Help with indoor no till

So I am going to reammend my ffof with the coots kit from buildasoil and a couple different compost. This will be my 2nd indoor grow. Did this previous round in 3 gallon fabric pots. Saw a cool idea, where somebody made a garden bed out of a storage tote. They drill holes in the bottom for drainage and set it in an identical tote, on something to raise it and collect runoff. The totes I have are 40inches by 21. I'm growing under 1 hlg260 watt kit. I wanted to plant 4 to 6 ladies in the tote but my buddy said that's a bad idea. Looking for some insight. Is it dumb to want to try the storage tote garden bed? Should I just continue with my 3 gallon fabric pots?

Are going to the soil directly inside the tote? Whatever u do plant cover crop.

FamMan said:

Are going to the soil directly inside the tote? Whatever u do plant cover crop.

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I planned on it. My two options are to 1) top dress my 11 3 gal fabric pots with coots kit and compost, then plant cover crop in each. Or 2) mix my ffof that's currently in fabric pots with coots mix and compost in the 40gal storage tote. My buddy is saying that my ladies would be too cramped in that tote if I had 6 or so in there. Just thought it would be cool to have 1 no till garden bed instead of a bunch of 3 gallon pots.

Yellowboatyellowboat said:

I planned on it. My two options are to 1) top dress my 11 3 gal fabric pots with coots kit and compost, then plant cover crop in each. Or 2) mix my ffof that's currently in fabric pots with coots mix and compost in the 40gal storage tote. My buddy is saying that my ladies would be too cramped in that tote if I had 6 or so in there. Just thought it would be cool to have 1 no till garden bed instead of a bunch of 3 gallon pots.

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You really should have at least 15 gal pots for no-till. Fabric is also preferable, but I'm using plastic since fabric dries out so fast here. If you use a tote make sure you put lots of drainage holes in it.

PadawanWarrior said:

You really should have at least 15 gal pots for no-till. Fabric is also preferable, but I'm using plastic since fabric dries out so fast here. If you use a tote make sure you put lots of drainage holes in it.

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Thanks for the help yet again haha. Appreciate it. Yeah I'd put a crap ton of drainage holes in the bottom. I just want to run a lot of variety and don't know if it be able to fit the amount of plants I want in the tote.

Yellowboatyellowboat said:

Thanks for the help yet again haha. Appreciate it. Yeah I'd put a crap ton of drainage holes in the bottom. I just want to run a lot of variety and don't know if it be able to fit the amount of plants I want in the tote.

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6 is a bit much unless they were tiny. I personally prefer individual pots for each plant.

Yellowboatyellowboat said:

I planned on it. My two options are to 1) top dress my 11 3 gal fabric pots with coots kit and compost, then plant cover crop in each. Or 2) mix my ffof that's currently in fabric pots with coots mix and compost in the 40gal storage tote. My buddy is saying that my ladies would be too cramped in that tote if I had 6 or so in there. Just thought it would be cool to have 1 no till garden bed instead of a bunch of 3 gallon pots.

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I like the idea of sticking with the 3 gals instead of the tote. I agree that in notil your pots should be larger but I don't believe it's a deal breaker. I follow a breeder on IG called Deadpanhead and he use 3 gals and crushes it. I think he uses a few more teas per cycle to supplement. Also a company called Sustainable Village(i think it's Blumats company) sells really dope fabric pots. Lots of different sizes and u can add Blumats to make a package. Not that expensive either. If u want a bed I think that would be a much better idea than the tote. My concern with the tote is drainage and over watering/soil that stays soaked. Also if I may ask, where did you source the compost that you will be using? Whatever you choose, def sounds like you are on the right track. Peace

Sweet. Thanks man. 3 different compost. Malibu compost and pinto compost build. And local vermicompost from a worm farm out here. I thought the storage tote would be cool. Was gonna drill a bunxh of holes in the bottom on the tote and set it in an identical tote with some blocks inside to catch the runoff. May try it some other time. I think I may just mix this coots mix in to 4 10 gallon pots and start the ladies in 1 gal pots and then transplant later.