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My experiences in Aquaponics, in growing and expanding my systems, and lessons learned. See nodirtrequired.com for more info or email nodirtrequired@gmail.com.Tango Charlie's Thoughts on....stuff!http://www.blogger.com/profile/13637674758883130774noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484125062946182132.post-59259932085121359132014-10-17T14:54:00.000-05:002014-10-17T15:13:50.361-05:00Mary, How does your garden grow?Well my name's not Mary but I'll show you comparisons of lettuce seedlings started in a raised bed vs. in my aquaponics system,<br />
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Here's what I had in May..</div>
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Here you can see the green Romaine is quite a bit more mature than the dirt version:</div>
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The dirt version:</div>
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Another planting (2nd) later in September:</div>
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P.s. Notice anything different in the coloring of the lettuce? Its<br />
the result of a mineral deficiency which is mainly iron depletion. <br />
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And the dirt version (I assure you these were planted at the same time).</div>
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So I'll talk about tomatoes in another post. They were ridiculous growing in AP...look for Part II</div>
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And now for the insides of this mega AP system:</div>
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You got to have an "I love me" pose. Here in the north bay are 20 4x8 media beds (without the plant media), plumbing still in progress.</div>
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The media beds filled with pumas, water is running and the system is being "cycled". </div>
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The south bay has four raft beds (each 80' long) under construction. Notice the big evaporator system on the back wall. Probably should have started with that wall first to have had cool air sooner, but...</div>
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I'm looking for a leak, yes you can just image how long that took to find the bugger, and it wasn't anywhere near where I was looking.</div>
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Looks a lot better partially filled with plants. Now on to the seedling room...<br />
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I was asked to "help finish" this aquaonics project east of Marshall some time in May. What I didn't know was that there was only the medal frame and slab in place. So, it was a loooong hot summer for me and a few of my fellow compadres as we worked to add 4'X16' polycarbonate panels up to 30 feet high, vents, fans, rigging, 50 foot evaporator cooling system... I've tried to figure out some unit of measure to compare it to other GH builds. I wonder if it would surprise anyone if I said I probably used 100-150lbs of 1" & 1 1/2" self tapping Tek screws in the construction of this very complex 60' X 100' greenhouse?<br />
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For those with math skills, 60'X100' = 6000sf', but I mention 11,000sf' in the specs. Ah yes, well that's the other part of this system, the Fish House (Country Store). In total, there is an estimated 18,000 gallons of water pumping through the green house, through the 3000 gallon holding sumps, and back up into the fish house. </div>
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The construction started with digging a hole for the IBC (fish tank)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09949410408434882515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484125062946182132.post-77110519811506204612014-10-05T23:51:00.001-05:002014-10-09T17:21:28.477-05:00April 2014 - Plants, Fish, Water, and All Things New in the World of AquaponicsHere is a brief journey through my first seasons of growing in Aquaponics. I am very grateful to Adam Cohen (Green Phoenix Farm) whom provided me with my first starters of several different varieties of lettuce and yellow pear tomatoes.<br />
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Early May - Very pretty colors...plants look very healthy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09949410408434882515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484125062946182132.post-31297750355551138402014-10-05T17:11:00.001-05:002014-10-09T17:13:00.315-05:00Dec 2013 - The Start of Something (fill in adjective)...<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Having lived on a farm in southern Indiana, I enjoyed the benefits of harvesting healthy food grown from our garden. As such I want to teach others about the value, convenience, and benefits of growing local healthy food in their own back yard with a small system called Aquaponics.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">15, that is the number of dead goldfish I found in the back on my system. I lose one or two a day sometimes in this Texas heat but 15! What the "#$%^" is going on. So lesson learned (another almost daily lesson), when you cover your tank with plastic to keep the evaporation down and the newly added fish from jumping out (see "Kama Kazi Fish" article), make sure you don't have any holes in the plastic. It rained which weighed down plastic causing it to dip into the tank, thereby making holes a new adventure for inquisitive little fishes to go looking for food and to get stuck in.<br /><br />Tonight I kept finding one, then two, and then three would float to the front...but I kept smelling this very strong fishy smell...and sure enough after closer examination, I see a small pile of dead fish stuck up on top of the plastic, an inch away from their freedom (cue dramatic music). <br /><br />So, my CHOP system apparently isn't as constant in height as I thought. Anyway, that problem is now solved by removing the plastic entirely. As for jumping fish, well, I'll just throw them back in when I see em flopping about on the ground. And as for evaporation, it's turning a bit chilly (for Texas standards) so that may be a non issue for this season. I'll probably put blue board over the tank if it gets hot again in Texas.....uggg...now if only I can get this fish smell off my hands...</span><br />
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