Grow Mediums Octopot/autopot and coco poor wicking.

[SmokeMoreMeph]

Gotcha. Man, that’s a bummer that happened with your first run with it. All I know is they are really specific about the soil/perlite & coco/perlite ratios, maybe it was off? Also, I see you said you used hydroton, they definitely recommend not using it but idk if they mean JUST hydroton or not at all. Hopefully your next go works out better, I’m super curious about those octopots and how they do. If you do a diary on the next one let me know, I’ll follow along.

Yeah I saw that too about the hydroton that might be it!

 

[SmokeMoreMeph]

Another possibility is that there is too much hydroton in the mix. Did you put any extra hydroton or anything else to increase drainage in the bottom of your pot? IMO, not a good idea if you did, you need a good percentage of coco all the way down.

Yeah I had a pretty heavy amount of hydroton but no not specifically in the bottom. I think you're dead on I should do way more coco less or no hydroton

 

[Olderfart]

Yeah I had a pretty heavy amount of hydroton but no not specifically in the bottom. I think you're dead on I should do way more coco less or no hydroton

For what it's worth, I did roughly 40% perlite in my coco/fabric pot/autopot setup, and the irrigation performance was perfect. OTOH, I know that one of the coco growers on here uses a mix of hydroton and coco to great effect, but I don't know the ratio.

If you want to do coco again, I think it should work perfectly fine with something like 30-40% perlite mixed well throughout the pot.

Good luck with it mate, I hope the coco behaves next time.

 

[Suzy Bee]

Sorry what you tried didn’t work for you. I am using a generic 60/40 coco perlite mix in my Octopot, no hydroton, as recommended in the Octopot instructions. It’s working fine so far for me.