thank you for that.looks like my 3x3 will only take, 3. HA! I measured my closet, I should be able to fit the other octo in there. love it when it works out.
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3x3 will take 4, tightly packed. You may need to place a peice of plywood down to elevate the octopots off the bottom of the tent so it can clear the poles.
At least thats what I had to do with the smaller tent.
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i get you. I dont have the need to cram them. other space would work like magic anyway. the plan will work…maybe. lol
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I mean you could do 3, and put a rez in there for autofill.
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Well after reading this whole thread in 1 sitting & seeing all your replys @Syn , looks like I have to go check the octapot websight out.
You guys in this thread make it look good " & easy "
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Making my own Octogrid…
Just need to make up the fabric to finish it up.
Because Octopot makes it super easy. Wish this was around when I was growing outdoors.
My number one selling point was the “No runoff to waste”
I was running fabric bags, and I would water the plants until 20% runoff. Then I was putting that leftover water in my veggie garden. It was expensive and wasteful.
There is no runoff with the 
, The plant sucks up what it needs and in 5-8 days, youll feed them again.
I’m saving money on water, nutes, and im saving my sanity of having to water plants for almost 2 hours until it was finished.
With the Octopots, I’m mixing the nutes up in a 15 gal blue barrel, takes about 30 mins, then I just pour it in the res of the Octopots, which takes about 7 mins. In one week I’m spending less than 40 mins feeding the plants, and I get to spend more time tending to the growth instead of watering.
Let’s see how the DIY mesh bag stacks up against the strapped Octobags.
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Octopot 6 gal
Octomicro 1gal
Planning for this fall.
Cobbling begins.
Fixed net pot. Might hot glue a 4inch pot to the base. Along with enlarging the lid hole.
1gal on 1gal.
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Yeah I’m going to try a 1 gal one if these days
Those damn knock off Octopots are probably making a killing off of all of us buying them up.
OCTOPOT HACK!
If you wernt following or havnt read the wealth of info above.
Use this to fill your bag.
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This thread, and that dang @Papalag thread is to blame. I usually run coco dtw in 1 and 2 gals.
I like that fill technique.
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Loving this thread…
I think this is going to be my next project.
This DYI this B!
How about adding a aeroponic bubbler / pump in the reservoir?
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That’s a no go for the octopot, unless it’s run at 5-15 mins per hour.
It also jacks up the ph
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Put it on a timer…PH can be adjusted, if needed.
Right?
I can’t give you a solid answer because I don’t run it and haven’t before.
my question is why?
octopots dont need to have airstones.
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It helps if it’s really really hot and can keep the roots happy
That’s the only time I tried it not needed
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I’ve a small fluming pump in my rezevoir. Runs twice a day for 45min.
I plan to keep the rez outside of the tent and use the existing water lines to top up my octopots.
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No airstones here… plants seem perfectly healthy. My roots are having a party…
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Found these net pots that fit the mini Octo lid with no mod.
Using a 2gal fabric here.
My single 6gal Octopot is feeling neglected. It’s ready for sept.
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cant wait to see how it goes, the biggest fear i have with that unit is the grow medium being soaked.
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For sure experimental.
Should things go wonky, my backup plan is to revert to the usual top feed.
Plan to use 50/50 coco/perlite.
Jacks nutes.
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What can go wrong bro
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