Regards to all
Need little advice.
Here are the unfertilized substrates that I can get.
Which would be more suitable for octopot?
Wow I like this
Iâve heard a lot about white peat ! I canât fined it in the states
I would try the course type or medium course
Paps
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How does one control spring tails in the octopot reservoir? 
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I had them last year
I couldnât get rid of them till I harvested and cleaned out with bleach
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Are springtails common in indoor runs?
In 18 years itâs the first time I ever had them
I had to look them up myself
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Lol wow! Any idea where they came from?! (So I can take notes⌠
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well⌠I gotta say I have systems all over the place, and they get springtails as fast as I pour the water in. They are harmless, and mildly beneficial as they feed on old dead material, or so Iâm told.
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Good info! Thank you!
Look, Springtail pics and moreâŚ
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Hello OG Octosquad;
Iâm looking for some info to make my next move. Joining the octosquad.
My tents are 2x4, theyâre short as theyâre in my cellar from another century. Have a 5â and a 6â, both 2x4. I can combat height comfortably. I fear the 6 gallon res will limit me to 2 plants per tent, and Iâm hoping if I do the 3 gal reservoirs with an autofill/manually fill more frequently I can produce essentially the same results per plant/per square foot as if I had the biggins with less veg time?
Thanks!
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Greetings @SargentPiff,
Youâll find lots of Octo Info here. For your setup you might consider these smaller octopups:
Welcome and good fortune,
-Grouchy
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Welcome aboard
Octopots for the win
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Iâm using these micro pots
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07L8YFW48?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Unfortunately they have been sold out since Dec.
Also using these. Smaller but I would prefer the above version due to larger res and stability of the lid.
Trade off is they are dirt cheap and available.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BGPCTHSB?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
You have a wealth of octo info and experts here. Good luck! 
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Welcome!
With how my first run in octos panned out for me, I still donât know how I managed to do 2 plants in my 28x55" tent in 6 gal resâ. They can go into beast mode fairly quickly! I had a jungle in there before I knew it and had to start supercropping. (Many rookie mistakes were made too! HaâŚ)
Only doing 1 plant on my current run since I got enough personal stash from the last run to be covered for⌠ah⌠probably a year.
With only 1 plant, I have room for a heater and humidifier now. Wonât need those during summer since itâs easier for me to control the lung room during the warmer months. So may try for a 2 plant run again once spring/summer comes around.
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Itâs very doable in a 60 in hight tent but you will need to learn canopy management like lst , super cropping, scrog net are a most
Its fun to watch the tent go boom 
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I think you can easily achieve same result in a 3 gal as you can with a 6. You will just have to fill the res more. Iâm pretty sure the grow sleeve the same size on both models
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Either way in the Octopots w weather itâs a 3 or a 6 gallon itâs going to fill up quickly
You just need to be observant watching there growth!
Done right 2 Octopots with the right genetics could yield 9 oz each Iâve done it many times
Best wishes on your Octopot journey
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Just remember that only the rez is different between 3 & 6 gal octopots. The fabric sleeves/pots are the same size for both at about 6gal. So youâre looking at potentially very large plants with expansive canopiesâespecially if you tend to over-veg like I do. Hell, my current grow I flipped on exactly the day I planned (8 weeks from seed sprout to guarantee sexual maturity) and it was still maybe too longâeven in 2 gal containers using a combination of micro octopots and ac infinity watering bases.
For reference, hereâs my 5x5 tent at flower day 29 with 4 amazon micro âoctopotsâ and 4 ac infinity watering bases. Even though I could have fit about the same number of 3gal octopots, I wouldnât have wanted to. With 6gal octopots, I would have done max 4 plants with very much the same canopy coverage.
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