nice : ) clear would be pretty nice too to watch and no level guide needed also
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@ifish don’t forget light reflection
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Win win : )
Algae tho might be a concideration tho , buy one first to trail @Papalag
: ) I think fine tho but just buy one befor fully commiting to a set but for science and the team ,yes
Worse cause senario tape outside with aluminium foil tape ( cheap mod , roll £5 here ) for light and heat Reflection and internal light blocking ( space age look ) @Slick1
Not duck tape but aluminium foil tape every grow room should have a roll
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The original brown ones are just fine
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My guess is, if folks start modding the looks of the Octopups, @Mr.Sparkle is going to have the best looking ones, hands down!
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No octopups or pots here, not saying i dont have some ideas on doing my own thing in similar regards to bottom wicking non powered autowatering, i just have to play with a few things first.
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No consensus on that question really, but I do have some interesting results to report on my “experiment.”
To recap, I transplanted three Orange Grove seed-sisters and one OG x GG4 into 3 gal bags sitting on micro octos. The soil for each was a mix of Promix and Perlite. I varied Promix & Perlite ratios in each pot and recorded how long it took for them to extend their first root beyond the net pot.
That was nine days ago and, happily, all four plants have found the Octo rez and they are all blasting off as only octo plants do.
The surprising (at least to me) outcome was a clear progression of timing in when the plants first put roots into the reservoir that seems correlated to the amount of perlite in the soil mix: the less perlite, the quicker the roots hit the rez.
Here are the plants on 1 September. You can easily see the decreasing percentage of perlite in the mixes.
Clockwise from the lower left, %Perlite - %Promix
1 - 60% - 40%
2 - 50% - 50%
3 - 40% - 60%
4 - 25% - 75%
Here are the same plants on 10 September. On this day the last of them finally poked a first root through the net cup.
So here’s the layout again with the “First Roots” noted
Clockwise from the lower left, %Perlite - %Promix
1 - 60% - 40% September 10
2 - 50% - 50% September 9
3 - 40% - 60% September 4
4 - 25% - 75% September 2
Make of it what you will OctoPoddlers, that’s a pretty clear correlation: Less may be More when it comes to perlite in your Octo soil mix… at least when it comes to how fast they hit the rez.
Does it matter? Dunno, but here’s a comparison of the root systems of plant 1, (60% perlite),
…and plant 4, (25% perlite) as of this afternoon.
Paz y amor amigos,
-Grouchy 
–Addendum–
In checking my logbook I realized that the four seedlings in the pictures were actually transplanted into Octopuppies on 28 August, so the first one to hit the reservoir on Sept 2, five days later. The last one put its first root in the rez 10 days after transplant.
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Great work @GrouchyOldMan : )
Love it
I use canna terra professional PLUS When I can afford it
Zero perlite and lots of fluffy white peat no cheap haard black peat ( why it’s more expensive )
Perlite to me just takes up root space in pot and I have waatering down to a tee so perlite not needed
Octos might do well with terra plus too maybe ?
If you do
Decide to try make sure it’s plus type and not just plain professional type
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This isn’t super surprising when you think about it the perlite is able to wick water much better, so the roots don’t have to work to stretch as fast to reach the res. With less perlite in the mix there is less overall wicking, and the roots have to search for water and in turn find the res faster
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I see it as roots where able to move easily thu the pot with less perlite : ) but you could be right too : )
Also if you have 5 gaallon pot and you use 50% perlite , root space in pot is now 2.5 gaallon
If there is no perlite then you have true 5 gallon root space kind of which equals bigger root mass
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Definitely a combination of things, but I think the main reason for the slower root development is that the water is more available due to the wicking. This makes it easier for the plant to access water and in turn, causes it to slow root development. The plants that have to search for water develop strong healthy root systems and by the time they hit the res they explode. This goes in line with not filling the rez from the start early in veg/ starting with less water so the roots can really search and establish a strong system.
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You are correct
That’s the reason you don’t fill the reservoir (only fill 1/3 the way ) to make the roots search for the water
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Someone gets it!!!
80/20 or 75/25 is where you want to be. I do 75/25 in my Octo’s. Pack tightness makes a big diff too.
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What do you recommend as far as packing. I use Promix HP which I think is 70/30 but I could be wrong. I could switch to the Promix BX which has less perlite. I thought Chris recommended 60/40. Again I could be wrong. Lol
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Haha sorry guys , I shouldn’t comment especially since I don’t even have or use octos …… oops
Out of all the peeps here on og yous show great charator etc always a great friendly happy read , love your vibes and helpfulness towards each other
Love it , what I’m drawen too , true og
: )
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I use the bx it’s much cheaper then the hp
I make mine 75/ 25 ish
I do believe Chris does recommend to add 40 % perlite but over time I settled at the 25 mark works well
I’ve tried the bx without adding perlite and tried with 40 % roots find the rez better with only adding 25 % ish
Paps
And good morning to OG
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