Seeds in Organic Coco bed possible?

[SOG420]

Hey guys,
Im trying to dial in my setup and I had a few questions.

Current Setup:
Strain: bagseed (1 in veg and some seedlings)
Area: 18" tall by 12" deep by 30" wide
Medium: an organic blend of coco, humus soil, hydroton and some beneficial micro organisms from biotone seed starter plus
Lighting: 85 watts cfl 6500k
Ventilation: small box fan
Nutes: tablespoon/gallon of molasses and 1 cup alfalfa meal/gallon mixed with aquarium water with nitrates of said water being @ 30 ppm.
PH:6 in 7.5-8 runoff
Temps: 75-82 F
1. In the readers opinion would I be better off in individual pots or bed style for a super small setup <5 plants starting from seed?
2. What organic sources of nitrogen would be a useful addition to tea mixtures?
3.Im leaning towards a bed style grow because of potential horizontal root growth benefits but hesitate as this is a new way to me and I was wondering if pulling a male from a bed would desturb the ladies in same bed?
Thank you for your time.

SOG420 Reviewed by SOG420 on 04-24-2013. Seeds in Organic Coco bed possible? Hey guys, Im trying to dial in my setup and I had a few questions. Current Setup: Strain: bagseed (1 in veg and some seedlings) Area: 18" tall by 12" deep by 30" wide Medium: an organic blend of coco, humus soil, hydroton and some beneficial micro organisms from biotone seed starter plus Lighting: 85 watts cfl 6500k Ventilation: small box fan Nutes: tablespoon/gallon of molasses and 1 cup alfalfa meal/gallon mixed with aquarium water with nitrates of said water being @ 30 ppm. Rating: 5

[polishpollack]

Grow area is much too short, but if that's all you got....
Individual pots would be smarter because if something goes wrong with one, it won't necessarily affect the others.
Worm castings, but not sure if they have enough nitrogen. Pure Blend fert might be good.
You could just cut the male at its base and that would be that. Make sure you use big enough containers for long enough grow in order to get plants to mature and flower. 18 inches isn't enough height.

[Shovelhandle]

I've grown a few plants in windowbox shaped planters before and it works fine. For 18" of height You may want to forgo the veg and go from seed to 12 hours of light. Topping and/or LST will be necessary.

Seedlings don't like or need added fertilizers. Wait until week three unless they show signs (light green).

Earth worm castings is great in tea. Also add a little of the bio-tone.

The pH from the runoff is too high. Where is that from? Did you wash the coco first? You really want to figure this out, now.

No aquarium water for the plants. Put it in a compost pile, if you want to recycle it.

Good growing!

[tlranger]

No aquarium water for the plants. Put it in a compost pile, if you want to recycle it.

Good growing!

Got to bite, what's wrong with aquarium water??

[Shovelhandle]

look back in the archives here in cannabis.com Stinkyattic. It was gone over pretty well. Maybe the info is still here, maybe it disappeared with some of the old stickies. I didn't understand it all but I came away with the idea not to fool with aquarium water, so I never did. Maybe algae or fungus or some other unwelcome life form.

[tlranger]

I'll buy that I quess, if it's a dead system maybe something is wrong. And I understand that high tech means wanting that total control.

[Shovelhandle]

Aquarium Water

[tlranger]

Read your thread.it was interesting, lots seem to like aquarium water, except this one. But I'll throw something to you.

Am certified water handling specialist, had to pass state tests for the honor. Ran rural water district for 20 years. You people really don't want to know. Filter all your trap water before eating or drinking, drink distilled water if possible. Your bought water is about the money!!! Their regulations look fine, but spend some time in the field, scary. Think Pauly Shore as your water boy, or -!#= even me. Bottom line treat the things you love, special.

Living rain water, works very well for me, and they are goldfish, snails,2 bullheads, and algae in a 700 gal , use an inch of the bottom every couple of days.

[tlranger]

Sorry about the rant, shovelhandle. Between oil,water, and politics. I just tend to:beatdeadhorse:

[SOG420]

Thanks guys,
@Shovelhandle-the coco was washed with about 5 gallon of really hot water ph ed to 6. It is however not entirely just coco. It is burbee seed starting mix which contains small fiber coco, turkey litter, and feathers. Its not the ideal coco but the alternative for my area would be pet store coco bricks.Don't know if this makes any difference in ph runoff.
Also thanks for the info about aquarium water. I read the post by rhizome on that link you posted and it makes sense. Especially the part about aquarium dechlorinator adding salts to a water source with existing salts from the fish.
@tlranger thanks for the info. Think I might invest bottled water for my ladies